Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR negara PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 110] Pennsylvania Avenues, corner 11th 3t, by The Eveni Few York Oicn, 88 Potter Building ss Is served to sabeerthers in the Sentsigecns ‘By mail “anywheretin the United States of Cauada“postaee prepal {0 coats per moath. SATURDAY Qu «paUPLE Sumer Stam $1.O0per year foreign poste alte 6200. : with f (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., a8 second-class mail matter. | ‘FE All mail sudscri; tions must be patdin advance Rates of advertising made known on application. N 1 SAUER bee Vor. 83, No 20,661. Che Evening Star. WASHINGTON. D. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. THE GREAT DEBATE. Closing Day of the Prolonged Silver Discussion. SOME NOTED ORATORS SPEAR Arguments for and Against Repeal- ing the Sherman Law. TWO CENTS. SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. NOTICE. drawn from the firm of wholesale commfsssion merchants, doing bust: hess at No. aso B st. mw., said withdrawal tc 1803." Gate from August 1: ‘The business will continued, as in the past. by the remaining members of the firm under the ame of Durand & Merrick. All bills due the old firm to be paid to the undersigned. HENKY A. DURAND, ERNEST M. MERRICK. ISH RITE CATHEDRAL—A MEETIN ‘Albert Pike Consistory, N URDAY, Aug. 26, 180, at 7:30 p.m. A. H. HOLY, 324 ae This is to give notice that W. O. Durand of Xew York state bas, (by mutual coosent: with: yuraud Bros. & Merrick, OF . 1, will be held SAT- TEMPERANCE. HOME VS. THE SALOON, IN TEMPERANCE at, 12th and H sts. me. Children’s meeting, inder auspices of Undine Juvenile Tem at :30 p.m. tomorrow. “8 pela, ‘Order of Rechabites in charge. J. C. Lee, Donald Mc- Cathbran and cther good H.C. RL Thomas B. Marche will Everybody welcome, MR. REED OF MAINE. The Ex-Speaker’s Remarks on the Financial Situation. 10. 0. F.THE MEMBERS OF GOLDEN RULE 24, Nebo at, TOMORROW (Sunday) AFTERNOON and ceed tp a body to No. 1017 10th st. n.w. and tor Ven. Master = yw the remains of Past Grand ‘Master C. P. ee ee au2s-2t | Crandall to McKendree M. E. Church, where a — = funeral services Will be conducted br Grand Rep- Frrratartee, Rov. Bs A. Stier, All members of WITH WHAT YOU PAY AS RENT e order invited to participate. Carriages wi With Waar You Pak 48 RENT be provided for the ‘Of the various bodier of which the brother was a member, the inter. We will sell yous “conv” ttle | ent heing at Arlington “cemetery: BY order comunittee. it home at Charlton Heights—oralot upon whieh you may build. Homes for $100 down and 825 per month. Building Lots for $5 down and $5 per month. JAS, E WAUGH, “Owner,” 610 Fat. 2 au25 ed AWEUL NOISE Whien most Typewriters make ts the result of puor mechanical construction. Few ‘usage “does them up.” Durabllit lost sight of in the making. ard a more noiveless machine vasmore,”” and {t's so a8 500g as sou we it. 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Come ie, a9 they aze going rapidly. ‘seh Factory, 908 F st, NOTHING BETTER Asa Summer beverage than PALMER'S BELFAST GINGER ALE, Equal to ‘ported, Ask for it at your Grocer’s, Drugsist’s or Restaurant (rorder from the manufacturer. SAMUEL ©. PALMER $615 D at. 5 Devote: {og Sa 5. wm Bal our parlors, a0 and 32 Metzerott Buillims, 10°) am. te 3 pm. WASH. INGTON HERNIA INSTITUTE. Send us th ‘name of some friend who {a ruptuced. Sena for pamphiet par BRIGHT WOOD RAILWAY COMPANY ELECTRIC CARS leave terminus of 7th st. cable road and Me- ‘politan railroad every ren minutes for Bright. ool, Battle cemetery, ~flve: Springs and Takoma rk Care leave Silver Springs and Takoma Park "y.Jen minntes for the city. Delightful evenine ride these hot nizhta, sul-im THOS. O'bt superintendent. DIAMOND SETTING A specialty of our Factory. K HARRIS & Co., Manufacturing Jewelers, Cor. 7th and Da.w. pth; dropped: handle | for an erect position: strong velght rider over any roads, | THE LEGION OF LOYAL WOMEN WILL HOLD ‘@ special meeting at the residence of Miss Cur- 1 1810 Oth st, “no, MONDAY EVENING, Au. 23, 7:80 o'clock, to complete arrangement fr vad gscrsion io, indianapolis and Caicage fa C 2, 8 and via ‘C. and 0. TR. September 1, ADELIA B. RARTON, Acting President. HELEN B. MATTHEWS, Gor. Sec. It DO AWAY WITH IT! ‘The old counter in eT one ae shoul replaced marble ot tiled. Ther are tn tmes, will last you a “Tet us give Jou an ectimat we Jou ai ate. me ke te le 716 13th st. n.w., an26 Bullders* PONT MEASURE OUR BUSINESS Es. O14 14th st. THIS TERRIBLE HOT SPELL THIS TERRIBLE HOT SPELL Whl ruin the gma if Yen't “watered ALON WiNe COMPANY, (euze} 1 BARBER & ROSS, cor. 1ith and G ste. au26 ‘The weather is likely to be fair and cooler. If you see it in our ad. tt 1s s0. Such tlmes as these are “sledge hammer’ argu- ents in favor of paying cash. ber trade belongs to us. ‘will save you money— | Only one ttem of mans—Molding at 40c. per 100 ft. LIBBEY, BITTINGER & rk. and 6th st. auZs PALL TRADE HAS BEGUN. Another lot of Fall snd Winter ‘Trouserings = just received. Eveo Drettier — than our former ship- ment. We will make them fo" jour measure ‘at $7, $8, and = Prettiest itterns go first— z GATCHEL, lor, Late of Keen's, 418 12th st. mw. au228m ‘TO THE PUBLIC. ‘The photographic business of the late ©. M. Bell will be coatinned io the future ax im the past _at the same places, vie: 463-465 Pa. ave. and 701 15th st. ow. ‘The superior grade of work for which th galleries are noted will be equalled if not ex aue-Ge Mrs. C. M. BELL. PERSONS DESIRING HOUSES. If you will send us your name and ad. dress we will mail you a copy of our rental bulletin containing @ complete list of all the property we have to offer. You may be changing your location this season and we may be able to assist you. B. H. WARNER & CO., ae i6 F st. ow, THE MEMBERS OF KIT CARSON POST, NO. 3, G. A. R., are requested to assemble at the Balti: more and Obio railroad depot on MONDAY, Au- gust 2S, at 2:30 o'clock p.m. sharp, to receive nd, escort, the remaine of