Evening Star Newspaper, August 29, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR Paatile 27 wealth PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, yearns Arany ose 1 3b, by wening Star Newspaper Com| SH RACEFMANS Pre’e fone: sererssaminde Few York Oiice, 83 Potter ow \Gioe, Bailing, Tam Evewrva SvA2 :s 49-¥ol to sabscrihers tn the ity by carriars, on thelr own account, at 10 cents per ‘Week. or He. per month. Copies at the counter, 3 gentseach. By :nail—snywhere in the United States oF Cansts -postace prepaid —30 ceats per moath. SATURDAY QU \DaCPER SHEET STARL OOper year; ‘with foreizn postaze alded, $3.00. (Entered st the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as ‘second-class ail mttaer. | 527 All mail subscriptions must be patdin advance Rates of advertisins made known oa application. Vor. 83, Na 20.663. Che Eve ng Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1893. TWO CENTS: SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. ONT JUDGE 4 Way BY HIS CoAT. Likewise dou't judge a house by tte ex tetioe Watt tilt fon have seem imide, If bas handsome MANTELS im every room, TILED FIREPLACES and plenty of Light from large FA Windows then it Is a good bouse and its owner ‘Will be comfort: gan be mst ri . ROCHE, All Kinds of Mantels and Tiles, Gas Lous.” (aud) 13th st. ES. scHMID, THE BIRD DEALER, Has received a fie yuuug pair of Australiaa kanga- roos, which cam be seen at bis bird store for & fw days before Sending them to their new home at the "Zoo." au29-5t ZMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST CO. PAID CAPITAL, $1.250,000. SURPLUS. $150,000. Pays interest upon deposit, Cashes checks against such de posits without notice. Sells first trast notes tn any scins «hich net the purchaser full 6 per cent. Rents safe deposit boxes in tte ‘vaults from 85 per year up. AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST OO A. I. BRITTON..Ghairman Executive Committee. Banking House, 1406 G st Btorage Warehouse, 1140 lta st au28-2t THE NATIONAL CAPITAL ICE 00., HAVING reason to delleve that the Gre which occurred in fhcir etabies “at sth at. wharf on 234 inet. to have been the work of an incendiary, hereby offer & reward of $500 for the arrest snd coaviction or he. gulty facts lor patie of Directors. ella Wat. H. REARDON, au2s-2t* ‘Superintendent. Tar "WASHINGTON LOAN ‘AND TRUST COM- "ANY. PAID-UP CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS ‘This company bas for sale ebaice frst mortgage real to any amount, which are sold at par and ac- eruedt interest, and which par 6 per cent interest net. "Interest semt-an- nually. Meney tavested tn. ties ts as safely placed as in government honds, while paying SO per cemt more income. auze4e INCOMING CONGRESSMEN INCOMING CONGRESSMEN bi —shovld use the Edison Phonograph @ispatch thelr correspontence quickly. A big correspondence is & matter of a few moments’ work if you dictate your replies to Phonograph and have COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO., 627 E st. aw. E D. EASTON, Pres. BF. CROMELIN, Sea, au23 RICH ALONE CAN AFFORD RENT. Paying house-rent iss luxary—s loxary ‘which the poor man cannot afford. By buy- ing s home now, although you psy out « certain amount of money every month, you own your home in the end. Homes at Chariton Heights €100 down, $25 per moath, Building lots for $5 down end @5 per month. 448. %. WAUGH, “Owner,"610Fstnw. 9028 SPECIAL, NOTICE—APTER THIS DATE THE t the steamer George Leary to Colonial 4 Piney Point will be discontinued for the season, JOHN CALLAHAN, auds-3¢ General Superintendent. T Have $1, De REAL EpTa NOTES FOR sale; first ‘trust om property worth $12) TO THE PUBL ‘The photographie business of the late C. M. Bell will be continued in the future as in the Past_at the same places, vis: 468-465 Pa. ave. Hod TOL 18th sta aa = superior” grade of work for which galleries are noted will be equalled if not ex a. auze-6e Mrs. ©. M. BELL. Giaxp P. AND TRADES DISPLAY OF the Jolly Men's Clad. on THURSDAY, Aug- ust 31. 189@.at 2 p.m. Business men are invited to participate, and all destring to do so should at once communicate with J. oH. Or 1. T retary, 456 "Va. ave. 6.w., ‘Who will furnish fall information as te the route, Dosition. &e. 8028-8 ARE YOO A “HEAVY- WEIGHT. And afraid to trust yourself on the popalar Hebt wheels? If so call im and take a look at onr latest pattern. Rambler No.8. 30-inch wheels; rigid © of extra length and depth: handle Bars. but not too low for am erect : strong ecozh to carry any weight rider over any roads. welghine complete, with tools, 38 we ak it'll sult you. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO., ante 1325 14th st. 83 1-8 PER CENT DISCOUNT ALTERATION SALE. Suits without reserve. Suits without reserve. All Children’ Saits without reserve, All Spring Overcoats without All Men's, Boys’ and Children’s Trousers without reserve, Excepting Black Clay, Worsteds and Black Cloths. EISEMAN BROS. __7th and B ste. TO GRANITE CUTTERS.—« MEETING FuRNDAY EVENING, Aogurt 20 at 730 sharp ite WM. SILVER, Sec. ‘Prayer ORROW (Weds 2 ‘eervices 7 Ls 1313 BH st. . Bible m. a a aw. talk welcome. SPIRIFUALISM.—WONN'S aw. answered. HALL Tat @TH ST. jessages from our Not mind “Good tauste. EFoondag) EVENING. Mie’ KATY BOW: suit by cloth here and bat 7 sma ving goods ‘The weather today and tomorrow fair and cooler. Ifyou read it im our Ad. it ie s0. Cash payers never get their sccounts twisted for they bave no scoounte-THEREFORE PAY CASH. Cash peyers are treated lite lords wherever they o— they sre always shown the best—they are slways given inside prices— ‘THEREFORE PaY 0asH. ‘We ean quote you such low lumber prices for eash as ‘will astound you— THEREFORE DEAL BY CASE WITH Us. ‘Molding at 40c. per hundred is cheap, isu't it? We have tt. LIBBEY, BITTINGER & MILLER, “Lumber, Mill-work and Builders Hardware,” Cor. @th and N. ¥. ave. #.w. awa Iv YoU want ANYTHING IN THE STATIONERY LINE eo to BASTON & RUPP'S, 421 11TH STREET. Gust adove the avenue.) LOWEST PRIOBS au” THE BEST SUMMER BEVERAGE. TO-KALON WINE COMPA G14 16¢th st. [uz] Teleph: YOU NEVER saw —to much stout cutting quality in stool as ts contained in our famous “‘dollar” saw. The way it divides = board is « caution. You couldn't invest $1 in anything you need as much of asoften about the house. All steel and will almost bend double Absolutely guaranteed. $1- BARBER & ROSS, cor. 11th and @ sts. nw. _su20 FIRST GUN FOR FALL. Determined that our