Evening Star Newspaper, August 29, 1893, Page 6

— THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1893, Tar Loe ‘When ont of onder, is best reculated by AYER'S Pills. ‘They are searching, yet mild and their effect, Uver toa normal and health condition. agthening in nd speedily restore the most singxisiy “For four years 1 was aMficted with liver complaint. | ‘The best physicians attended me, but as I was not RELIEVED BY ‘Their remedies I took AYERS Pills, and believe my liver is now in a perfectly healthy condition. "—M. JARRELL. proprietor of Jarrelis Hotel, Higa Point. N.C. * For several years I was augreat sufferer from Wver complaint, which cauted severe pains under the ! right side, from under the right shoulder blade, sal- Jownets of the skin, low-spiriteinews and cramp in fhe stomach. I aim pleased to be abis to state that I have been relieved of all thes complaints by the use of AYER'S Pilis. I find them aisoto bean elegant after-dinner pill.”Mrs. M.A. STEAD, Muncy, Pa. AYER'S PILLS. ‘Yrepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. 913° EVERY DOSE EFFECTIVE PAIX FROM INDIGESTI DYSPEPSIA aXND ton nearer eating ts re vce 3 taklag one of CARTEXS LIFTLE LIVER PILLS immediately Steer dinner. Doo't forget this, TF THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURE ‘and use that old well-tried remedy, Mra Win- Sinw's Soothing ‘Srrup for children teething. Tt soothes the ftens the gama, allaye all in, cares ant te the best’ remedy thors. Twenty-five cents mytty fiom. Acts like achariu on persons in «eheral ill health. giving new ners an'l strength. 4 THE LARGE OLD- . try Carter's Little Liver comfort. A man can't stand ‘a dose. Try them. ACCOUNTANT! AMUSEMENTS .... ATTORNEYS. AUCTION SALES. BOARDING. BICYCLES... BUSINESS CHAN CHICAGO HOTELS. CHIROPODIST. CITY ITEMS. COUNTRY BOARD. COUNTRY REAL ESTATE... DEATHS, DENTISTRY. EDUCATIONAL EXCURSIONS, &e.__ FINANCTAL.... FOR RENT (Offices). FOR RENT (Flaray FUE RENT (Houses). SOR RENT (Rooms) FOR RENT (Stores). ititite) FOR SALE (Bicycles) FOR SALE (Houses FOR SALE (Lots) 3 3 FOR SALE (Pianos)... 3 HOTELS 3 ceYeeETE Dania mr e2 MANICURE MEDICAL MISCELLANYOTS = MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN NOTARIES PUBLIC. OCEAN TRAVEL POTOMAC RIVER BOATS... PIANOS AND OKGA: PERSONAL, PROFESSIONAL PROPOSALS. RAILROADS SPECIAL NOTTCES STEAM CARPET CLEANIN SUBURBAN PROPYRTY. SUMMER RESORTS. WANTED (lielp> _. ANTED (How), WANTED (Rooms). WANTED (Situations: WANTED (Misceliansons) ; ert re i ‘The Star Out of Town. ‘Tax Evexrxe Stan will be sont by mail to any uddress in the United Btates or Canada for such period as may be desired atthe rate of fifty cents per month. FBut all such orders must be ac- companied by the money, or the paper eausot be sent, as no acconnts are kept with mail subseriptiona. eee DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. “Ford's Theater Disaster. Mr. Aitken of Michigan today introduced 1m the House the following resolution: That &@ special committee of five members be ap- | pointed by the Speaker to Investigate and | inquire into the accident at the Ford's ‘Theater building and what provision should be made in behalf of those injured by the fall of that building with power to report by bil or otherwise. Mr. Aitken asked unanimous consent for the tmmediate con- sideration of the resolution, but upon the suggestion of Mr. Catchings and Mr. Dock- it was referred to the committee on Fules far future consideration and report. Mr. Bankhead’s Plans. Representative Bankhead, chairman of the commitice on public buildings and | grounds, said to a Star reporter today that he will make a strenuous eifort this session | of Congress in behalf of a bill for the erec- tion of a new government printing office and he feels very conildent that such a measure Will be favorably acted upon. Mr. Ban\head also thinks it quite lWkely that Congress wi!l provide a hal! of records, or some bullding for the storaxe of public documents and will also take up the que: tion of alleviating the o owded con- dition of some of th: partments by fur- Bishing the necessary additional room. = Treasary Rec To be coliector: Appointments. of internal revenue— Kope Elias of North Carolina for the fifth | district of North Ca: gett of Texas. for Texas. Edwin M. ¢ ginia, for the distr Chas. M. Shannon of istrict of New dex! sia. James L. Dog: fourth district of lkeson of West Vir- _of West Virginia. ew Mexico, for the George P. iey of ‘Texas, to be collector of custums for the district