Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR peisteienms mine PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAB BUILDINGS, no A ith 8, by OL Tenrivenia Aveana cera 11h 8, Te ‘New Yerk Office, 88 Potter Building, “tes Office 4+ Washington. D. C.. st the, Post Of S27" All mat! subscriptions must be patdin advance Rates of advertising made known on application. Che Evening Vor. 83, Na 20,662. Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1893. TWO CENTS. SPECIAL NOTICES. ‘The weather tomorrow—Rain, windy and cooler. “CASH” {= the Levisthan lever or. 6th st. and N. Y. ave. au2s DO YOU USE A BLANK BOOK? Do you use any Kind of Paper? Do you use Pens, Int or Muetlage? Do you use Rubber Bands or Twine? Do you use Cash Boxes or Bond Boxes? Do you use Files or File Envelopes? Do you use Cards or Card Engraving? ‘Do you use Stationers” Do you use anything be coutinued tn the, future's ged in the. future the same places, viz: 463-465 JAS. E. WAUGH, “Owner,” 610 ¥ at. n w. AMERICAN SECURITY AND THUST CO. PAID CAPITAL, $1.250,000 SURPLUS, $150,000. Pays interest upon deposits. Cashes checks against such de- Posits without notice. Selis frst trust notes in any sums which net the purchaser full Gper cent. Sells debenture bonds in sums from $100 up, which net 5 per cent Rents safe deposit boxes in its vaults from $5 per year up. AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST CO. i was rN RUST COM. (E WASHINGTON LOAN AND TRUST 7 — PANY. "AID-UP CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS. PAID Tuts company "bas for sale cboice Ast mortgage real estate “notes in any amount, which are sold at par and ac- ‘crued laterest, and which pay 6 per cent interest net. ‘Interest payable semi-an- - Meney invested in these securi- ‘fies fan safely placed as in government bonds, while paying 50 per cent more fncome. RICH ALONE CAS AFFORD RENT. Paying house-rent isa lusury—e luxury which the poor man cannot afford. By buy- ing shome now, although you payout « certain amount of money every month, you own your home in theend. Homes at Chariton Heights $100 down, $25 per month, Buliding lots for $5 down and $5 per month. e028, {to sell or store your personal effects, furnti &c.. ts with C. G. SLOAN & CO., the 1407 G st.. the finest location in the city. et ts dest im i a as the [om NICHOLS: ). HAVE RECEIVED AN- ‘other Yt of foe black cluth caskets, full elk Yined, finely trimmed, which they are finishing for $00. °118 B st. Capitol Hill. it INCOMING CONGRESSMEN INCOMING CONGRESSMEN —should use the Edison Phonograph to dispatch their correspondence quickly. A big correspondence is a matter of a few moments’ work if you dictate your replies to the Phonograph and have your private secretary or typewriter clerk to do the rest. Sold or rented. COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO., 627 E st. o.w. ED. BABTON, Pres. R. F. CROMELIN, Sec. a023 L NOTICE.—AFTER THIS DATE THE Leary to Colonial de discontinued for AM Men's Suits without reserve. al Sutts_ without reserve. Ait Cahtdren id and @._T_ KF MERCHANT TAIT oR. 1312 F ST. S. MILVER GooD ENOUGH FOR ME. Every deveriytion of printing. Best of ork.” Lowoet prices for same’ quality T Turnlan. “Punctuality enfora. Brnoy «°AdAMy PRINTER, Telephone GH. feud) S12 Lith et hw. HOT WEATHER covrort. Halts SUMMER SHIRTS to order. Come ‘they are going rapt tly. the en NOTHING BETTER FRONT! hink that a pretty front feature of a house. We. beautify. the interior ndsomie mantels, tiled. fire places, ce. Come anil ‘ook over our stock. MO ROCHE, the to Work to Their Full Capacity. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury has given orders for the United States mints at Philadelphia and San Francisco to be op- erated to their full capacity in the coinage of gold bullion. The Treasury Department holds from $85,000,000 to $90,000,000 in gold bullion as a part of the gold reserve. This bullion ts in the form of bars and as it can- not be used as mon partment has decid gency, to transfer it all into coin. The bu Mon will be coined into $10, $ and ¥. pieces, preference being given to the * two denominations. The coinage cupacity of the Philadelphia mint is about $5,010,’ or $6,000,000 a month. There will not be much for the San Francisco mint to dc as most of the gold bullion ts now in thc east in that shape the de- , in the present emer- ere are $20,000,000 of this bullion in the Philadelphia mint. $15,000,000 of which is in one vault, where it has remained untouch- ed for the ments have tendent of the Philadelphia mint to he the coinage at once. The necessity for more gold coin is occasioned by the cent heavy disbursements of that coin al over the country. it fifteen years. Arrange- n made with the superi re Gold Payments. The inconsistency of human nature was illustrated in a practical way at the Treas- ury Department today when the holders of checks against the government protest- ed agains: quested silver certificates currency instead. These are the same peo- ple, who, a few weeks ago, grumbled and deep, their payment in gold and re- or some other loud because United States tellers emeiavtowenes tian hesitated to cash. their drafts entirely in — = gold. In the words of a treasury official, PALMER'S ‘The people rye = Lage cp a don’t want to re em. you offer BELFAST GINGER ALE, them currency —— sold sat if you tender them they demand currency. a ‘We are now paying all obligations in oli your Grocer’s, Dragsist's or Restaurant if our creditors are not satis je pectin = t | that ‘they will have to wait until we can 1 order from the manufacturer. secure more currency.’ SAMUEL C. PALMER, $615 Dat. aw. Derots: 106 32 sta. we mm (UPTURE CORED NUP ishou lose o¢ time from business. Pain- less and entirely safe Names of parties who have bees cured can be furnished Stour’ parior, JO and 32 Metzerott Bositing, 10:30am. to 5 pin WASH INGTON RNIN INSTITUTE. Send us the some friend who is ruptured. Send or pemphiet » im BRIGHTWOOD RAILWAY COMPANY ELECTRIC Ri of 7th st cable road and Me- fa AS wood, Battle cemetery, Silver Springs and Takems Fark: ‘Gare jeuve Stiver Springs and Talozs Park SNe Ae minntes for the cis. en THOS, O'BRIEN, Superintendent. DIAMOND an SETTING A spectalty of our ‘Factors. R HARRIS & CO., Manufacturing Jewelers, nee Cor, 7th and Daw. LL. MeQUrEN. PRINTER AND PUBLISHER. Fine book and job ’ Televhone 7U3.