Comrade’ Bugene! E. Grant, past post co 4 bg ny ® , Commander. €. P. KEEFER, Adjutant. it THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF RUTH No. 2D. of R, I. 0, 0, Fy are request: fa fo mest_at Old Fellows’ Hall,’ 7th st. n.w., FOMORHOW!tiunday) at" pm. attend the funer te brother. €. B. Crandall. Tres Of our NS NNIE PEARSON. Sec. AN INTERNATIONAL EPISODE. Alleged Misuse of the Flag by a United States Consul in Mexico. An interesting international episode has been brought to the State Department through @ complaint made by the Mexican government, through its minister in Wash- ington, that Dr. John Drayton, United States consul at Tuxpan, Mexico, hare taken advantage of the protection offered by the stars and stripes and his official position to circumvent @ decree of a Mex- ican court. According to the complaint an option was secured on some pr: near Tuxpan by John Mackay, an Ameri- can, who was allowed an interest in @ syndicate headed by E. M. Taylor, ‘Texan, who furnished the money for work- ing it. Mackay, it is alleged, received & better offer from other partles, one of whom was Dr. Drayton, and gave them the 0) tion with the result that the Taylor syndi- cate took the matter into the courts. The courts gave to Taylor and his friends, but when a Mexican judge visited the place to turn over the property ¢ them he found the American flag floating over the house on the land and was afraid to interfere. Dr. Drayton is charged with being responsible for this state of affairs, but the State Department has refused to act in the matter until he has had a chance to make an official explanation. ae Naval Reserves. ‘The Navy Department has decided to place the of the na close of the cruise of the naval militia of North Carolina. | he will gather in the proper payment. H. | tar this element of distrust may go depends 8. S. Kearsarge at the service | reserve of South Carolina, in | menced to examine their collaterals, to call case they desire it for a cruise, after the | in their INTEREST MANIFESTED IN THE HOUSE The Galleries Also Crowded to Lis- ten to Him. POINTS OF HIS ARGUMENT. This was a field day in the great silver debate in the House. Those giants of ora- tory, Reed of Maine, Bourke Cockran of New York and Wilson of West Virginia; John Allen, the joker; Bland, the high priest of free silver, and other men of note were heralded to enter the lists. The House assembled at 10 o'clock, an early hour for Washington, and the an- nouncement had been made that Mr. Reed would begin his speech at that hour. What- ever the motive for this erroneous an- nouncement was, the result became ap: parent. When the hour of 10 arrived the galleries of the House were crowded with people, members were arriving on the floor in goodly numbers, and if the announce- ment that Mr. Reed would speak first war intended as a drawing card it was emi- nently successful; for all the galleries were crowded. Just before Speaker Crisp called the House to order Mr. Reed strolled into the hall and a little buzz of recognition rippled over the galleries. Then, while the journal was being read, people settled themselves in comfortable positions in their seats « if in anticipation of a long sitting. But when the Speaker announced the business of the day and recognized Mr. Wilson oi West Virginia to control the debate on the anti-silver side Mr. Wilson yielded thirt minutes to Mr. Clarke of Alabama, whik Mr. Reed strolled out again, much to the evident disappointment of the audience. Mm, Reed Recognized. Upon thestenelusion of Mr. Clarke's re- marks, however, at ‘es “Mri Reed was rec- ognized, and took his stand in the aisle opposite his seat in the very center of the republican side of the House. The scene at this moment was an interesting one. Every member of the House abandoned what he happened to be doing at the moment and turned his face toward the eloquent man from Maine, and gave him instant and close attention. The galleries had become pack- ed, people standing in the aisles and door- ways, the line reaching out into the corri- dors. When Mr. Reed arose the buzz of conversation ceased and the most respectful silence prevailed. Every eye within the hall was turned toward the man about to ad- dress the House, and all the attention riv- eted upon him. It was intensely hot within the halls and fans were going in every hand, but the heat soon seemed to be lost sight of. Among the interested listeners to the de- bate upon the floor of the House were Vice President Stevenson, Secretary Carlisle, Secretary Herbert and a number of Sena- tors and ex-members of the House. His Speech. Mr. Speaker, I am not certain of the w: dom of any ‘member of this House, iu least of all of my own. I am quite con- scious also how difficult it is for anybody to know anything about currency in gener- al, and how especially difficult It is t» pro- vide a remedy for a derang-ment of cur- Tency at any particular time. Nevertheless, while I have grave doubts of the wisdom of each individual, including myselt, and no doubt whatever of tne difficul-y of the task, it Is a comfort to me to fall back upon a well-established bellet in the wis- dom of all, even when shown by the de- cisions of the Congress of tae U States. It may not be an absolutely right- eous decision which we shall reach, never- theless it is a comforting assurance to be- Neve that that decision will be sut the emergency, especially since companied by ihe certainty that Yisdom is Possible at the pee 3 Upon us and the people who ate influencing our votes rests the decision of thiz and of other very important questio like the present ar not uncom- mon in the history of the world; indecd, jan_pro- gress, and to arise out of the chatacterie: ties of human nature itself. ‘The movement of the human race seems to be a series of upward starts, and of falls of almost proportionate length. The gen- eral progress has always been forward, but there have been many times when’ the Movement seemed to be to rhe rear. When the period of doubt