frst gun of the Fall shall make strong apd {Epeetlon, "we. wil make you's Back DE agonal Coat and Vest to for $22.50. J. FRED GATCHELL, tate of Kew's, «18 12m t_o.w. __auttam B. NICHOLS @ CO. HAVE RECEIVED ax Cuber ot of fine’ Diack cloth caskete. full sik Hined, finely trimmed, which they are ta Petrel and ordered to the Mohican, B. F. Hutcheson from the Mo- dered to the Petrel. an: ‘Lieut. DeWitt Coffman has been ordered to dut, t the naval academy and Car- ponte Pa. Mager at the Standard Steel forks, Thurlow, Pa. . Association of Military Sargeons. The next annual meeting of the Asso- ciation of Military Surgeons of the United States will be held in Washington May 1, 2 and 3, 1894 Surgeon General Henderson of the District National Guard is chair- man of the committee of arrangements. ‘The officers for the ensuing year are: President, Col. Nicholas Senn, surgeon general Illinois National Guard; vice pres- ident, Col. Bernard J. D. Irwin, assistant surgeon general Unitgi States Army; sec- ond vice president, Col. Louis W. Read, surgeon general Pennsylvania National Guard; secretary, Lieut. Col. Eustathius Chancellor, medical director Missouri Na- tional Guard, and treasurer, Maj. Law- oe Cc. Carr, surgeon Ohip National Army Orders. The leave of absence granted Capt. George Le R. Brown, eleventh infantry, is extended two months. The leave of absence granted Maj. Wil- Mam H. Nash, commissary of subsistence, igs extended one month. Leave of absence for one month is grant- <, iret Lieut. George Palmer, ninth in- Leave of absence for one month is grant- ed Capt. Daniel H. Floyd, assistant quar- termaster. Capt. David A. Lyle, ordnance depart- ment, will make ten visits to the works the Ben; pany, Ne Pertaining to the ordnance department. ¥, FR STONE, U. 8. CAPITOL. of Hate—Masons, Odd Yellows aml all other oreaptzations wo to RODTS. 419 Tien “st.” Reoniring short Briss gow reaty. om tte Eat e+ Germany's Corn Purchases. ‘The rapid increase of Germany's pur- chases of Indian corn from America has caused the foreign office to consider a plan which will enable the Prussian Agricul- tural Union to obtain their supplies directly from the producers in the western states. The purpose of Freiherr von Marschall, minister of foreign affairs, is to do away with the middiemen and get lower prices for the consumers. He has asked officially what help the Washington government will give him in carrying out his plan, and the United States consul at Berlin has written 2 Washington shat the time ts Ipe form @ corn syndicate and gain lasting hold on the German market. 2 SILVER GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. Exery description of printing. Best work.” Lawest prices f t Hor WEATHER COMFORT. Mail's SUMMER SHIRTS to order. Come Tian ney Ae eee ay, 008 Fob NOTHING BETTER Aso Summer beverage than PAUMER'S BELFASS GINGER ALR, qual to imported. Aak for tt at your Grocer's, Druswist’s or Restaurant <order from the manufacturer. SAMUEL C. PALMER ects a f= am tb ‘ IXINSTITUTE. Send us {hope of some friend who ie ruptured. 2 Sorings and. Takoms Fark Cars leave Silver Springs and Takome Park every fen Inin ates for the city hot nlghts Delight?! THOS. O'BRIEN, Superintendent. ‘L. MeQUEEN, im a PRINTER AN! Fine book and job Televhone Ti 28) NTELS. ANDIRONS, jromch* iron Gas F XD PUBLISHER, Tow tis ® st. nw. FENDERS GRATES, ‘tures, &c. Tiles, Stained 2+ Archbishop Purcell’s Debts, ‘The creditors of Archbishop Purcell held a long and exciting meeting yesterday in Cincinnati in the office of Taft & Miller, trustees of the Purcell estate, and also at- torneys for the creditors. Was decided to interview Mgr. Satolli on his views 28, to the moral obligation of = ‘atholic Church to pay the ——__- the trae Cava! Trials. je trials of mery Castine will pg sy oj Lone ts ind Island sound earl: reund .aatly, in September. The Dolphin, sed to mark the course and keep Wt cleat Secretary Herbert of these trials. will probably sttend one — Consult. consuls rman; met in Hamburg yesterday to vase apy goncerted action under the United Staces laws to prevent the infection of American ports by emigrants or gouds from’ that country. The first plan of the consuls was to meet early in September, but disquieting reports of cholera in Neuss, Halle. Duis burg and Sigmaringen caused them to fix S late. One fresh case cholera has been found ia Berle” ee ems eee The New York's Equipment. The cruiser New York, which lying of Philadelphia for ‘several wesne, will probably leave the Delaware next week for one of the navy yards to receive electric dynamos and other parts of her equipment, Before going to the yard she will be given a turn at sea for a few days to shake dow? her machinery and loosen up things. She will not be formaily assigned to a°station until some time in the autumn, and will then probably join the home station as fi ship, relleving the San 00, whigh may be sent to Europe. : Cor The United States | little storm, but you o1 | how it blew one night bacl Wind and Rain Sweep Violently Over the City. TELEGRAPH WIRES ARE PROSTRATED. Trees Blown Down and Much Other Damage Reported. SOME OF THE DETAILS. Barometer—29.4. Wind velocity—4 miles. Rainfall—1.3 inches. It was s hurricane It was not @ tor- nado. As @ hurricane it came up to all expecta- tions. It played its part to perfection. Or- dinary August breezes were not to be com- pared to it For hours it raged all along the coast. The center of the hurricane —. directly over the fair city of Wash- The storm was foretold days ahead by the weather bureau and it came along ac- cording to program. It is to be hoped that the next time the weather bureau attempts to bring a cool wave in summer and a sur- cease from a condition of extreme humidity it will do it in a reasonable manner. To the ordinary mind there would seem to be no particular use in tearing up trees, un- roofing houses and scaring the timid half to death just for the sake of a drop of a few degrees in temperature. It is such foolish waste of energy. What Weather Officials Say. And the weather bureau officials say it was not so very much of @ storm, anyhow, and they can’t see why the people should be making such a fuss over it! again; the people make up their minds that they have been going through one of the worst experiences imaginable, and along comes a weather prophet who nas all the records at his fingers’ ends, and he says that an average velocity of forty-two miles for five minutes is no great