__(je26) 1116 E st. nw. NIELS, ANDIRONS. TENDERS GRATES any iron Gas Fixtures, &c. Tiles, Stained Sacer |. CORNING. Tile Shop, 520 13th st. _ fruit ionenaee ‘Very agreeable to take for CONSTIPATION, hemorzhoids. bile, x loss of . ‘and EEE meteor? rom them. Fie BRE LOS, a Archives, Paris. ORILEON. ue dee Are ueved trons duty: on the leved from duty on the Yorktown or the Charleston she wiil Probably be ordered around to New York and added to the training squadron. The ceful state of affairs in Peru renders her rther detention at Corinto almost unneces- sary. e+ Work for the Navy Yard. Estimates are being prepared at the Navy Department for the fabrication of a suiti- cient number of modern guns for the Wooden vessels which can be used for cruisers for five or ten years more, includ- ing possibly the Hartford, Kearsarge, Lan- caster and Alliance. It 1s proposed to pro- vide the four new ships named with a com- plete new battery of four and five-ineh rapid-fire guns as main batteries, and th usual number of small guns for the sec- ondary battery. As it is proposed to con- struct these guns at the Washington navy yard the prospects are good for a steady Tun of work there for a long time to come. pestroienmnenentbonoumaitincrsSts Demand for American Forage. Oficial advices recently received by the Secretary of Agriculture from his agent abroad, Mr. Mattes, fully confirm previous Feports regarding the shortage of certain ¢rops in many sections of Europe, which, he represents, {s likely to guarantee a very large demand for American forage ‘crops, including corn, although he does not think it likely that much of the latter will be used ‘| as human food. He represents that the tar- iff complications between Russia and Ger- many are likely to render the people of the latter country espectally dependent upon the United States for their supplies. pratanteadansniean The Dotp! The President's yacht Dolphin left here Saturday for New London, ostensibly for target practice, but, according to naval jossips, in reality to be available for the sident’s use in case he should desire to return to Washington by water. | AFTER REPEAL, WHAT? The Do Nothing Policy Appears to Be Losing Ground. THE SESSION WILL BE PROLONGED. The Tariff and Other Measures to Be Taken Up. MR. M’MILLIN’S WARNING. The fight over the repeal of the Sherman Jaw ends in the House today. Tomorrow the rules of the House, are expected to be adopted. Then comes ‘up the question of whether the House will fold its hands and call it @ session's work or go ahead with other business, just as at any other ses- sion. The subtle forces that have been at work to bring about a speedy adjourn- ment have been observed for some time by those who feel that Congress cannot af- ford to leave Washington without an at- tempt to deal with matters which were re- garded as of the greatest importance be- fore the silver question began to absorb attention. Under the surface there is an active fight over this question of general policy, and the men who have been making a fight for tariff reform during their whole public career and still stand on the platform of their building are determined that the work of Congress shall go on after the silver fight is over. The feeling there is in this fight is cropping out here and there and there is indication of a lively struggle if the advocates of inaction persist. ‘The Session Will Be Prolonged. There seems to be very little reason_to doubt that the session will be prolonged For a week there will probably be a period of comparative rest, after which the House will get down to business. The rules will probably be adopted on Tuesday—tomorrow and on Wednesday there will be a session {S the. commatticss:” An ‘adlourarmeat eit Drobably be taken then unt Saturday, when, if there are any reports from com- mittees, they can be submitted and the measures go on the calendar. If there is any material thus provided to work on, Dusiness will begin in the House in the usual way. A Rumor as to the Senate. It comes in an underground way that the managers in the Senate are counting con- fidently upon a vote on the repeal bill at the end of two weeks. The radical silver men do not know upon what this confi- dence is based, and say they think it will prove a mistaken calculation. The declara- tion Mr. Morgan has made that he thinks something to provide for filling the blank space left by the repeal of the Sherman law should be passed before the repeal bill is acted on, though he favors the repeal, is received with great satisfaction by the sil- ver men, But whether the fight over repeal is brief or prolonged, the impression is growing all the while that the work of Congress will go on. Mr. MeMillin’s Note of Warning. A note of warning to those who are cry- ing for “repeal and adjournment” was sounded by Mr. McMillin on the floor of the House Saturday night. This was the first open move in the fight against the do-noth- ing policy which has been quietly advocated in certain quarters, and the way: it was re- celved indicates that there is a strong sen- tment against anything which looks like trifling over the other work of. Congress that has yet to be done. Of course leading measures are what are talked about, ut they by no means comprise all the work of Congress, and the hundred and one things needed to be done can be disposed ef so much quicker if Congress does not yield to the self-indulgence of idleness. Mr. McMillin said at the close of his s!l- ver speech: Not That Kind of « Rest. “I have heard a govd deal of talk about passing this bill and then adjourning and gcing home and ‘giving the people a rest.’ ‘Give the people a rest'—under a tax of 60 per cent on all they eat and wear. ‘Give New York a rest’ under the further dom!