sac« in, values because it 1s felt that a checks and ‘ith become uncertain, Feadjustment must be had. evidences of transfer are s care, because men terday may be poor Why Production Ceases. So, also, production ceases, because the Producer has great doubts whether the Production of his mill or his workshop will be capable of sale, and above all, whether ‘nized who were wealthy today. upon the seriousness of the previous infla- tion of values; and after a time, when men find precisely ‘how they are situated them- selves, and how their neighbors are placed, there ‘begins slowly to revive the confi. dence which distinguished the former period, in small measure at first, and after. ward ‘in larger measure, until’ finally we Teach another period. whence confidence reigns and productiveness {s at its utmost. Now,this alternation between extreme pro- duction and reduction reduced to its lowest | terms, is something which the phllanthro- pist may regard with horror, but which the man who has observed the’ history of the world is obliged to regard with tolerance. Each nation produces its own means of temporary prosperity, also its own causes for temporary depression. The fact. that these depressions are merely simultaneous does not in any way militate against the suggestions just made. If any one desires | to notice the connection between the dif- ferent countries he has only to go back to the crisis which occurred in the year 18%). It was found that there was ‘a great | searcity of money in the United States, s0 | great that under the influence of universal | clamor more than forty millions of cur-| cency were let loose from the Unite States ‘Treasury among the people of the United States. In the year 1990, from a variety of cir- cumstances, which it is not necessary now to discuss, for the country cares very little today whether anybody was or was not to| blame for the passage of the Sherman act, conspired to make the passage of that act an absolute necessity. The passage of that | act pledged the United States to purchase every month, and issue its value in cur- Fency, 4,500,000 ounces of silver. The Time to Cartail. { Last May it became apparent that we had | reached @ period when a wise and judicious | man would be careful to curtail the amount | of his obligations. Some wise men had done so beforehand, other wise men had waited until that period. The banks then com- and to put themselves in a a I (Continued on Fifth page) The Police Make a New Move on Policy Players, Bighlands the Headquarters for a Well- Known Firm—Arrests Made—More ‘Will Probably Follow. A wholesale raid has been made on the policy people and the whole affair was ar- ranged by Detectives Weedon and Lacey and Assistant District Attorney Mullowney. Eleven arrests have already been made and more are soon to follow. ‘When The Star called attention to the fact that the policy business had been flourishing the officers were at work on the case. They had received information that the firm of Horbach & King had started up at Highlands, just this side of Bladeasburg, but as it was outside of the District line they could not make an arrest there. That part of the affair they left for the sheriff of Prince George county. Although out- side the line the house has been watched for several days, as the officers wanted to get Horbach across the line and arrest him. Since Wednesiay, however, they have not had such an opportunity, as he has not been seen outside the jurisdiction of Prince George county. According to the information received by the officers this new concern started up about four months ago and since that time business has been suspended once or twice for fear of being detected. Then an effort was made on part of persons in- terested in the game in some manner to “fix” certain officers. Detectives Weedon and Lacey were approached, but the policy men soon found that in them they had selected the wrong sort of material. This fact was communicated to the superior officers of the force and Inspector Hollin- berger was interested in the affair to the extent that he ordered a thorough investi- gation of it and gave instructions to the officers to bring in all persons found con- nected with the game in any manner. How It Was Run. It was soon learned how the game was being operated. The result of the Frank- fort, Ky., drawings were telegraphed here in cipher and then the money and plays that had been turned in to headquarters were examined. About ten writers and two “runners” were employed by the firm, so it is alleged, and the new firm promised in the near future to outdo what was being done in Alexandria county, where arrests and prosecutions are few and far between. The officers found ‘hat a great cmount of writing was do thin the poundaries of the second poll their surot Priuting was done at the house of a colored Woman named Mary Porwr in Freeman's alley, between 6th and ith and N and O streets northwest, about two squares from the second police ‘station. Severa! of the allegel writers were to be found a! any time, but the two alleged run- ners, who, it is claimed, were really runnin, the city end of the business, George Bowl and Albert \néerson, were not to be found, For that reason no arrests were made until last night, when Lowie and Anderson were arrested and locked up. ‘The Arrests. Mary Porter, in whose house the drawings were printed, and another woman named Nettle Ross were also arrested. Precinct Detective Barncs made these arrests. Sergt. Byrnes and Officers Carson and Laurence- son arrested Benjamt-Carter,-Geo. Dixon, Peter Randall, Harry Read, Charles Cross, Lem Thomas and James Adams. These de- fendants gave their bonls for their appear- ance, while the women were released in court this morning on their personal bonds to appear as witness: > PROBABLE ACTION. What the Two Ho: Do. The echoes of Mr. Hill's speech in the Senate yesterday are still heard in Con- gress, not yet drowned in the reverbera- tions of today’s great debate in the House. The New York