storm after all. miles or even eighty has been recorded. Some of these days a tired populace will rise up and smite these people who make a practice of saying,“‘This is it to have seen in fifty-three,” or forty-three, or thirty-three, it realiy makes no great amount of difference. But last night's storm wus enough to sat- isfy any reasonable mortal in search of meteorological effects. If any one wants any more he should fill out a coupon and file it with the coupon editor at the weath- er bureau. All day long the weather had been threat- ening, and even those people who had not read ‘in The Star the forecasts of heavy winds preceding a hurricane center knew that there was trouble ahead. Yesterday afternoon there was a heavy wind that | came in fitful gusts, and reminded one more of a warm day in March than of August. Occasionally there were little spits and spurts of rain, an awning would fy’ u or a shutter go banging against the wall, and people shook thelr heads and wisely | said there was a storm coming. They were right, but if they read The Star they knew it was not an ordinary summer storm, but | ‘& well-developed hurricane that was head- ing this wey. The clouds hung low and heavy an ‘wind was from, the east. It Came With a Wil. At 9 o'clock front steps were deserted, and.so wete the streets. Awnings were triced up and window blinds securely fas- tened back. At 10 it was blowing a gale. At 11 people who had gone to bed at 10 found they were not asleep yet. At mid- | ht many of them found themselves hur- rying around to find if all the windows and blinds were as securely fastened as they might be, If they were not, there was | trouble. Man; hinges and many a fine plate-glass window was shattered by flying awning trons. ‘There is little need to tell people that the | storm did a very great deal of damage | throughout the city. Shade trees suffered | badly and many a fine big specimen was found prostrate when the sun came out | bright and clear this morning. Telegraph | wires were down, not only here, but all through this section of the country, and after midnight this city was pretty well cut off from communication with the out- side world. ‘The weather bureau was a heavy sufferer by this break tn the telegraphic communi- cation, for this morning it was completely cut off from its outside offices and the offi- clals had no way of telling what had be- come of the hurricane after it left this | city. They were sitting around without | very much to do, for there were no re- | ports from observers to record and work | upon. All they could say of the storm | was that from the direction it was going | when it struck us and passed the pre- sumption was that it was somewhere in Pennsylvania this morning. It might have veered off to the west a little and if it did So the chances are they are having some ae northeast gales on the great lakes Y. Ever since early in July there has been @ severe and costly drought all to the south and west of us. So far as the south is goncerned the drought has been broken all to pieces. While the rainfall here during the twenty-four hours was but 1.3 inches to the south it varied from 2 to 5 inches. It did not go west of the Allegnenies, how- ‘The Wind and Rain. A heavy fall of rain, with such a wind as Prevailed last night, is no smail matter, a: those who were out in it are ready to tes- tity. Umbrellas were of no avail against | such @ fustllade of drops, for they were car- ried up as well as down, and a rubber | swimming sult would be the only thing | that could keep one dry in such a storm. It beat in under windows and through part- ly opened blinds. It simply penetrated. | Wherever it wanted to go it went, and that was all there was about it. All, that is to say, until the time comes to pay for the repairs to damaged walls and ceilings. The first known of the storm was last Saturday, when {t was noticed about | twenty-five miles off the further end of the Bahamas. From the direction in which it was then going the weather bureau said it would strike in about Georgia and follow up the coast. The promise was carried out to the letter, for it not only struck Georgia, but, the center passed directly over Savan- naf, the very point toward which it was heading. The center then continued up so that it passed over Augusta, Charlotte and | Washington, and then went a little to the | east of Baltimore. In the case of @ hurricane the center is really a point of (sn oh hts d slight dis- turbance. Prof. Cleveland Abbe, the fore- cast officer at the weather bureau, was pretty well bored today because he had n quoted as saying that the worst of the storm would not be here until between 6 and § o'clock this morning. He told a Star reporter this morning that what he jad said was that the center would be here this morning at an early hour. This would mean a let-up in the severity of the xale, not an increase in its fury. As a storm moves along the center increases in size, but the intensity of the wind diminishes. After the center of the hurricane had passed this morning the wind naturally veered around into the west. It blew with considerable violence from that quarter al y. ‘The best of it all comes last. Prof. Abbe said this ‘morning that the result of this hurricane would eral days to come of considerably cooler weather. There would be cool, dry winds from the west, in which direction ‘there Is said to be a nice large area of coolness, cn which we can draw in nice without the necessity of passing through the clearing house. ‘The damage in the country around Wash- ington was very great. In every direction trees are leveled, telegraph poles were down and the landscape presented a somewhat dilapidated appearance. ‘The Trees Suffered Severely. ‘The storm left visible effects in every part of the city. Signs and other exposed objects were biown down and lamp posts were damaged. The most conspicuous effect, however, was the destruction of trees. This morning in every direction the streets were strewn with I ches. In many them There it is | He says that an average of sixty | enough for | @ blind was torn from its | @ continuance for sev- | rge drafts | ‘The Ways and Means Committee Hold s Meeting. Probabilities as te Procedure and Adjournment—Few Hearings Will Be Given — Subcommittees. ‘The House committee on ways and means had a meeting this moruing, at which the subcommittees were announced, und there was a general desultory discussion of the method of procedure