- nation of Davenport and force at the polls. There is uo reat and ean be no prosperity under such conditions. You need not look for prosperity while a third of all the mon- ey in existence is taken by the federal tax- gatherers every year. You attempt to leave them to such ‘a rest’ and they may give you eternal rest. As if to confess that the passage of this one measure was the only thing for which the democratic party was elected or existed. There was a thou- sand utterances with reference to the im- portance of tariff legislation where there Was one on the currency question in the late campaign. There were a thousand ut- terances on the force bill legislation where there was one on the currency; and I can- not believe that my distinguished and val- ued friends from New York can ever recon- eile ty their consciences that they have properly discharged their duty should they go back to New York after the session had been called and say they had left John I. Davenport where they found him ‘as snug a bug i a rug.” (Laughter an¢ ap- plause.) Daty of the Party. “I believe the democratic party was sent here to deal with the currency question, to deal with the tarfff question, to deal with the question of force at the polls, and, my friends, we have got no Sunday school's celebration job on our hands, as sure as you are born. (Laughter and applause.) We are called upon to revise a pension roll that has a million pensioners on it; we are call- ed upon to revise the tariff with a bank- Tupt treasury. and we are called upon to reform the currency with a divided party. Let us, as one man, try to get together. Why did not we do it before this bill was brought in, a measure that prevents any- thing in the way of amendment being had to {t, or anything that we can do to xet together on a bill that has never been re- Ported on by any committee in the House, and on which there has been no caucus de- termination of what was best to be done. No, but the democratic party was divided into two hostile camps, and arrayed against each other. When a bill is brought in, it is not 80 sacred that we cannot amend it, and I stand ready to offer an amendment which would make it better if I could have the gbhortunity. If not, Iwill deal with it as 1 Alliance ts re-| Pacific station by | 04 It The True Policy. “Now I believe the true policy of the @emo- cratic party is to dispose of this measure. I do not want any unnecessary delay. I do not want to impede legislation in any way, but it is just as quick to pass a bill through the Senate that has an amendment in tt as one without an amendment, and maybe a little quicker. After we have done that we have exploited ourselves before the country as 2 divided party, let us take up these questions on which we see eye to eye and speak the same thing. Let us once more lock shields, let us once more touch elbows and march on to a glorious victory. If there be those here who do not want this policy, let them go to the rear until this battle is fought, until the people's rep- Fesentatives defend ‘them. As sure as you Pune, the do nothing policy there will be ittl> done, and you will remain respons- ible" (Loud applause.) ae Seeds Distributed. A statement prepared at the Agricultural Department shows that the cost of the seed distributed in the fiscal year ended June 39, 189, was slightly under $40,00), and the cost of ‘labor engaged in the distribu- tion, aside from the statutory roll, which has remained stationary and amounts to $13,520 annually, was , the number of packages of seed distributed that year slightly exceeding 6,000,000. The figures for the fiscal year last past included an addi- tional appropriation of $30,000 for seed, the total cost belng $66,548; cost of labor, $24,0)1, and number of packages of seed distributed, 7,706,000. —_——_—_—_-s-—_____ ‘To Protect Its Dairy Products. In order to protect the dairy products of Canada the customs officers of the dominion have been directed to brand all butter and cheese in transit from the United States through Canada to Europe “Product of the Usa" |MR. QUINCY'S RESIGNATION. It Has Not Been Made According to In- formation Here, Neither Secretary Gresham nor Mr. Thurber Knows Anything About It and Discredit the Report. Mr. Josiah Quincy of Boston has or has Not resigned his position as assistant sec- retary of state. It 1s extremely difficult to tell which, but the preponderance of evi- dence at this end of the line is that he has not. Mr. Quincy, who seems to be the only person with absolute knowledge on the subject, 1s in Chicago. The report that he had resigned came first from Boston, and was then repeated in telegrams from New York. According to them Mr. Quincy’s letter to President Cleveland sets forth, in the first place, the exigencies of the bay state campaign. Mr. Quincy then declares that his own loyalty, his sense of what ts right, his natural pugnacity, and his belief that the best interests of the democratic party in Massachusetts will be served by his taking the chairmanship of its state committee lead him to this decision. And so he Writes: “I resign my piace as assistant secretary of state.” He ts also reported to have said in New York yesterday before leaving for Chicago that in taking this action he very much regretted that he would be obliged to give up the companship of his pleasant asso- clates In the State Department and clse- where in Washington, but he believed that his duty as a good democrat requ him to do what the party asked of him. Secretary Gresham w: xed by a Slar reporter today if it was true that Mr. Quincy had resigned his position in the State Department. “I haven't heard of it,” he responded promptly and then added seml-confiden- tally, “and I don’t believe it is so,” Mr, Slade, Mr. Quincy’s confidential clerk at the State Department, also expressed hig disbellef in the reported resignation. Private Secretary Thurber said that noth- ing had been seen or heard at the White House to his knowledge to indicate that Mr. Quincy had resigned and consequently he did not believe the published report. As has been already stated in The Star, Mr. Quincy expects to leave the State De- partment so soon as he has completed the reorganization of the consular service in accordance with democratic principles. The fact that this work is very little more than half finished would tend to discredit the re- port that Mr. Quincy has already