Senator's confident predic- tion that the Sherman law will be repealed; that the Senate “will respect {tself” and will not filibuster on such an Issue is quall- fied by many Senators who think the same way by the statement that any measure of repeal to pass successfully through the Senate must be accompanied by a declara- tion in favor of bimetallism. Mr. Hill him- self gave utterance to the sentiment when he said it was in his opinion “all important that the repealing bill should itself declare in general terms what the future financial policy of this govenment is desired or in- tended to be.” ‘The prevailing impression as to the prob- able action of the two houses finds ex- Pression as follows: “The vote on the Wilson repeal bill will be taken on Monday in the House, and the silver purchase clause of the Sherman law, as far as that body s concerned, will be wiped out of existence. The bill will then go to the Senate, where it will be referred to the finance committee, which will promptly pigeon hole it. The Senate will o right straight along talking silver, as it has been doing for several days. It ‘will do this for two weeks, and probably longer, before the final vote will be taken. _ The bili which will be passed will be the Voorhees bill, not e Wilson bill from the House, which will slumber quietly in the room of the finance committee. Then the Voor- hees bill will go over to the House. There it will doubtless be acted on with little de- lay, though there may be another flood of oratory, because as there is some differ- ence between the Senate and House meas- ures the silver men may insist on talk. If there is a prospect of a contest, however, cloture will be speedily applied and the bill will be passed and will then be ready for the President's signature. The Voorhees bill only differs from the Wilson bill in making @ declaration in favor of bimetallism, DETAILS, 8 Are Likely to ARMY Officers to Take Ch: Recruiting The Secretar$ of War has issued a gen- eral order announcing the detail of Lieut. Col. H. C. Cook, fourth infantry, to com- mand the recruiting depot at David's Is- land, N. Y., and the detail of Lieut. Col. S. 8. Sumner, sixth cavalry, to command the recruiting depot at Jefferson barracks, Mo., to ta&e effect October 1. The order also provides as follows: One company officer (captain or first leutenant) from the sec- ond, fourth, sixth and eighth cavalry, and the fourth, eighth, tenth, twelfth, four- teen™i, sixteenth, elghteenth, twentieth, twenty-second and twenty-fourth infantry, will be selected by the respective regimen- tai comman®ers actually with their regi- ments and ordered to report in person to the superintendent of the service, New York city. by October 1, 1898. As the reputation and usefulness of the army depend in no small degree upon the character and qualifications of the men | entering its ranks, Tis necessary that the officers charged with the responsible duty of recruiting shouf% fully appreciate its vital importance, as well as the fact that it is an arduous and exacting duty when con- sclentiously performed. No officer should be selected for it who has been for a pro- tracted period on detached service, or who desires the detail merely fOr pleasure, nor should any officer be given the detail who is not known to be discriminating in judg- ment and painstaking, energetic and effi- clent in the discharge of his military du- ties. Regimental commanders are enjoined to be guided solely by these considerations { making the required selections from their | Tespective regiments. Recruiting Siticers are required to giv: close persdnal attention to all their duties, and every effort must be made to prevent the pd aie enlistment of minors, or of men of vicious or doubtful habits. The superintendent will see tht the provisions of the regulations in this respect are strict- ly enforced. — A Laborer Injured. Benjamin Scott, laborer in the patent office, | fell this afternoon while working in the new | be reached mode! ball, in the Union building, and broke hie left lg. He was removed to the Emergency Hospival. recruiting | No Reason For Legislators to Swelter From the Heat, A GOOD BREEZE ALL: THE TIME. ee Only Gymnastic Exercise Causes Them to Perspire. CONGRESSMEN’S ATTIRE. Talk about the legislators sweltering during this August weather, there is no cooler place they can be at this season than the Capitol building, unless they go up on the mountains or get in an ice box. Of course this is not the season for vio- lent exercise under any conditions, and men who leap and plunge like a gymna- sium in delirium, a wild Indian, or a chick- en minus its head, in an effort to make impressive a speech devoid of wit, logic or new ideas, could not keep cool in cold storage. Gymnastic oratory makes the statesmen sweat, but there is no need to waste sympathy on them, for they are not @ whit more comfortable in winter time while in the same frame of mind. As a matter of fact the Capitol building is more comfortable as a working place in the summer than it is in the winter. With its massive marble walls, enclosing many acres of ground, standing in the middle of @ large park and on the crest of # hill with nothing between it and the winds or the gentle breezes, blow they from the north, the south, the east or the west, and with windows on all sides open to catch every breath, the building is one of the coolest in the world. It is almost proof against heat, except when the heat comes from within, as it does with the fires of winter or those of debate. In the winter when the windows are all closed and the heaters are at full blast, the air is kept in the building until it has been over heated and has been breathed over many times. Then the building s in- tolerable; perspiration springs from every pore when the thermometer registers zero outside, and the blood is stagnant and the brain dull. Always a Breese. During the hottest days in summer there lg always a breeze through the building, the burning sun penetrates not within