and the policy of the committee. After the meetiag of the full committee the democratic members assem- bled in conference to talk over the situa- tion privately. It was then decided that there should be a meeting tomorrow, at which It is expected a decision will be reached as to whether hearings will be per- mitted. Another meeting is called for Fri- day, and then on Monday again the com- mittee will probably get together and go right ahead with thelr work. Though mem- bers of the committee are not communtca- tive as to the intention of the committee, {t is quite evident that the »urpose is to go straight ahead with their work, so us to bring in @ bill during this special session of Congress, For a number of years long and labored hearings have been held by the various ways and means committees on the tariff question, and a great mass of information on all sides of the question representing the interests of the various manufacturers and the people has been accumulated. This will render it unimportant that a great deal of time should be given up to hearings by this committee. Yet there is no doubt that the | committee will decide to give a reasonable time for interested parties to appear and present their statements and arguments. ‘The disposition in the House is favorable to speedy action, a4 there is no doubt that this is reflected in t.~ committee. It is ex- | pected very generally w.>t a tariff bil will be ready to be reported trom the committee | to the House not later than the 1st of No- vember. If the House has business to occupy it from now until that time, which, from the mass of matter always demanding consid- eration and special things requiring atten- | tion by this Congress, it is quite evident they have, there will be a contiauous ses- sion until about the time of the reguiar ses- sion. If, however, it should turn out that they have not enough work to keep them | busy from now until November there will| probably be a short recess in October, Con- | gress to reassemble on the first Monday in November. There is obviously a determina. tion to have the tariff bill under consilera. | ton in the House during the month of No- ‘vember with a view of having the whole| matter disposed of by both houses in Con- gress some time early in the spring. The Sabcommittee: Chairman Wilson announced the follow- jing subcommittees to have charge of the | several subjects named in the preparation | of @ tariff bill: On customs—Messrs. Wilson, Whiting, | Breckinridge. Reed and Burrow: On international revenue—Messrs. McMil- {iin, Montgomery, Bynum, Hopkins and Payne. On administration of customs laws— Messrs. Turner, Stevens, Tarsney, Payne nthe’ publle the public debt—Messrs. Bryan, Mc- Millin, Whiting, Burrows and Daisell. ‘On reciprocity and commercial treaties— Messrs. Cockran, Byni Tarsney, Gear and Dalzell, eer: ae ‘The committee then adjourned until Fri- Opening the Strip. 4 All sorts of subterfuges are being resorted’ to, to secure an advan of early entry |into the Cherokee reservation. It has,there- fore, become necessary, in order to insure @ strict compliance with the lent’s proclamation, for Gen. Schofield to in- struct Gen. Miles, the officer charged with the execution of the military portion of the law, that no person is to be allowed to enter or to remain on the strip until after the time fixed by the President for its open- ing for settlement, except agents of the Department of the Interior, specially au- thorized to do so by Secretary Smith. Sev- eral newspeper men applied for permission to be on the ground, inside the military cordon, in order to better prosecute their Cepeagene duties, but the application was lenied on the general ground that it was best to make no exceptions other than those Tegarded as necessary to proper execu- tion of the law. a Returned to Duty Here. Mr. Mills of the State Department, who accompanied Minister Blount to Hawall, in the cesy, of private secretary, has re- turned to Vashington and has resumed his duties at the State Department. He delayed his return to Washington in order to spend a few days at the world's fair. He maintains a steadfast reticence in re- gard to his offictal duties in Hawail, but {s Not averse to denying the published ‘reports of his engagement to a Japanese heiress at Honolulu. —__—_+-e-<—_______ Gone for Target Practice. Light battery C, third artillery, station- ed at the Washington barracks, has gone into camp near Aldie, Va., for their an- nual target practice. Capt. Lancaster and Lieuts, Williams, Woodward and March are in command. The troops started on thelr march yesterday and were caught in the storm in Virginia 4 The Constellation at Annapo! The training ship Constellation, which has just finished her annual cruise to the Canary Islands, arrived at Annapolis today. —_—__+-2.______ ‘The Atlanta Inquiry. ‘The Secretary of the Navy has instructed the judge advocate general of the navy to make a careful review of the record in the case of the cruiser Atlanta, and to report to him what further action would be just and proper under all the circumstances, The court of inquiry recommended that no further action be taken, and it ts under- stood that several high officials of the de- partment have indorsed the recom n. Ope Requested to Resign. Wm. Wright, shipping commissioner of New Orleans, has been requested to restssn. Similar requests have been made to Louis Weinsteen, collector of internal revenue for the fourth Iowa district, and Eugene A. Webster, collector of internal revenue for South Carolina. ee Interior Department Changes. The following official changes have been made in the Department of the Interior: Office of Indian affairs—Promotion: Saml. E. Slater of New York, clerk at $1,600, to financial clerk at $2,000, vice Edmund 8. Woog of Missouri, resigned. Patent office~Resignation: Philip W, Southgate of Massachusetts, third assistant examiner, $1,400. ee Left for Honolala. A delayed telegram was received at the | Navy Department today from Capt. Barker, | commanding the Philadelphia, saying that he left Callao, Peru, on the 2th instant for Honolulu. ree Paymaster Sulliv: n’s Case. The record of the proceedings of the court-martial in the case of Paymaster John C. Sullivan, tried at San Francisco on charges of financial irregularities, is now at the 3 y Department. It was brought by ) Lieut. Garst, the judge advocate of the jcourt, and after being reviewed by the judge advocate general of the navy