left the service. — CONTROLLER ECKELS BUSY, Many Suspended Ranke Want to Re- sume Business. ‘The controller of the currency was a busy man today. President Laws of the People's National Bank of Denver, Col., which re- cently resumed, applied, on behalf of that bank, for authority to absorb the assets of the People’s Savings Bank of that city. The controller reserved his decision. Presi- dent Dow of the Commercial National Bank of Denver, and President Walters of the First National Bank of Birmingham, Ala. applied to the controller today for authori. ty to reopen those banks, The controller has authorized the City National Bank and the Merchants’ National Bank of Lovis- ville, Ky., to resume business September 1. The only bad news received by the con- troller today was the suspension of the First National Bank of York, Neb. - ~_ ANTERIOR WATCHMEN. It fs Rumored That Sweeping Dinmis- auls Will Soon Take Place. There ts a tremor running through the Tanks of the Interior Department watch- men today. They feel that their official lives are drawing to a close. They feel that a Damocletian razor is hovering above thelr topknots, and that the hair is about to break. They are nervously anxious. ‘They believe that they are soon to be retir- ed from the service of their country. They seem to have received news ex cathedra that they are to fe, Several of them told the reporter for The Star today that they were goners; that the appointment clerk had said so by implication many times be- fore, and that they had understood that he had said so specifically today. There is a general air of crepe and mourning upoi the countenances of these gentlemen. In fact, there are not many of the republican watchmen who have not already gone. Oi the thirty-eight borne on the rolls of the department when Secretary Hoke Smith took hold only seventeen remain to tell the tale of the awful slaughter of their comrades. Twenty-one have been resigned and have journeyed to where the woodbi twineth. The death list is as follow: uel Jones, Maryland; Robert Whit 3 Lewis, Virginia; Le- Grande M. Falre, South Carolina; William Gassaway, Ohio; George W. Fairbrother District of Columbia; David C. Heoges, Pennsylvania; David’ L. Thomas, Ohio. James M. Coombs, Kansas; John A. Daley Pennsylvania; John 8. McIntosh, New York; James Graham, Pennsylvania; Rich ard Kirtchmeyer, Ohio; Julius M. ‘Chase, New York; Gilbert R." York, New York Philander “McMullin, Towa; ‘James Reed Pennsylvanii Willington, Ohio; Wil- Mam Branninger, District of Columbia; Peter 8. Blake, Delaware, and J. C. Mc- Conahay, Kansas. All of ‘these vacancies have been filled 80 it is sald on competent authority, wit! emocrats. Of the four packers, two have shuffled off the harness. They’ are Toh T. Jackson and Charles T. Bonn. Therc have been some casualties in the messen fer, force, but the exact number is noi nown. The bouncements which have oc curred in this branch of the service, so far as known, are Charles 8. Wicklin, lows Homer H. Winchell, Missouri; Felix Mul- doon, District of Columbla;’ Hersey K Freeman, Alabama, and Eugene S. Thom as, Indiana. The ‘Star reporter has not been able to officially verify this provhe: of impending doom. ‘So far as he has been able to learn there exists no immediat: reason for this earthquake which is shiv ering in the watchmen’s joints. On al’ sides,though, it is thought that they wii have to go. Of the two Meutenants of th: Watch, one, Lieut. James E. Richmond, has severed his connection with the depart ment. It is believed that Capt. Hill is all right by reason of his clerkship in the de partment, and tHat as soon as fired he wil! siide into the other place. The captain of the watch fs salaried at $1.00, the Heuten ants $340, and the privates $720. The po- sition is not one which implies much ver- spliration, but it Is by no means a sinecure gon hs“ oat aes oe Personal Mention. Mr. Archibald Magruder Billopp, who has been summering at Kensington, will leave tomorrow for ‘Xenia, Ohio, to visit and subsequently accompany his’ uncle to the world’s fair. Mr. Geo. W. M. Lucas, rintendent of Mount Carmel Raptist Sunday school, has returned from an extended tour in the north and Chicago. ‘The Catholic University has just received @ strong addition to its faculty by the ap- potntment of Rev. Dr. Quinn to the biblical chair. His lectures will treat exclusively of the New Testament. Formerly this new appointee was located at Mount St. Mary's College. He belongs to the archdiocese of Baltimore. 'Mshop Keane has returned from Atlantic City and will stay for a couple of weeks at the university. Dr. P. J. Garrigan has left for a trip to Long Branch and New England. He will be back in a week or 30. Mer. Demimuid, director general of the holy childhood, is'a guest of the university. The holy childhood’s work consists in col- Jecting money from Christian children for the maintenance and education of little heathen children. First Controller Bowler has gone to Cin- cinnat! for a few days. Assistant Secretary Curtis has returned from a business visit to New York. Assistant Secretary McAdoo returned to Washington this afternoon from New York. Secretary Lamont has gone to Sorrento, Me., to join his family and 1s not expected back in Washington before the end of the week. Gove: Col. Wm. D. Whipple, retired, is the latest candidate for the office of governor of the Soldiers’ Home. He ts said to have the sup- rt of Secretary Lamont and ex-Secretary Whitney. ‘The belief is still strone tha Gen. Stanlev. retired, will receive the |pointment. The matter wil! probably be set- | fed soon after the President returns to city. orship of the Soldiers’ Home. | the} REPEAL ASSURED. Voting on the Silver Question in the House. ALL THE AMENDMENTS DEFEATED. Interest Manifested on the Floor and in the Galleries. WORK IN THE SENATE. THE SENATE. ‘There was an unusually small gathering of spectators in the Senate this morning, the voting in the House on the silver bill having attracted the curious and the sight- seers to the south wing of the Capitol. Mr. Morgan (Ala.) was not present at the opening of the proceedings, but his return. to the city from his foreign