its walls and there is no exchange of second- hand breaths. Every day Congress has been in session there has been a miniature gale blowing through the open windows and whisking through ‘the legislative halls, as if making sport of their pretense of dis- comfort. Today, for the first time since the session began, has it been close and hot, and at its worst it caused but little incon- venience except to those who were plung- ing and pitching against the halter which holds them to a duty. ‘There has not been @ hot night after 11 o'clock in Washington for a month ex- cept last night, so that there has been no |reason on that score for their falling to | rest in sweet repose of sleep their weary and over-strained mental mechanisms, In addition to the winds which breathes through the windows of the great marble building, there are electric fans Scattered about ‘and a great fan Wheel in the air shaft, run by steam, ts constantly drawing in fresh air and keeping it in mo- ion. After the orators get through their phy- sical and mental exercise on the they go down into the bath rooms, where they can get any style or temperature of hat they desire, and can Ne around in Turkish towels until the perspiration is dried out of their clothes and they are cooled down to the desired temperature. There is hard- ly a man of them who would be more com- fortable anywhere else he would be apt to be if he were not here. How Statesmen Drens. If they are not all quite comfortable It is the fault of their not knowing how to dress. You may fancy the southerner appearing in a suit of thin brown linen or white duck with irt loose at the neck and soft in the bosom, and wearing a broad-brimmed straw or panama hat. This fs but a picture of the imagination. The average southern states- man wears during this season of the sun dark clothes of thick woolen materiul, the vest buttoned close and a long skirt to his coat. Fully three-fourths of the men seen on the floor of the House and Senate are dressed in black, and most of them in rather heavy materials. The most season- ably dressed men are from the north. The suits of Kentucky jeans or tow linen are. worn by men from Maine, New York or Ohio or the shores of Michigan. ‘There is not more than one southern man in Congress who wears a linen suit, or any clothing of such thin material. It was for Tom Reed, from ‘the cool state of Maine, to set an example in thin clothing. While he was Speaker of the House he set the example of wearing a negligee shirt and @ sash, and now he wears a tow-linen sit through which sand might be sifted—coat, vest and trousers, which wave about his bulky form like a breeze. Storer, Caldwell and Harter of Ohio are dressed in similar suits, and Gen. Hender- son and one southern man, Caruth of Ken- tucky, have followed their example. Fitch of New York is a thing of beauty in @ spotless suit of cream flannel. Dr. Everett, who appealed to the silver men not to “deposit” him in a “cavity” by asking questions when he was making his speech, enveloped himself in a yellow negligee shirt adorned with the ugliest checked tle, save one, that mortal ever looked upon, heavy black trousers and a thin black coat. Mr. Simpson’s Get Up. ‘The only less becoming make-up in the House and the only uglier tie adorn the rugged figure of the gentleman from Kan- sas, Mr. Simpson. He wears a yellow silk negligee shirt with puffed front and a tle with the colors of Joseph's coat badly blended in checks, and his only other vist- ble garments are a pair of dark trousers and a thin black coat. Sayers and Dockery, the two watch dogs of the treasury, now on duty, have abandoned their vests, but stick to their heavy black clothing—or perhaps their clothing sticks to them. Wilson wears thick dark clothes, such as he might find comfortable enough for fall or winter, but he has adopted a negligee shirt and abandoned his vest. ‘There has been no day hot enough to cause Batley of Texas to abandon either his Prince Albert coat, his black cloth vest nor his “biled” shirt and stiff collar. He wears the full dark livery of winter. ‘Springer has adopted a white vest and dis- carded the flower, which used to bloom per- petual on his coat. Marvin of New York rs in snow white duck coat and vest stiff enough to be water-proof, and Dalzell looks cool in a blue negligee shirt and a thin silk coat and vest | of lemon color. ‘Cummings has thrown away his vest and adopted the negligee shirt. Cutchings, Kilgore, Cogswell, lana, Coombs and Davis have abandoned their vests. in the Senate dignity and suits of sulemn black prevail, but Senators Gray, Platt and Vance have given up their vests and Ail son, Powers and Washburn wear white vests. Sherman looks cool without regard to his clothes. ‘The Palmetto Trade Mark. It is expected that Commissioner of Patents Seymour will next week render a decision on the South Carolina trade mark case, This is a pecullar one. The attorneys for the state applied some time ago for the right to use the word Palmetto as a trade mark for dispensary whisky. The applica- tion was denied by the examiner and ap- pealed. The argument in brief of the at- | torneys is that a trade mark ts incidental to trade, and as a state has a right to trade it also has the right to such protection as may be afforded by a trade mark. There | 1s a very general impression that the point jof the lawyers 1s well taken, but the decision of the commissioner can only be guessed at. It is thought that the case will by Mr. Seymour early in the | week. It is sure to have careful and full | Consideration. Patent officials say that the (problem is @ knotty one. The outcome ewaited with interest, PLAYING ONCE MORE-ITHE COOL CAPITOL. |SOME OPINIONS EXPRESSED|PROBIEM OF LABOR. As to the Ohange in the Financial Situation. Most of Those Quoted Consider That ‘There Has Been am Improve- ment That Will Continue. The impression seems to be generally go- ing abroad that there is some improvement in the situation in business and financial circles and that the worst