will be submitted to Secretary Herbert for his ac- tion. Until then the result of the trial will be guarded as an official secret. Naval gossips are inclined to the belief that the findings of the court are adverse to the ac- cused. e+ —__— Life-Saving Wreck Reported. Superintendent Kimball is informed that the schooner Priscilla of New York, crew of seven, bound from New Haven to New- port, stranded off Watch Hill, R. I, yes- terday afternoon. The crew was saved in the surf boat. Mall Box Robbed. Post Office Inspector King received in- formation this morning that the mail box of Longshore & Ballard, attorneys, 620 F street northwest, was broken open and robbed this morning. Inspector Smith has been detailed on the case, | legisiation is necessary to supply such de- The Voorhees Bill Reported as a Substitute Today FOR THE HOUSE WILSON REPEAL BILL Mr. Hill Supports the Nevada Sil- ver Senator. THE NEW HOUSE RULES. THE SENATE. Mr. Voorhees (ind), chairman of the finance commtttee, reported back the House bill repealing part of the Sherman act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. He asked that the bill be placed on the calendar, and he gave notice that he should ask the Senate to take it up and consider it immediately after the moraing business from this time on until final ac- tion be taken. The substitute, he said, was exactly the bill heretofore reported from the finance committee. He under- stood that notice of an intention to address the Senate had been given by the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Gordon) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Sherman) and he suggested that thelr remarks might be made on the Dill which he had just reported. Me ex- laine further that the bill as rei From the finance committee was identical with that passed by the House, so far as Concerned ‘the repeal of the purchasing clauses of the Sherman act, and that, from that point on, there was a certain matter in the substitute which was not ja the House bill, and which, in his judgmen, improved it and made it more acceptable. Mr. Teller Objects. Mr. Teller (Col.)—Does the Senator pro- pose to call up his bill today? Mr. Voorhees—If there be a single objec- tion it must go over under the rules. Mr. Teller.—I object. Mr. Voorhees—Then I have the right to call up the bill ali before the Senate. ‘Mr. "Teller—The national bank bill being before the Senate I have sought an oppor- tunity to express my opinion tt. ‘Mr. Voorhees—I shall cert ‘accommo- date the Senator by moving to take up the national bank bill. ‘Mr. ‘Teller—That bill ts up. Mr, Voorhees—Very well; let it be under- tood that the Senator objects to this bill being made a special ot bjection lays the bill over till tomorrow. Mr. Harris (Tenn.), a member of the f nance committee, said that the substitute just reported was a majority report, in Whicn “the minority “of the committee’ did not concur. ‘The bill was placed on ,the cal- endar. Senator Stewart’s Resolution. The resolution offered yestenlay by Mr. Stewart (Nev.) was then laid before the Senate. It directs the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the Senate whether there is danger of a deficiency in the reve- nues of the government during the current ear; and, if so, what ts the probabl Zmount of such deficiency, and whether | ficlency. ‘The resolution gave rise to a long discus- sion, Senators Sherman (Ohio), Voorhees, Dy Mills (Tex.), McPherson +N. J.) and (Tenn.) opposed the resolution es fora jcal statement as ¢ to create alarm, or as reflecting on the Secretary of the Treasury. A motion to refer the resolution to the finance com- mittee was made by Mr. Voorhees. Mr. Hill Makes Some Remarks. That motion was opposed by Mr. Hill (New York), who declared that he had as much confidence in the Secretary of the Treasury as the Senator from Indiana; but he could see no danger to the country from the adoption of the resolution. It contained no manifestation of any lack of confidence in the Secretary of the Treas- ury. What harm could there be in asking information as to whet the revenues of the government for the current year would be? ‘There was no suggestion that the resolu- tion would disturb the interests of the country or that there was anything to be covered up. He had not heard it suggest- ed, except vaguely and indefinitely, that the resolution was an attack on any one. He wi opposed to the system which he thought was now to be inaugurated of the referring to committees all resolutions calling on the heads of departments for information. He took the same position today which he had taken the other day (on the resolution offered by Mr. Peffer). He had not been consulted by the Senator from Nevada in regard to the resolution, He knew nothing about it. Certainly there was nothing in it that would alarm the country. What was the slzua. tion? There seemed to be some dispute ai to whether Congress .was to legislate cn the tariff! question at this extraordinary seasion. ‘There seemed to be no flted putic} on the subject. But if there was to be tari! legis ‘ion it was necessary to know what were. the anticipated revenves of the gcv ernment. He had such confidence In_ th Secretary of the Treasury that he was ready to believe that whatever suggestions he} might make in relation to the revenues would probably be adopted by the two houses of Congress and he (Mr. Hill) should be pleased to hear from him. Mr. Stewart defended ‘the resolution. ‘There was # rumor, he said, that there was a deficiency in the revenue now and that the treasury had difficulty in paying cur- rent expenses. There was a rumor that the gold reserve was belng paid out for curzent expenses, and he did not suppose that the Senate desired that to be done. Mr. McPherson (N. J.) asked Mr. Stewart whether he did not know that the demo- cratic party was in power in the Senate and that the fob was upon it. ‘No, Mr. Stewart replied, I do not know that. I know that the gold party claims to be in power. I think that there are more administration men on the republi- can side of the chamber than there are on the democratic side. (Laughter.) That is the condition at this extraordinary session. 