mission as ar- bitrator in the Bering sea controversy was signalized by the appearance on his desk of the counterfeit presentment of a seal about one-third natural—rising out of a bank of roses, Notice given by Mr. Sherman (Ohio) that he would address the Senate noxt Wednesday on the silver question, and by Mr. Wolcott (Col.) for Thursday. Mr. Platt (Conn.), from the committee on Indian affairs, reported a bill authorizing certain Cherokee allottees or claimants to burehase lands held by them. He explained that under the recent agreement with the Cherokees seventy of those Indians occu- Pied and had made improvements on the land ceded in the Cherokee outlet. It had turned out that more than seventy. of them had equities in the land, and the bill simply authorizes the Secretary of the In- terior to allow those who have such equl- ties to purchase their holdings (not over 10) acres), paying the same price therefor a3 white people pay. The bill was passed. Another amendment was offered to the national bank circulation bill by Mr. Cock= rell akin to the Johnson bill in the House. It allows the holder of any United States bond to deposit st in the treasury and re- celve its face value in greenbacks, and dif. fers from the Johnson bill in the fact that it proposes that the bond owner, on with: drawing it, is to be paid the interest. which it had earned while in the treasury less 1 1-2 er cent per annum. ‘The amendment is ing discussed at length. ‘The resolution declaring that Lee Mantle was not entitled to a seat in the Senate was passed and a similar resolution in re- gard to Mr. Allen from ‘Washington. THE HOUSE. Under the impression that the order un- der which the House has been operating the past two weeks, so far as the hour of meeting was concerned prevailed, today the public galleries of the hall of the House of Representatives were filled before 10 o'clock this morning, and many members were in their seats on the floor at that hour. The surrounding corridors and lobbies of the floor were also filled with a throng of peo- ple, curious to know the outcome of the oratorical contest which has been going on within the chamber for fourteen days, These people struggled for advantageous points of view and perspired freely from their exertions. But even those fortunate enough to become possessed of seats and comparative quiet found it impossible to maintain any degree of comfort, for the at- mosphere was hot and muggy. Heavy clouds lowered over the city, and there was no breath of air stirring. The practical Outcome of the votes to be taken was con- ceded on all hands to be the defeat of every proposition relating to the free coin- age of sliver at any ratio with gold, and also of the resolution reviving the Bland- Allison act of 1878. This much was freely admitted by Representative Bland, the leader of the silver forces. He said that the estimate of the anti-silver committee of a majority of about fifty against any of the several propositions included within the order covering the proceedings of the day might even be exceeded. “The influences that have been brought to bear upon our men have had their effect, arid I should not be surprised to see the Wilson bill go through the Senate some day soon, with little or no friction.” The knowledge that the day would be de- voted to dreary roll calis, which, though re- lating to the most important question which has attracted the attention of the country for the past quarter of a century, are not of exciting interest to the ordinary spec- tator in the galleries, had no effect upon the audience this morning. Long before the hour of meeting the pub- Uc galleries were jammed with earnest listeners. When, at a quarter before noon, the reserved galleries were opened, t was a rush made to secure seats, and in a moment every bench was filled with ladies in summer costumes, who manipu- lated fluttering fans in order to temper the muggy heat which permeated the chamber. ‘The Leaders Appear. The leaders of the House attracted the usual amount of attention as they came upon the floor. Mr. Reed came in at 11:2), his form towering above all his associates on the floor, and being particularly no- ticeable because of his suit of Kentucky tow, enlivened by a deep red four-in-hand scarf, making him look like a white spot on a dark gray background. Gen. Tracey and Mr. Bland were busily engaged in con- ference with thelr leutenants, preparing for the decisive count of votes. Lafe Pence, the enthuslastic populist. from Colorado, earnestly assured Amos Cummings of New York that the end was not yet, despite the apparent defeat of the advocates of free coinage. Bourke Cockran did not appear until after the Speaker's gavel fell, but Messrs. Harter, Rayner and Tom L. Johns son, anti-silverites, buzzed and beamed with anticipations of victory. When the Speaker commanded order at 12 nearly every seat in the hall was filled, an unmistakable evi- dence of the general and individual interest in the matter in hand. Chaplain Hadda- way prayed briefly and in a voice tnaudthle at a distance of more than ten feet from the desk for an especial gift of wisdom and judgment to rightly settle the great ques- tion before the House. After the reading cf the Journal Mr. Weaver (N. Y.) appeared at the bar of the House on the arm of his col- league, Gen. Tracey, and was sworn in by the Speaker. ‘The resolttion contained in the order of procedure on the silver question was re- rted by the clerk, providing for a vote Rrst upon free coinage of sliver at the pres- ent ratio of 16 to 1 Mr. Bailey's Question. Representative Bafley (Tex.) asked if, in the event of all the amendments in- cluded in the order being defeated, it would be in order to propose an additional amend- ment germane to the subject. Speaker Crisp replied that as at present vised he would answer no: that the order Soivides cshaustively ail that the Frouse may consider; but that when the time came to formally present the question the gen- tleman from Texas might be heard. Representative MeMillin (Tenn.) desired to offer an amendment providing foz. the free coinage of the product, of the silver mines of the United States, but Mr. Bland