of the strin- gency Is over. Opinions among the men in Congress differ un this subject, however, some believing that matters are improving and others still holding gloomy forebodings for the future. Senator Sherman, when asked today what his opinion was on the subject, said that being here in Washington he had no means of judging except from what he saw in the newspapers and the indications there were that there were some slight im- provements. The New York papers indi- cated an improvement in New York and if it were true that a better feeling had set in there it would soon be true of the whole country, Representative Dingley’s Views. Representative Dingley of Maine is very cautious in discussing the situation. He says that the natural depression of business and the reluctance of people to put mony into new enterprises is a thing to be ‘ex- pected on account of the uncertainty as to tariff and other legislation which the demo- cratic party are committed to. The curing of this situation, he says, must be a matte> of long time. But the financial panic is a different thing. That, he says, is a creation of the imagination, and a very little thing might cure it speedily. He thinks that if immediately on the meeting of Congress @ bill had been passed to increase the na- tional bank currency by permitting the banks to issue currency up to the par value of their bonds it would probably have given immediate relief. He believes it would have been much more effective than what has been done toward the repeal of the She:- man law. Under ordinary circumstances he would believe that the worst of the panic is now over, and he thinks that the indications rather point to an improvement of the sit- uation if there is nothing happening to re- tard this improvement or to throw the country back into a bad condition again. He is very doubtful, however, abou! - Deal of the Sherman law’ by the Senate, and at all events fears that there will be protracted discussion there. This impres sion and the apprehensions he has of legis. lation by this Congress which will be detri. mental to the business interests of the country leads him to fear that while the panic has subsided and an improvement of condition in affairs might ordinarily be ex- pected there is still in the situa- Sees No Improvement. John DeWitt Warner says that he does not see any improvement in the situation nor any lessening of strain, but, in his opinion, the flurry is very much less, simply because the people have settled down to a frame of mind where they accept the situation as they find it, and try to get along with doing Uttie or no business. After the repeal of the Sherman law he says that he believes there will be an abundance of money, in fact more money to be had than there “will be a demand for. tative O’Ferrall, who has just returned from Virginia, where he attended the: which ‘has nominated him for that state, says that he thinks there is quite a decided improvement in the situation of the country. It was made quite apparent to him, he said, that there was an improvement in the condi- tion of affairs in Virginia. People there who at the first panic made a run on the small banks, were now re-depositing the money they ‘had drawn out in many instances and there was a general indica- tien of @ restoration of confidence. People Are Regaining Confidence. Mr. Fitch of New York said: “I think there is an improvement. The letters and telegrams I receive from my district, num- bering about 150 a day, indicate that the People are regaining confidence, based on thelr faith that the Sherman law will be repealed, and I think things are ready to boom up again as soon as that law is re- Dealed. The ‘statement showing an in crease in the deposits to the savings banks in New York is, to my mind, a very ood indication of ‘a renewal of confidence among the people. Representative Walker of Massachusetts said: “I am not where I can Judge well of the change abroad in the country, but T think that money ts going to be easier in a short time. Provided the Sherman law is renealed, I believe that in ninety days you can get all the money you want as| cheaply as it ever could be had.” Rey pre~ sentative Burrows said that he did not see any Indication of a change in the situa- tion, and that he did not see much pros- pects of it until the tariff question was set tled. He sald that he thought the doubt to what would be done with the tariff! was @ very large factor in the present disturb- ance and that until that was settled busi- Ress would not settle down upon a reliable No Improvement Until Repeal. Mr. Rayner of Maryland said that he saw no improvement and did not think there would be until the repeal of the Sherman law. Mr. Springer said that he did not see any | material improvement beyond a check to | the general flood disaster. The breaking of banks had been checked but the upward tendency of business was not yet apparent | to him. When the Sherman bill was re-| pealed, however, he believed that the im- provement would be prompt, general and | very grea: ‘Sir, "Catchings sald that there were | no indications from his part of the country of improvement in the situ- ation as yet. but with the repeal of the Sherman law he expected a very general restoration of confidence and improvement in business. Mr. McMillin sald that he did not see that the situation was very much better now than it had been for some time and he did not see any prospects of great, im- provement until the tariff legislation which the country was expecting had been ac- complished. ‘The House Evening Sensi: The evening session of the House yester- day did not adjourn until a late hour, and several interesting speeches were made. Mr. Hermann (Rep., Oregon) spoke against the Wilson bill and in favor of the free coinage of silver; Mr. Branch (Dem., North Carolina) followed in the same line. Mr. Bynum (Dem., Indiana) then took the floor’ and replied to Mr. Pence’s speech of yesterday. Mr. McKeighan (Ind. Nebr.) and Mr. Doolittle (Rep., Washington) ap- proved the Wilson bill. Mr. Hulick (Rep., Ohio) advocated bi- metallism and charged the present depres- sion upon the democratic party for its at- titude on the tariff. Mr. ‘anger (Rej Pennsylvania) spoke in favor of repeal, and the House then, at ll o'clock, adjourned. a Personal Mention. Mr. William Xander and Mr. O. Sell- hausen have gone to Chicago. Dr. T. W. Brooke returned from Ohio Saturday and has gone to the sea shore with his son Fred. Dr. J. W. Hodges of Capitol Hill has re- turned from the world’s fair. Mr. Frank P. Morgan, the well-known newspaper man, has gone west for a several menths* trip to recuperate his health. Chief Clerk Rockville has gone to Chicago to attend a meeting of the departmental board of the world’s fair next Tuesday. Assistant Secretary McAdoo has gone to New York for a few days. —-—— Medical Board. By direction of the Secretary of War a board of medical officers, to consist of Col. Charles H. Alden, assistant surgeon gen- eral; Lieut. Col.” William H. Forwood, deputy surgeon general; Maj. Charles Smart, surgeon; Capt. Walter Reed, assist- ant surgeon; Capt. James C. Merrill, assist- ant surgeon, is constituted to meet at the Army Medical Museum building in this city on September 11, 183, for the examina- tion of candidates ‘for admission to the medical corps of the army. The board will | President of the Trades and Labor As- BOURKE The Different Phases as They Are Presented, A RAILROAD STRIKE ADJUSTED. One of the Leading Anarchists in New York Arrested. aa il i i F | ate it DENVER TO NEW YORK. Re 8 #2 THE LABOR SITUATION. What 1s Going im Labor Circles Throughout the Country. WEIR CITY, Kan., Aug. 26.—The shoot- ing of a striker by a negro miner at Litch- field, Kan., has terribly stirred up the min- ers here. Yesterday about fifty of them, with guns, drilled in vacant lots along the main street. Many of the strikers are armed with Winchesters, while nearly all the others have shotguns and revolvers. Boilermakers Strike. BARNESVILLE, Minn., Aug. 26—The botlermakers of the entire brotherhood, from St. Paul to Great Falls, on the Great Northern, have struck. The trouble seems to be that the company’s foreman been having helpers do the work boilermakers, and because the old monstrated they were discharged. 1 are weil prepared siege, expect to win the strike = 7S Denver Relieves New York. ; E i 3 : i i i i i : rE g ¢ | RE § 2 g 4 i +f 4 i $ : i 5 % 5 § ta : i t F i Pe i i Hi fe i 423, bats in New York to the telegram of the relief committee here thanking them for the do- nation of food for the unemployed in that city and accepting the same. There is al- ready enough provisions in sight to load several cars, but an effort is made to make up a whole train load for the suf- fering poor of Gotham. Said to Lead the Anarchists. NEW YORK, Aug. %.—Claude Timmer- man, said to be a leader of the anarchists, was arrested last night by Superintendent Byrnes’ men on a charge of making speech- es at the anarchist meetings last week inciting to riot. Timmerman, it is un- derstood, is one of the anarchists who told the Hebrews on the east side that if they wanted anything to go into the stores and take it, and used other incendiary language in his hes. He submitted quietly to arrest. It is believed that other arrests will be made today. Willing to Go Half Way. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 2.—The em- ployes of the Louisville and Nashville road have decided to meet the company half way and accept the proposed reduction in wages for a specified time, but not otherwise. On Fi Time. gall LOWELL, Mass., Aug. %.—The full plant of the Merrimac mills, prints and all, em- ploying 2,60 operators, will start up next Monday morning on full time and run per- manently. There has been a conference Lowell mill treasurers, -and there will be no cut down now OF in the fall. ‘The down will probably follow and start up. WHEELING, W. Va, Aug. %—The Weod and Etna mills and the Bellaire af ik F fy b e 8 ! itt shee Faull the m NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—Everything is moving smoothly along South street today and so far as the steamship companies are concerned the strike may as well have been over. All vessels at wiers are die- charging their cargoes or prepared for sea as rapidly as ever they will sail on thelr usual scheduled time, teat that en ono stis of sioseaniee ams Although none of the strikers have gone | {20 tatives of aggresuted eastern, back to work they tacitly admit that they | wealth, backed by the wealthy clasese are beaten and the most the most sanguine | the other side the water, end on Sins een hecomPromise with the steam-| other side were the toiling inasses of —— — WORK FOR IDLE MEN. Mr. Williams (IL) opposed contended that the Sherman law Tegponsible for the present panic, although that panic was the legitimate offspring the republican party. But to repeal Sherman act now would be to break last link of the chain that bound gold silver together. The people of the democratic party in favor of the repeal of the Sherman by the enactment in lieu thereof of land-Allison bill. and he, for one, would not disappoint He ane oh a oy ood “> maxim: peal ‘Sherman law go home.” tariff must end ought to be reformed. Mr. Allen is Humorous. Mr. Allen (Miss.) said that, unlike most The Mayor of Chicago Appoints a Committee to Act With Him. CHICAGO, Aug. 26.