1 do not think that the democratic party is in power at 1 in this Senate. It is the gold party that claims to be in power. I do not believe that it is. That is not the way the lines re drawn. We hear more eulogy of the administration from the re- publican side than from the democratic side. If this resolution had been intro- duced by an administration republican there would have been no objection to it. Referred to the Finance Committee. Finally the resolution was referred to the finance committee, yeas, 40; nays, 16. The Senators voting nay were Messrs. Allen, Call, Dubots, Hansbrough, Hill, Irby, Jones (Nev.), Kyle, Lindsay, Peffer, Power, Shoup, Stewart, Teller, White (Cal.) and Walcott. sf Mr. Platt (Conn.) said that he wi in the room of the judiciary committee yestecday when the Seriator from New York (Mr, Hill) was instructed to report a bill to repeal the federal election law. He did not concur in that report. ‘Mr. Dolph (Ore.) introduced @ bill (which was referred to the committeee on foreign relations) appropriating 500,000 to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to entecle the Chinese exclusion act; and sald that he would ‘seek an opportunity of address! the Senate on the subject.” °° *4dressing In Favor of Unconditional Repeal. Mr. Gordon (Ga.) addrssed the Senate in favor of the unconditional repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act, There was, he said, one crumb of comfort in the present calamities of the country. They emphasized the damage done by con-| gressional mistake. In the ‘ong Jliad of financial woes there was heard one cheer- ing note. That note was the voice of the people calling upon emocrats to redeem their pledges. It was the popular demand for the repeal of the Sherman act and for the inauguration of a sound and stable and beral policy of finance. The democratic party had made to the people four distinct, emphatic and unequivocal wes. They were: To reform the tariff, to repeal the Sherman law, to place gold and aliver on an (Continued on Sixth page) Work on the New Building Begun To- day. All the Charch Will Not Be Erectea at This Time—What the Plans Comtemplate. ‘The first work on the new St. Matthew's Church, to be erected on Rhode Island ave- nue, was commenced this morning. This work consists in the demolition and re- moval of that part of the old buildings which interferes with the portion of the building now to be erected. Then will come the excavations for the new foundations, the new walls, &c., and the concrete foot- ways and the flooring of the cellar. The contract for this work has been awarded to Mr. Michael Shea of thts city, and it will be pushed forward without any delay. The plans for the completed edifice, which were made by Messrs. Heins & La Farge, architects of New York, call for a cruci- form church. The nave, which forms the lower part of the cross from the arms down, is not to be built at present. When it shall be erected there will be udded two e side chapels, opening into the nave and transeyts. There will, also be added two other chapels, likewise opening into the transepts, as well as the head of the cross. ‘A high dome, sixty feet in diameter, will cover the crossing. The dome will be sup- ported by four sets of large iron columns, ‘which are now to be erected on each of the four piers. The erection of the dome, like that of the nave and the four side chapels, will be postponed for the present. The dimensions of the ground plan of the transepts now to be built are 120 by 00 fect, gnd the head of the cross will be 20 by feet Ultimately it is intended to have the in- terior present a very grand appearance, but for the present there will not be any at- tempt at adornment. It will be handsomely decorated when the nave shall be completed. ‘When that time shall come the exterior walls, now to be of brick, will be faced with ite marble. Consequently the walls no erected will be the inside walls and of brick. The work of demolishing the stables and the part of the building necessary to clear the site for the excavation and laying the “footing” will, it 1s thought, take at least a month, and perhaps more, if the weather should not be favorable. If everything goes well it is pretty certain that the founda- tions will be sufficiently advanced so that the corner stone can be laid with swtable ceremonies early in November. ‘Then the ‘ork will be pushed right along as the cold weather as will be found practi- cable. Rev. Father Lee on the Ground. Rev. Father Lee, rector of St. Matthew's Church, was an interested spectator of the beginning of the work today, and until the new church is completed will give it the closest personal attention. He says that from the foundations to the dome only the will be far from its ultimate archi- {ettural beauty and finish when It will be first used by the congregation in @ couple fice n- temporarily roofed over. the same the octago! the great cost—the chapels SRR wat ebrround the central nave will not be in the ‘comment=-d The. foundation will be. bull entirely of brick, and will be of the most ‘and substantial character. The iron Solas he ‘satenty and more. feet ‘num! seventy th be riveted together on the ‘The use of these iron columns in- ‘of masonry piers for the support of ‘unusual. When the dome is bullt by # network of steel 3. of the architect the greatest taken to utilize every part of ai he old St. Matthew's Church will be by the congregation until the new urch is ready for occupancy. Seer RECENT PROMOTIONS Im the Record and Pension Division the War Department. ‘The following 1s a list of recent promo- tions in the record and pension office: i lans EE Class $1,000 to class one—George 8. Britt, | Md.; Mays M. Warren, Tenn.; Leon M. Es-) tabrook, Tex.; William F. Carter, N. C.; ‘Wellington Kugler, N. J.; Frank J. Meteait, ‘Mass.; Samuel 8. Baker, Neb.; Charles H. Patterson, Ark.; Harlem G. Chamberlain, Mo.; John T, Reynolds, N. C.; Henry W. Furniss, Ind; William H. Fossett, Ohio; Christopher B. Conyers, Ga.; Leroy H. Har- ris, Mass.; Herbert M. Dean, Pa; John H. ‘Thomas, Mo.; Samuel J. Mc3tichael, S. C.; Charles M. Holbrook, Ala.; Noel W. Barks- ale, Tex.; Orlando ‘A. Booth, lowa; Wat- son B. Mundelle, Ina; John F. Green, Col. Abram L. Cabeli, Ky.; Thomas Jones, Tex. $900 to ‘class $1,000—Benjamin J, Wrightsman, Kansas; Lewis W. Booty, New York; Edwin H. Smith, Pennsylvania: Frank H. ‘Hall, Michigan; George C. Hol- linger, New York; Daniel’ G. Davis, Ohio; Harry V. King. Georgia; " Frederick, B. Keefer, Pennsylvania; Allen A. Davis, Ten- nessee: . Deadrick, Tennessee; Lyman N. Graves, New York: Oliver D: kerson, Kansas; William L. Symons, Oto; Arthur J. Kime, New York; James F. Alfred 8. Dalton, North Caro- Camp, New_York; Geo. Ww. Missiasippl; Wiliam