objected to even having it read, saying that such a proposition was not free colnage at all. e floor was the scene of a noisy, bus- tling’ confusion, the various leaders ‘being busy in marshaling their cohorts. Every member was on the tip-toe of expectation, and it may be safe to say that every Rep” resentative who was not detained by iN- ness was in his seat. ‘The House was cailed promptly to order at 12 o'clock and the chaplain invoked the special Divine guidance on members at this eritleal moment ‘The First Amendment Defeated. The Wilson bill having been read Mr. Bland (Mo.) offered his first amendment— that of free coinage at the present ratio of 16 to 1—and it was defeated by a vote of yeas, 124; nays, 226, amid applause from the anti-sllver men, who received one more majority than they expected. The follow- ing 1s the detailed vote: The Vote in Detat Yeas—Messrs. Abbott «. Tex.), (r, Mich), Alexander @. N.C), Allen @. Miss.), Arnold (d.Mo.), Bailey @. Tex.), (p. Kan.), Bankhead (i. Ala), Bell (Continued on Sixth page.) i Aitken THE PRESIDENT’S RETURN. He is Expected to Be Back in Wash- ington This Week. Private Secretary Thurber told a Star re- porter today that he expected the President to return to Washington this week, but that no day had yet been fixed. The fact that Dr. Bryant has left the Presideut is re- warded as a complete refutation of the Tumors that the President 1s seriously il, ga those rumors were mainly based on thé fact that Dr. Bryant has been constant! at the President's side ever since he left ‘Washington for rest and recuperation. ~-o-——— AGAINST ALIEN A Bill Prohibiting Their Employment in the Public Service. Senator Gallinger today reintroduced bis bill of the last Congress, which he gives the title of “for the better protection of the public service.” The bill provides that the Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, Navy and Interior, the Postmaster General.@the Attorney General and every head of every department, bureau or division of the gov- ernment, and all persons having charge in any way in any department, bureau or di- vision of the government, shall forthwith dismiss from the public service all persons employed in or about any such department, bureau or division, in any way or manner, who are not citizens of the United States by nativity or by having fully completa] their naturalization by due form and pro- cess of law. * Sec. 2 That hereafter no person shall be appointed to or hold office or place in the service of the government who is not a citizen of the United States by nativity or who has not fully completed his naturaliza- tion by due form and process of law. Last Congress the bill was referred, as it was today, to the committee on civil service and retrenchment and on the 13th of May was reported favorably with the following amendment added at ‘the end of the first ction: xcept persons whose employment in- volves special skill or knowledge, and whose removal would be a detriment to the public service. —————EE FORD'S THEATER DISASTER. A Resolation to Investigate It Pre- pared by Representative Aitken. Representative Altken of Michigan is pre- paring a resolution to be introduced in the House at an early date, providing for the appointment of a special committee to in- vestigate the Ford's Theater disaster. Mr. Aitken said today that one object which he has in view is to finally provide for govern- ment aid for the victims of the disaster, if Possible. The resolution, when introduced, ‘will go to the committee on rules, but it 1s thought that they will make a favorable report on it and that it will be adopted by the House. A thorough investigation of the causes leading to the catastrophe will be made by the committee when appointed. War Department Changes. Danie! G. Campbell of Dakota, appointed id P. office. class 1, R. and P. 7 Exley of District of Columbia, Edwin $. appointed assistant draftsman at $1,400 per annum, office quartermaster general. james M. Hilton of Pennsy!vania appoint- ed assistant draftsman at $1,200 per annum, office quartermaster general. Ethelbert Baier of Texas, clerk, $1,000, R. and P. office, resigned. R, Grant Barnwell of Pennsylvania, class 1,_R. and P. office, resigned. Harvel M. Shannon, Tlinols; John B. Dowd, Indiana, and Arthur P: Whitney, New York, clerks of class 1 in the record nd Rension office, promoted to clerks of ———__-e-______. Army Orders. The extension of teave of absence grant- ea Post Chaplain Thomas W. Barry is fur- ther extended one month. ‘The leave of absence granted Capt. Jas. B, Burbank, third artillery, is extended fifteen days. The following transfers in the fourth cav- alry are ordered: First iieut. George H. Cameron, from troop F to troop L. First Lieut. Robert D. Walsh, from troop L to troop F. - ‘The extension of leave of absence grant- ed First Lieut. Robert C. Willfams, second infantry, is further extended eight days. Leave of absence for two months ie qrant- ed First Lieut. Henry L. Ripiey, third ca’ alry. “By @irection of the President First Lieut. ‘Thomas J. Clay, tenth infantry, will report to the army retiring board at Columbus barracks, Ohio, for examination. ‘The leave of absence granted Capt. John Pitman, ordnance department, is extended fourteen days. The board of officers convenel at Van- couver barracks, Washington, for the e<- amination of officers to deter nine thelr fit- ness for promotion is dissolved. oe Three More Banka Resume. ‘The following national banks, which re- cently suspended payment, having complied with the conditions imposed by the con- troller of the currency, ani their capital being untmpatred, have today been permit- ted to reopen their doors for business: The State National Bank of Vernon, Tex. rane, First National Bank of San Marcos, ‘exas. ‘The First National Bank of Lockhart,Tex. on Ee Government Receipts Today. The receipts from internal revenue today ‘were $612,320; from customs, $451,216. ———_ -o-_____—_ Movement of Silver. The issue of standard silver dollars from the mints and treasury offices for the week ended August 26, 1898, was %56.740; for the corresponding period of 1892, $641,U19. The shipment of fractional ‘silver coin {Jom , the Ist to the seh instant aggregated ———_ +e Resignation Called F ‘The Secretary of the Treasury has called for the resignation of Jos. W. Burke, col- lector of internal revenue for the ‘third district of Texas, and his successor will Probably be appointed in a few days. ee i eee ll Serve Another Year. retary of War has ordersd that those officers who have just completed a three years’ detail as military instructors at colleges shall continue to serve in the same capacity for another year. ———___-o-— ‘WM! Go. It has not yet been determined who will Tepresent the Post Office Department at the annual convention of the Letter Car- fiers’ Association at Kansas City. Post. master General Bissell feels a warmth of attachment for the carrier and hopes to be with them. If he can't be with them in fact he will get there in spirit. The Post- master General is said to look upon the sweating carrier with an affection akin i parental love. There are a great many Wrongs to which the carrier now submits which will be rectified as soot: as the Post- master Genera: can get in his work. A recommendation for increase of delivery service will be in the department estimate- for the next fiscal year. The down trod den carrier is the chosen of the department Postmaster Bissell will be with them a‘ the great meet if the pressing duties of public life wil! allow. Just now the busi- ness of the department is pretty heavy. DB rs Many Victim Mr. Dunbar has given bond at Philadel phia in the sum of $2,000 to appear at Wash: ington next October. His bond was furn ished by professional hondemen, non he ing properly secured. The Post Office De- partment is in receipt daily of letters from victims of Dunbar, savin that th read the account of Dunbar's exploits in The Evening Star. This afternoon the in- spectors received one from Robert G. Rein- iger of the law firm of Reiniger & Lord of Charles City, Iowa, giving the details of how he was robbed. He sent Dunbar 316 for the biographical ‘and photographic bus. iness, and heard nothing of the matter ti he bout it in The Star. He is willing to lend a hand to cage the alleged scoundrel. ° Receipts and Expenditures, The following is a statement of the re- tie and expenditures of the United es: ‘The receipts for month to date....$20,749,000 The ‘recelpts for fiscal “year te date 51,654,776 ‘The ex; fo ‘The statehood executive committee met at Oklahoma yesterday and called a mass tehood convention for Purcell September THE CHICAGO SHOW. The National Commission to Meet THE SCANDAL ABOUT THE AWARDS. The Bonded Indebtedness Being Rapidly Paid Off. THE DISPLAY OF CATTLE. WORLD'S FAIR GROUNDS, Aug. 28.— The session of the national commission this afternoon will be enlivened by a full airnig of Saturday's attempted award buying af- fair, in which Commissioners Beeson and Mercer are interested. It is expected that U. B. Thatcher, chairman of the executive committee on awards, will put before the commission the facts in the case as im- parted to him by John Bonfield, chief of the secret service at the fair. The connec- tion of the two commissioners with the Chicago woman, Grace Harmon, who has been arrested for offering to sell an award a $20,000, will be subject to @ searching in- quiry. Commissioner Beeson is the of the body who has never lett 2's comthenes address at the office of Secret Dickin- appears three or four times son. His name on the register, but in no case does a house Commissioner Mercer is umber folio registered as living at the City Hot old-time holstelry.at 16th and State street an investigation of the “sald Gen. J. W. St. Clair, ancl of administration. Te tn ot ne od ie yan wht acti fe Seu take in the premises. I believe, however, the department of awards owes oae duty to itself and to the exhibitors, T hts Mryahatcher should go. through judges and strike out ame every man who was selected on the tect ommendation of either In this way taint can be ment.” Judging Fine Cattie. ‘The arena of the live stock pavilion was filled this morning with a magnificent ar- ray of horses and cattle. The usual parade for. shortly after 10 o'clock. the day calling for Jersey ‘cathe fren lenry be inspected by Judge Hi F. Washington, D.C. and Arab ahd Amenion, Arab horses to be judged by F. F. Videl of Suffolk, Eng. Tomorrow there will be & grand horse parade through the exposi- tion grounds and Chief Bi says he will have in line the best 800 horses that the sun ever shone upon. Clearing Off the Indebtedness. September 15 a third payment will made on the exposition debent: The first payment made two was 10 per cent. The second 10 per cent will be made this Payment to be made September 15 20 per cent clearing half the bonded indebiedses Wednesday evening a held bet ‘Treasurer Auditor “Ackerman, down to $568,000. of the treasurer at eight days from inclusive, were @ net daily income the 10 per cent on ‘Treasurer Seeberger cash to the amount of nearly floating debt of $568,000. lage in Midway Plaisance wil morrow. The Javanese say that unable to meet the 2 per cent receipts demanded by the world’s Been sone of the moet ‘attract ‘one ve the Plaisance. “As You Like It.” Preparations for the Shakespeare’ 5 ae é g 4 & ee is Hy el i sk on the stage and the the auditorium will be illuminated and dec. orated with Chinese lanterns and Incandescent lights. The chorus, will sist of fifty voices trained by Prof. Uns. The Colubian Exposition orc of sixty pieces Will be used. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK. # the Idea of « Finan- etal Wi CHICAGO, Aug. 2%&—Lyman J. Gage scouts the idea of financial war being in progress between Chicago and New York. He said yesterday the circular sent by the First National Bank of Chicago to corre- Spondents in St. Louis was sent for no other purpose than to explain the existing conditions of the money market to such as had not hitherto understood them. Said Mr. Gage: “The circular was nothing more than a statement of facts necessary to be be made known to our correspondents. It @id not contain any reflection upon the methods pursuedsby the New York bankers. It is not our place to criticise their methods. ‘They are the best judges of what the cir- e course cumstances required and thi th took may have been the wisest possible and may have made things much easier for us in the west. We have been so fortunate as to have been able to di measures adopted in New York and that is all to be said on that subject. In our cir- cular we sald we were paying currency over the counter in Chicago, but the New York banks were paying clearing house certificates instead. The result was we could not get currency in New York on a draft there. People who wanted cash there had to buy it on the street by paying what- gver_ Premium was prevalent from 4 32% Der cent. "We could not, of course, to buy drafts on New York here at par premium of from 1 1-2 to 2 York to our money. and then pay Der cent at ‘Things are changing now. stringency is rapidly passing away. In a little time We hope to see the premium for cash on New York drafts disappear, and then of course Chicago will be to accept New York paper on the best terms. ‘There san be no possible jealousy between New ork and Chicago bankers. p=“ Delaney Guilty of Murder. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 28—At Mor- gansfield, | Saturday, "Geo. Delaney was found guilty of the’ murder of A\ De- Janey, and sentenced to the peniten' for life.” Abbie Delaney was the wife of one day of Henry Delaney, George's brother, Henry being forced to marry after he bad betrayed her. ee riage a carriage containing Henry Delaney, his wife and father-in-law and mother-in- law was fired into. Abbie Delaney was killed and her father, Taylor Aliner, was seriously wounded. —— A Freight Depot Burnea. McKEESPORT, Pa. Aug. 28.—At an early hour this morning the Baltimore and Ohio freight depot, a large iron structure, was completely wrecked and {ts contents destroyed by fire. Matches in household goods ‘stored in the building are supposed to be the cause. The loss cannot be fully Gatimated, but it is several thousands of dollars. a —_—_—— —_— It Was Not the Count. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 28.—"Count” W. D. Kookojay today contradicted the statement that he committed sulelde in San Francisco under the name of R. W. Parker. The “count” is alive and well and says he is living quietly and without noto- riety in this city, with his wife, nee Nellie B. ‘Wingale, whom he married March last after a’ divorce was procured by Miss Scovel. The right name of the suicide ven by the widow as Wilbur Prescott ojay led to the conclusion that it was the “count” who had ended his life at the Grand Hotel. od Mr. Holmes’ Long are ey VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. fore Friday, te te naring wollen from Montreal in 117 days, days sooner than upon. ‘THE DEATH LIST GROWING, Sixteen of Those Injured in the Long Island Wreck Now Dead. LONG ISLAND CITY, L. L, Aug. 2% Av: ust Jacobsson, the sixteenth victim of the great midnight railroad accident on the Long Island railroad Saturday night. died im St. John’s Hospital,Long Island City, thie morning. Of the sixteen injured at the hospital five Pe ee Weinstein, Bugene Weiss, eodore rests — = s * COMBINING AGAINST POPULISTS. ‘Craven, Democrats and Republicans in Kansas Uniting. eal of comment among all classes of poli- ticlans. Saturday the republican and dem- ccratic central committees of Seward goun- ty met and called a joint convention two parties to meet at the court Liberal Saturday, September 2, nate @ county ticket. The call recites it ts time for all law-abiding people in K. fas to come together on a broad and trictic basis and unite in solid phalang against the onward march ef anarchy and disorder that threaten to destroy the credit and good name of Kansas and hold. her = up to the ridicule and derision of the. nation. ‘These references are made against the populist party that ts a to capture the heretofore republican counties in western Kansas. Dispatches from that section y that this Gemocratic-repubiican: fusion will probably be made in a score of counties. . the federal court have sent to Washi req Senators Representatives from Calffornia, te within their power to bring about legislation as will materially aja getting speedy justice. ‘They ask = int, resolution authorizing and directing the federal department of justice to take Boch steps as may be to obtain from “the. 8 Court of the Culted it i HY Se States a conclusive decision in the led by His Wife. - 2.—J. C. Ont Mis wite’” she Ki OAKLAND, CAL., A mons was Bratally Mardered. Hi waite i body, and stabined her ina dozen places. The murderer and motive own. whole community is searching for the te-mortem statement to the effect that as he was climbing up the side ladder of = freight car he met a ‘who hit the head with a lantern. him on the a ¥ him off the ladder, when he feil the cars to the rai! He will die. rand ia Reducing Ratiroad Men's Wages. AHA, Neb. Aug. 28 —Wages will com tanly. be" reduced ‘on the "Usion "Paciiig, General Manager Dickinson a conference with switchmen piatnly them that on September | there would prob- ably be a general ae eee ae least © per cent. They demurred, argued the matter, but finally went home It is not t thet they strike. egies toon d Mills Starting Up. sin the facturis uation in the manufactui city within the past week. Altogether @ much better feeling prevails. Several of the largest establishments have increased their working force, and many of them have re- ceived orders which indicate a more healthy feeling among the bu: an tncreasiiug confidence for the future. The car which discharced a number of its men When the Rhancial panic frst appeared. ie run ‘@ nearly full force, Corealihe works has resumed with its complement of men. Other industries preparing to resume on the first fnonth, and though the utmost care is EEat Perween the firet and’ middie of coming month. NEW YORK, Aug. 3— ‘steamships New York, Campania, and La Bourgogne drought $5,475,000 gold. Working on Half Time. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Aug. 28.—The i ‘ivania in this city, 1, men. (4 it put iy enonine ey : ky her y Tt is thought full time &) Jn, the spnual report of he, Hungary Seetion ‘of wheat ths : bushels against the 000,000 annually for i