—The mayor yester- day named fourteen men who are to act with him on a committee appointed to de- vise means of furnishing employment to idie men. Among those appointed are M. H. Madden, president of the Illinois Federa- ‘ion of Labor; E. J. Lindholm, master workman Knights of Labor: J. J" Lineban, Hats # sembly, and Thomas Grief of the Central ACh fof Pol B has appealed “hief o} ice Brennan to be Gepartment for an opinion as to authority to stop the meetings and the parades of the unemployed. if % the gentlemen who had addressed the House —_—. on this important question, and who bed Object to the Awards. disclaimed being financiers or partisans, CHICAGO, Aug. 26—The first formal pro-| he was both. (Laughter.) He had made the test to the national commission acainst the | question of currency a study for more them Work of the juries of award ut the world’s | forty years. (Laughter) But he was net fair was made yesterday by a committee representing American manufacturers of agricultural implements. The ranufac- turers claim that they have anjustly discriminated against because \Y. Thacher will allow no awards to be made to Aimeri- can implements except after the machines have gone through field trisis, while he does not require foreign implement manu- Seqterers to show their machines in the Bie ror he present stringency,” Bi u t st . He his money in circulation. (| ) bea ‘Some about O66 por cont of ie be ‘on credit, but he did not think that was good plan, for his creditors were now clam Oring, for him to do something to restore confidence. Laughter.) The country was ill, but the remedy was not the one. It reminded Fi im of the story of the darkey who, Es —— Jeft in charge of @ farm, wrote to his em- loyer: “De cow has been sick. 1 think pp seets mci giiad She is ‘well of P— Fy ag z mendment of the Johnson | {5 Thier) ‘Iie (Mr allem) would like to BI Ir the interim between meetings of the committee on banking and currency, the bill of Representative Tom L. Johnson of Ohio, to give elasticity to the currency, pending before it, is being discussed with much vigor. The objection of Messrs. Sperry and Warner, and the criticism of Senator Sher- man, to the effect that its passage would open the way for a further depletion of the wold holdings of the treasury, by the de- cul the country of the disease, but he not want to vole for a remedy that wo be worse than the disease. He did not pre- pose to be driven or bullied in doing that which in his humble judgment would be a bad thing for the great masses of the ‘He had no quarrel to make with the sf- ministration. Why, in fact, conversation with ‘Mr. they had done more than any other men to about the election of Grover Cleve= mand for redemption of the notes issued in | jand. Cleveland had been elected because exchange for the bonds deposited by own-|he was known to have backbone and the ers, are given considerable weight, and un- less they are met in some satisfactory way, may cause an unfavorable report from the committee. Representative Johnson of Indiana, a member of the committee, says that *f some proviso could be adopted whereby the notes issued by the treasury in exchange for the bonds would not be made payable in gold—something, for instance, like the guarantee on national bank notes—in his opinion there would be no doubt of favor- able action by the committee. The author of the bill says he is willing to accept any reasonable amendment that will hasten the passage of the bill. Prompt action he desires above all things, but it must be action that will relieve the strin- gency. “I think It would be unfortunate,” he said, “to change the form of the notes to be issued from those now being printed, decause It would require an entire new set of plates to be made, and that would take too much time. In a measure this could be obviated by using the present plates by changing the word ‘coin’ to ‘currency,’ 80 as to make them redeemable in any form of money the Secretary of the Treasury might deem best. That would protect the gold, and as the notes would be legal tender the owners of bonds would be satisfied with them.” Agricultural Stations for Alaska. Notwithstanding the fact, according to general belief, that the chief crop of Alas- ka consists of seals, ice and reindeer. Sen ator Squire proposes that the agricultural interests of that territory shall not be ” courage of his convictions. He (Mr. Allem) ‘ould like to know (and this sentence drawled out) what the President wo think “of ‘some of the ‘gentlemen of this House. (Loud laughter ani "use. Tt had. been said by a geutieman froma New York (Mr. Cummings) that the had nominated Mr. Cleveland and shoul now support him. ‘The South had elected Cleveland, but It had also elected tts mem bers to this House. It might not be a be@ idea to pass a bill to restore the parity be- tween the executive and legisiative branches of the government, (laughter and cheers > Knowing the President as he aid, laughter) he could pay that official no higher compil. ment than to do in his official capacity i & member of this House just what the die- tates of his conscience directed him to de. He was sure that in following that course he would. meet. with the President's ap- if not, he would have £0 take back usand things said above Grover Clev (Laughter and applause) Mr. Bourke Cockran. At 1 pm. Mr. Bourke Cockran CY. took the floor and addressed the House, Nobody would deny, he said, after the speech just heard, that the arguments for free silver colnage were picturesque rather than convincing. He agreed with the gen= tleman from Maine (Mr. Reed) that when vel of the presiding officer descended tne .Gs “desk: on ‘the ath of March last meme bers of Congress returned to their homes in a country blessed with universal pros ity, And yet, in a period when ezery= | this that ought to produce prosperity ex lected, but be upon a par with the other | isted here, the sky overhead had been dark- territories of the United States. In fur-| ened. If the cause of the disaster wen therance of this idea he has introduced # bill authorizing the extension to Alaskr of the provisions of the law appropriating | money for the maintenance of agricultural experiment stations, which act, according to Its text, is in the direction of “the more sought nothing could be found, in the char- It was now the duty of Congress, not seek partisan advantage of this condition be governed in its proceedings by such in- structions as it may recelve ‘trom surgeon general for the benefit of agriculture and the cae | Ree ee as complete endowment and support of «) | things, but to apply the remedy. He (Continued on Sixth page)