A. Joiner, Robert L. Morgan, Pennsyivania? Benjamin E. Smith, Kentucky; Frederick ©, Dickerson, Massachusetts. "There will be a number of reductions and several dismissals, but the officials decline to make the names public. BANKS HAVE RESUMED. Those That Were Temporarily barrassed Now All Right. Controller Eckels has prepared the fol- lowing statement of banks which temporar- fly suspended during the late stringency and have since resumed business: Black Hills National Bank, Rapla City, 8. D., capital stock, $125,000; Gete City tional Bank, Atlanta, Ga., $250,000; Capital National Bank, Indianapolis, Ind., $900,000; Washington National Bank, Spokane Falls, ‘Wash., $250,000; First National Bank, Pa- louse city, Wash., $75,000; Southern Caltfor- nia National Bank Ios Angeles, Cal. $200,000; First National Bank, Los Angeles, Cal:, $200,000; "First National ‘Bank, San Diego, Cal., $200,000; First National ‘Bank. Santa Ana, Cal., $150,000; First _Nationai Bank, Kendallville, Ind., $50,000; Fi tional Bank, San Bernardino, Cal. $100.00; Second National Bank, Ashland, K¥., $50,000 First National Bank, Rico, Coi.,” $0,000: National Bank of Commerce, Provo City, Utah, $50.00; First National’ Bank, Cisco, Texas, $50,000; American National Leadville, Col., $100,000; Central Natio Bank, Pueblo,” Col, $50,00; Missourl Na- tional Bank, Kansas City, Mo., $250,000; First National Bank, Fort Scott, Ka $310,000: Union National Bank, Denver,Col., $1, National Bank of Commerce, Denve: 0; Hutchinson National Bank, Hu $100,000: People’s tional Bank, Den- $600,000; First National Bank, An- Kan., $9,000; Greeley National Rank. Greeley, Col, $50,0%; Farmers’ Nationai Bank, ‘Henrietta, Tex., $50,000; State Na- tlonai Bank, Vernon, ‘Tex., $101.00; Fourth rst Na- ‘$500. hinson, National Bank, Louisville, Ky..' $300.00; First National’ Bank, The Dailes, Ore. 50. ‘aupaca County, National’ Ban! Vis., $50,000; Waxahachee k, Waxahachee, Tex., 100,00: Bank, Attica,” Ind., Bank, San Marcos, Tex 000; First National Bank, Lockhart, Tex., 000. Total capital stock of $6,030,000, tzeni ay Since January 1 last 154 national banks have suspended. Of this number one has one into voluntary liquidation, 57 have Geen placed In the hands of receivers, 62 are in the hands of national bank examiners with exceilent prospects of early resump- tion, in addition to the % above named which have already resumed business. pecicom Sex ole neste om Bank, | WHOLE FAMILIES DIE. Terrible Spread of Cholera in the East. HOSPITAL STORMED BY THE PEOPLE Over Seventy Communes in Hun- gary Affected. NO ALARM FELT AT BERLIN. Special Cable Dispatch to The Evening Star. VIENNA, Aug. 29.—The cholera in Galicia continues to increase. There has not been @ single case of recovery from the Asiatic form. Whole families have died within twenty-four hours. Ten districts have been affected. Private reports represent the plague as more virulent than it was at Hamburg last year. There is a panic at the town of Kolomea, People declaring that the patients | have get rid’ of the poor, ‘The ‘cholera hospital Was stormed by the excited populace and the military were to defend it. | Patients have to removed | from their homes. mand The Hungerian government now admits that over seventy communes of Hungary | are affected. j A fresh outbreak has occured in the val- |ley of ‘the Meldan river, decimating the | harvesters from Bukswina, The reported case in Buda Pesth itself, however, is au- thoratively denied. No Alarm Felt at Berlin. Special Cable Dispatch to The Evening Star. BERLIN, Aug. 23.—The official Reichen- | zelger announces that the total of cholera cases in Germany since the 1sth has num- dered eleven with eight deaths. Traffic on jall rivers exposed to infection has been | placed under official control. All the cases |in Germany, it is declared, have been. trac- | ed to a foreign origin. | Chancellor Caprivi presided yesterday at the meeting of the representatives of the imperial home office and Prussian minis- | ters to deliberate as to means to cope with | the cholera. Dr. Koch and the two com- missioners appointed to control the traMe THE SUSPECTED SCHOONER. No News of the Yellow Fever Suspect Has Been Received. She Will Be Promptly Stopped if Sh¢ Reaches the River—No Quares- time Officer Here. ‘The lumber-aden schooner Booth, which Health Officer Hammett has been left the yellow fever stricken section of Georgia on Saturday last for thie port, i E a gee Fs i respecting the vessel was rather meager, but he felt that nothing serious might be expected. No Quarantine Officer. A few Gays ago, explained Dr. Hammett, Surgeon General Wyman had written him inquiring if the District or this port had ® quarantine officer and stating thet his ofics was preparing @ set of rules and femula~ tions for the guidance of quarantine oM= cers. In reply Dr. Hammett wrote the-folé “Yours of the 19th instant, relative to quarantine officer at this port. tp at Rand, y 1 would state that so far as my know! extends I am not aware that quomgntine officer is technically the port of Washi: and town. In my the District of of by the customs officer, or where it has before yo 4 —— . a Wessels asriving here prompt inspection Deen made and perniit to enter given | the crew has been found free from disease and the vessel with lawful clearance. “If I may be permitied to make @ jon I would recommend that two ical officers be designated to look after ves- sels and trains arriving from inapected points or districts at Alexandria, Weshing- ton and Lown. jes of the rules and regulations fe to will be of service to me and I be glad to receive them.” —____ PRINCE GEORGE'S DEMOCRATS. re wi George's county yesterday at Upper Marl« boro’, Md., nominated the following ticket! |of the Rhine and Elbe were present. It was unanimously agreed that the situation | does not justify any special alarm. BRITANNIA AGAIN WINS. The Prince’s Yacht Beats the Satanita and Callens. Special Cable Dispatch to The Evening Star. LONDO’ | the queen’s cup at Plymouth ing the Satanita and Calluna. ———_—_ THE PRESIDENTS HEALTH. | Members of the Cabinet Discreaitrthe Story About am Operation. today, beat- | proached on the subject, including Secretary Thurber and two | the cabinet who declined to permit of their names. The President averse to a public discussion of his health, and his friends are naturally governed by | oe them, whe att { em, who is in a that ‘the best retutation of | about the