of Galveston, Texas, Frank F Church of Idaho, to be assayer of the United States assay office at Boise City. Idaho. a No Trains Fro: the South. It te stated at the offices of the Richmond and Danville raiiroed and the Atlanti Coast Mne, that no trains hi arrived since the rma occurre: A train came in Over the Hichmond and Danvitle early this nernjng, but wes advance of the storm. ‘The seutherm train on the Atiantic Coast Ine which was to have reached here at @clock this morning was abandoned at Richmond and 1 into the train there schedule ashington at 7 a. m. at said at the office here this train would probably be in shortly. Damage to Ratlros South of the District the storm was se- Vere in beth wind and rain, But few mishaps to the railroads occurred. ‘The track of the shiagtoa Southern, formerly the Alexandria burg. was washed out about four miles north of Quantico, end for several hours Wavel was interrupted. Notes. Between Washington and Raltimor> much @amage was done to the crops which had Rot already been ruined by the weather, but Ro damaxe was done to the railroad tracks. During the storm the cross was blown ff 8t. Aloysius Church and the cupslo off of the Notre Dame Academy. Other Damages. The roof of the pension building again suffered in two places, the shez me sheathing being jouses 42, 44, 46 anc 52 T street north and 12 © sireet horthwest ware unrooted = The telegraph and telephone suffered. A et pole on Tennessee twee Btrects. northwest was cole & telephone wires on “th between C ind D streets northeast and wires on 3d street at F_G and H streets northwest are down. Each of the licutenants of pollee this morning had long lists of upturned and damaged trees, aggregating ebout 2, the eighth and ninth heing the benner precinsts It ts safe to aay that no part of the District escaped. and in some places oerly this morn- ing the milkmen found it dificult to keep Out of the way of broken lim —_ - Rance of the Phermometer The followtag were the readings of the ther- mometer at the we: burcau today: $ a.m. 80; 2 p.m., 44; maximum, $6, minimum, 7 ut fortuaately | ai Predoricks- | 2d EDITION. IN THE STORM’S PATH —_—_o—___. the telegraphic and telephone wires were also blown down. At St. Augustine. St. Augustine reports the water coming r the sea wall and damaging resi- dences and business blocks. Lynn's Hotel was unroofed and badly demolished. About thirty or forty yachts and small crafts were badly damaged or completely de- stroyed. ‘The fate of other localities in Florida as Great Damage by the Hurricane at| **! * the outside territory invaded by the Charleston, 8. C. > (FIFTEEN PERSONS REPORTED KILLED. a storm Is still a sealed book. The wires are down in every direction from Jacksonville and communication with the outside world was absolutely cut off lust night and up to S$ o'clock tonight. The only points were St. Augustine and Fernandina. No trains have been in from the north have been called off. Tt ts feared that all exposed points on Extent of the Damage in South-| the cast, cost from the Keys northward to eastern Virginia. TELEGRAPH WIRES AREDOWN. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. PETERSBURG, Va, Aug. 29.—Petersburg | got the ragged edge of the hurricane which did so much damage in the south yesterday. The wind biew a gale until after 1 o'clock this morning. Fernandina as well as the Indian river country have been badly damaged alik and east Florida, the territory from Lake escaped the storm almost entirely, but the eastern and western end of the F washed out and trees and telegraph poles litter the tracks A Gale Strikes Savannah. blowing 54 miles an hour, during Sunday, jand Sunday night reached 76 an hour. The | barometer fell to 28310. A large number lof buildings were unroofed, many trees uprooted. Dwellings rocked and many persons were | One of the dead ts C. A. Ulmer, assistant kept awake by the roar of the wind. While no serious Jamge was done here were white men and the others negroes. ‘he names of the white men and negroes in the city, in the country tne storm was! are not vet known, One man was killed very violent, and the wind blew with the | by a trolley wire. force of a hurricane, wrecking barns, sta-| | Elevem vessels are ashore in Savannah bles and other farm buildings. Large trees, for | which had stood the storms of half a cen- | | tury or more, were literally taken up by | names unknown. Names of vessels wreck thetr roots, while others had thelr branches | ed in Savannah harbor are: Bark Heroli