serious illness lies in the fact that he is | duties at Washington, | be here before the week closes. A member of the cabinet told a Star reporter this afternoon that he had seen the | frequently since the date of the operation and never noticed the indications of such a thing, nor had heard of it before today. Consequently ‘was confident that the report was erron- cous. | tions for’ a prompt return to, his oficial il ¥ Fi} —_—_—__e+____ GEN. McKERVER TO RETIRE. A Vacancy to Occur in the Adjutant General's Department. An important vacancy will occur in the adjutant general's department on the Nst | instant by the retirement of Gen. Chauncey McKeever, the senior colonel in the de- partment. Gen. McKeever is well known all over the country and has served several terme in W: on. He has been an ac- | tive candidate for the adjutant zeneral- ever since the retirement of Gen. | Drum, but was defeated successively by Gen. Kelton and Gen. Williams. Gea. Mc- Keever is now adjutant general of the de- partment of Missouri with headquarters at Chi His retirement is on account and Gen. Ruggles a. oad THE CENTENNIAL CHORUS. er Com! tion Rehearsal Plan- med for the Present Week. ‘This week there will be increased activity in the great centennial chorus. The rebear- sals of the different sections will be care- fully attended to by the assistant directors and rapid progress is expected to be made in securing uniform work among the sing- ers. The storm somewhat interfered with the attendance at those rehearsals called for last night, but quite a nuzaber braced the wind and rain and showed their enthusiasm in the work in which they ere “i combination It is intended to have another rehearsal this week, to include probably northern, north central, central and central divisions, and this will called for Friday night. This will ther between 300 and 400 more singers Birector Cloward says that i? the work {s as satisfactory as that visions that were directed by him ‘ast Sh ‘chore is ‘being made "to, have. An effort ng hearsal in the Congregational Church. r} slike deieecte i Expected to Evening From Chicago. ‘The new Chinese minister, Mr. Yang Ju, 1s expected to arrive in this city over the Pennsylvania railroad from Chicago this evening, accompanied by the members of his family and by a suite of officials, in- terpreters and jservants numbering up- ward of three score. They will be met at the station by Mr. Tsul, the retiring min- ister, and the members of his official fam- a > "ks has been heretofore stated in ‘The Star arrangements for the reception of the |new minister and his party have been made at the Arlington. The entire eroy house annex to the Arlington has been engaged for thelr entertainment, so that they will have a private entrance and practically a house of their own, Elab- orate preparations are belng made at the Arlington today to receive the party with the honors befitting thelr official position. They will be met at the station by a doz- en landaus and several hotel coaches and driven directly to their new quarters. Im- mediately after their arrival the formal transfer of the office will be made from the old to the new minister. This is a secret ceremony and will not be witnessed by any outsiders. _—_ — Arrested im Baltimore. Post Office Inspector Maxwell wires this | morning to the department that he has arrested at Baltimore Alois Rosenberg on & charge of violating section 232 postal | regulations, and that Commissioner Rogers held the alleged offender in the sum of | $0 to await the action of the grand jury. | The ch is sending scurrilous matter through the mails. The Treasury Department yesterday pur- County commissioners—Richard J. Swantme Surv Roderick M. McGrerar. the state convention: W. B. Clagett, = Scages, J: M. Roberts ‘and James Rogers. A resolution fa: a new one ‘taxable of the state adopted. PoE Yom. ‘De Bowie was nominated acchimation for the Senate, He ls aga of et ead Oe lest houge of aclegates, Jomeph 8. George Mi. Smith and Deni Sise'Shoece vy ucclamation ‘as the Somineoe for the house of tes. | Concord, N. H. He will explore that part Jerome F. Johnson has gone to St. Louis to attend the international and world’s Sunday echool conventions, ond Wil sot ‘Mr. Anton Lerch has gone to the werlte fais Mr. F. A. Kaiser has returned from his Graw, David McKenzie, Allan Albert, Chilts, Fearn White snd John Stewart, | members of the Wrafruedacce Club of Bast ‘Washington, who have been in at | Colonial Beach during the past two | have returned to their respective homem —> ‘m. Chinese inspector. ‘ Resignation requested—William ‘United States shipping commissioner, Orleans. Secretary Smith's Trip. ‘The Secretary of the Interior left night for Mount Airy, Ga., where his now is. He will take a few days rest and then go to Atlanta for a brief There is no political significance outing. Private Secretary Rennett -— % for Star leughingty tual Rot gone ante, paste of write editorials on the But Jf 23, Greintion 8 ont probably nto Journal and shake hands with some of the there, he might even commit so indescretion as to have a little chat Brith, and First Assistant Secret tl re oI a*Ascistnnt Secretary Heynolea Me charge of the Department. was e+ Arrested for Opening a Letter, A man named Ford has been arrested for having opened a letter to James Hopkins, who lives at Stone’ how, between ist, North Capitol, 6 and Plereq an he Mary A. McAfee, administratrix of em. tate of James N. McAfee, by Messra. oughby & Willoughby, has filed a suit against F. W. Huidekoper and Reuben Foster, receivers of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, to regpver 10,00) damages. She states that on Sep- tember 21, 18%, her husband took passage at Vienna for Washington and at or pear the south end of the Long bridge he was about to pass from one car to another When the train started suddenly and pun- ning around @ sharp curve, by the viclent lurch and jerk of which he was thrown off and received euch Injuries as to cause hie th. niet Chancellor von Caprivi will accompany Emperor William to Metz when his majesty foes to that city to review the army ma- ex Reuvers that will be held in that Oystermen have just completed amination of the beds in the vicinity “at Bridgeport, Conn., and find a very promis- ing crop, larger than usual. It was thoughs that the entire yas a loss, chased 345,000 ounces of silver at their eounter offer of S75% per ounsa ‘A. strong. flow ‘three miles northwest “of