twisted into all kinds of shapes. Corn, which gave promise of a large yield, | was blown down and almost ruined and the tobacco crop was badly damaged. The loss | to the farmers will be incalculable. Fruit growers also suffered considerable loss by the breaking of their trees and the blowing off of fruit in a half ripe state. ‘The storm was particularly destructive to telegraph poles and wires, which were !viown “down in every direction. Peters- burg was cut off from telegraphic cém- munication with the north from 10 o'clock last night until noon today and no commu- nication can yet be had south of this city. All trains from the south are delayed. The second section of passenger train No. 78, northbound for Washiagton, Baltimore, | Philadelphia and New York, due here yes- | terday afternoon at 5:55 o'clock, had not arrived up to 12:30 o'clock today. ifteen Reported Killed. A gentleman who has just reached here from Charleston said works two and one- (half miles from Charleston were blown down, incurring a very heavy loss. My in- formant, who is a resident of this city | and a most trustworthy gentleman, also states that the wind was of such terrific | one steamboat, and one oyster Loat. Six vessels were wrecked outside of the harbo bark Linden, bark Elma, bark Mexico, bark Royal, bark Andaca, schooner Lelia, steamboat Abbeville, and oyster boat Fred. F. Lewis. —_——> ONE HUNDRED POISONED. A Russian Summer Resort Deserted by the Guests. MOSCOW, Aug. 29—More than 100 per- sons at Shelesnovodsz, a summer resort in the Caucasus, have been poisoned by have left in a panic. But for a few per- sons too ill to be moved the hotels are de- serted. ——o IN WALL STREET TODAY. The Whole List Follows am Advance in Lake Shore. NEW YORK, Aug. 29.—Wall street, 3 p. to 4, last loan at 2, and closing offered at 2. Stocks were a shade easier after deliv- ery hour, but just previous to the close force that it blew a train of fifteen or | Lake Shore suddenly jumped to 119 and the eighteen freight cars from the track and completely demolished them. Fifteen persons are reported to have been killed. (Such telegraphic reports as were re- ceived from the south today indicated that much damage was done by the hurricane that swept the coast last night. In addi- tion to the news contained in the dis- patches that came through last night from Auzu: Ga., and other points where great damage was done, a rumor comes by wire from Richmond, Va., at which point trains have arrived from the south, that Charles- ton, 8. C., is under water. The signal serv- ice’ Indteations are that Charleston was right in the path of the tornado.) scmbewberem WIRES DOWN FROM RICHMOND. Spectal Dispatch to the Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 29.—For the past two days the weather in Rich:n ond has teen unbearably hot. Yesterday afternoon there was a slight fall in the temperatare ard the heat was succeeded by a stiff gale,which | blew over this vicinity at a rapid rate and snapped many branches from the trees. Later on the gale developed into a small tornado, and last night the winds howled and blustered as though they heralded the| Michwan Cents approach of a cyclone. Window frames and signs were badly | shaken, and the rain, which fell in torrents at times, was blown helter-skelter by the tempest. The telephone wires throughout the city were badly damaged, and in many places were blown down, while at least a hundred were crossed. The Western Union and postal telegraph officials said last night that nearly all their wires in North and South Carolina and Georgia had been broken down, and that a fearful tempest had been raging in these states, News From Charlotte. A brief dispatch from Charlotte, N. C., gives meager details of the storm in South Carolina and Georgia. It says: “Cyclones, wild winds and violent rains for the past twenty-four hours have ruined crops, es- pecially cotton, and caused deaths of a number of persons. Further than this the railroad authori- es are absolutely ignorant. Charleston Not Under Water. Inquiry at all of the railroad offices in the city failed to confirm the report that | Charleston, S.C., is under water. It is, however, learned that no trains have reach- ed this city from Charleston since early yesterday morning, but as to telegraphic communication, it is entirely suspended. No definite information is obtainable. The railroad men say that the storm in Charleston was terrific, and that the rail- road tracks are submerged. A washout on the R. F. and P. R. R. near Quantico, which is bout half way be- tween here and Washington, has greatly whole list strengthened once more. Sugar, Burlington and Quincy, Lead, Louisville and Nashville, Pullman Palace. American Tobacco and Western Union were all prominent in the late rise. The market closed strong. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ‘The following are the ovening, the hihent and lowest and the cloning orices of the New York stock Marker todar, ae reverted by» Corson, ‘© Macartney: Members New York stack exe ‘Correspande BWesars Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadwar: Stocks Open. High. Low. Close. Amertean Suesr.. American Stent bid American Tobacco. - & Ohio. & Otc pra Band NAL BG {tan FI Missourt Pacit rtiiern Pacife Northern Pacite pid? Oat and Westara mnt an ; Pacife Mail. = Ei Western Caton Tel. Misconsin Centrat In consequence 7 \possibie op aonseauence of heavy storm ‘itipossible to" yet Washington Stock Exchange. Government Bonds. U. 8. 4s, registered, 1907, 111 bid, 112% asked. UL 3. 4s," ¢ 1» 1907, bid, Ey naked, had ain So-year fund 8, void. 108 bid. Water ‘stock Ts, 1908, currency, 107 bid. 3.68, funding, currency, 104 id, 110 asked. Miscellaneous Bouds.—Washington and George- town R. R. conv. 6s, Ist, 119 bid, 180 asked. Wash- | ington and Georgetown R. R. conv. 6s, 2d. 118 bid. 130 asked. Masonic Hall Assoctation 6s, 105 asked. Washington Market Company Ist Gs, 100 bid, 110 ‘bington Market Company imp. Ge, 100 bid. “American Security and Trust 5s, 1005, 4. and ©.. 101 asked. American Security and Trust 1905, F. and A., 101 asked. American Security ‘Trust 5s, 1908, "A. and O.. 101 asked. Washington Light Infantry Ist 6s, 102! asked. Washington ny Gs, series A, 110 bid. Washington Gas Company Gs, series R111 bid. Washington Gas Company conv. Gs, 118 bid. Eckington Re R. $3, 10 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Se, 105 asked. Cupitol and North O Street RT. Se. 108 asked. Metropolitan R. R. conv. 68, 101 Md. 104% asked. U.S. Electric Light conv. fs, delayed traffic with the north. All trains | 100 hid, 100 asked. from Washington are running via Gordons- ville. No considerable damage was done in this | 9%ked. Second. 165 asked. Citizens’, city by the storm last night. A few houses | fa 415 were unroofed, and several washouts oc- curred throughout the city. Reports from | aq aceed. throughout the state this morniag Indicate | lumbia, 75 asked. Capitol end that the storm was very severe. Crops in tional Bank Stocks. —Rank of Washineton, 820 |. 400 asked. Bank of the Republic. $00 asked Metropoliten, 270 bid. 287 awked. Central, 310 Columbia, 160 asked. Cnpital, 120 ‘asked. Traders’, 118 asked. kel. Ohio. 100 asked. Rallroad Stocks.Washington and Georgetown. Motropaliten, (80. Wi Co. ed. Eekington and Soldiers’ Home, 40 asked. Georgetown and Teuallytown, 40 asked. "Rock the eastern portions of this state and | Creck. 190 bid. North Carolina have been almost totally | ,.{m@Urince Stor devastated. ‘The damage to the tobacco crop is incal- | Prov! culable. Late News From Charlest Up to 2 p.m. the only dispatch of any Firemen’s. 50 asked. Franklin, 55 ‘arked. National Union. 184 maked. Coltmbin, Pokank Potomac, 8 naked.’ Rices, 8 asked. Citietl, t ear incoln, 10 asked. tle Taatirance Stocks, Teal Estate asked” Coinmhin Titlen 8 hide any aakeg. eee 12 Gas and Flectele Light kind from South Carolina received at the | Elertic riche te Ma Tos koe United Press office in this city, was a tele- gram from Florence, S.C., a little railroad town between Charleston and Wilmingtun, and not very far from Columbia, S.C. his dispatch reads as follows: “FLORENCE, S.C. Aug. 29—In a cy- clone at Sullivan's Island yesterday a man Fleotric Tent. 108 Did, 125 asked, mi “elopt ck, navivanta, 40 asked. Chenapenke and Potomac. St bid. 42 aaked. ‘hiner: tenn Graphopbone. 1%. bid. 2 asked. Miscellansona Stocks. Washington Market, 10 DMA. 15 (naked. Washington Rrick Machine, 150 asked. Groat Falla Too 100 MA. 180 asked.” Bull Ron Panorama, % asked. Phenmetic Gun Car. rego. 9% Md, 80 asked. Lincoln Hall. 9% asked. Inter Orean " Rntiting. ‘100 acked. Norfolk and by the name of A. Bryan and his wife were | “gc7ineron Steamboat. 06 asked. drowned, and Mrs. E. Holland (white) wa: killed by @ falling house. Fifteen houreg | Washineton Sete Denoa were swept away and every one on the Is- land was more or less damaged.” Sullivan’s Island 1s in the Atlantic ocean, seven miles east of Charleston, and is the site of Fort Moultrie. Florence 1s a junc-| receipts. 18.48 tion 100 miles north of Charleston. They | 9,a,, 300 barrels. Wreot firm — probably received the news of this disaster | Octoher. there by train. Safe Dennstt nnd Trost Comnantes.— Nationa! Denoatt and Tr Aas: ieee Una aot Tevet, 12k nahed MmcHeas Beets pana Tevet. 125 ‘Ame and ‘Trust, 105 hid, 125 ‘esked, i ey a eS Baltimore Markets. RALTIMORE, Aug. 29.—Flonr dull, nnchanged, barrels: shipments,” 120 harrels: 2 rede Aneet RRWAALL: Sentamher. 6RaAAY,: @ALGARRAE: Tecember. T2MATIE: stoninor No, 2" red.” ARRAN —recotnta, O1.098 bushels Stock. 1.787.110 ‘bnahels; enlas, 168,000 bushels: Aaah, The dispatch ts without signature, but t | miiltne wheat hy samule, AaAT. Com dull mice is forwarded evidently by a regular press | 500%, 46 Ma: Avewet, 48 bid: Sentom oar. 4S\a4htc: correspondent. The telegraph marks indi- cate that it has been transmitted by way of Atlanta, Ga. ‘This is probably the forerunner of many dispatches which will begin to arrive from the afilicted section. Disaster at Jacksonville. A Jacksonville dispatch sent last night says: October, AY, asked: year, 4 naked -reveipts, 6454 198.908" Dnshele: whit» earn. he maple, 49950: vallow corn DY =! steady Ne? white western, 881 a84: No. 2 mixed wo aALSA whole: nto, nN No. 2. 81a52_ recente stork, 98.704 bnshele. Hay vere chotee timothy. $149815,50.. G-nin freights quiet, “rachanzed. Cotton nomtnal, Pre vistone steady ‘and nnchanzed. Butter firm rem. ore. fancy, 244%: do. fate to choter, 22028: Ao fener. 18: cond ta. chaten postorn’ paoknd, Watt, Fave easy 14taelh. Cat. fon enter Tin eazzons tnt. 18: No. 7 Tal, Sueur strong —erannintd. 8%. Capner nnckanged. Whis In Jacksonville, from early in the morning | gy fem 1199.20. Peancte rnchenged, til 9 p.m., the rain came down in torrents,| RALTTVORF. Ang. 29.—Baltimore” and Onin and the river became exceedingly rough. stovk. AAV: eecord incomes, 74: third Incomes, Bek: Comaolidated Gas bonds. 108 asked; do. stocks. The wind at 2 p.m. had reached a velocity | S2an7%,, of thirty-eight miles per hour. Hundreds of trees were blown dow Signs on boarding houses disappeared rapidly before the gale, and scores of dwellings and public butidings were efther unroofed entirely or had the tin biown from them, thus causing bad leaks and great damage from rain. The most SPEAKER CRISP SPEAKS. He Takes the Floor and Replies to Ex-Speaker Reed. Speaker Crisp took the floor in the House serious damage was at the Park Opera | this afternoon and replied to the remarks House and the Ocean Street Presbyterian Church. At Mainport (mouth of St. John’s river) all the butldings suffered more or less, and the olt house was demolished completely. At Pablo Beach the sea encroached upon of ex-Speaker Reed on the rules. He spoke with considerable severity of the Reed rules, and pointed out the difference between Mr. Reed's method of disposing of dilatory motions and that proposed in the rules re- the railroad track and premises of the cot-| ported from the present committee on rules, tagers, and the wind played havoc among | In the Fifty-first Congress the Speaker cut them. After 10 o'clock a.m. 1 ere were no trains | rul. | to or frum Mainport and Pablo Beach, and | power to dispose of dilatory motions. off motions he thought dilatory. These gave a majority of the House the IN SENATE AND HOUSE (Continued from First page.) equal footing and to remove the tax on | places trees had be THE HOUSE. state banks. There was a great falling off in the at- tendance of both members and audience this morning and the House resumed its | surrounding country, is almost incalcu- routine appearance. labie. ‘There were several corrections made to the journal this morning consequent upon the numerous roll On motion of Mr. Sayers (Tex.) the com- mittee on appropriations was to sit during ssi % oygit during the sessions of the House. | minor mishaps are reported, but nothing providing for a special committee of five | Serious, so far as known, occurred. Poto- members to Investigate the Ford's Theater | mac shellbacks say that it was an awful action | blast. At midnight the steamer W. W- Is of yesterday. or south and all outgoing schooners today | ranted leave} y+ pew to determine what should be taken for the relief of the fam- Referred to the com- by the wind. rain and by the sea. Middle | lies of the victims. mittee on rules, ‘The Hoase Rules. Mr. Catchings (Miss.) then called up the | report of the committee on rules, report- ing the rules for the present House. Af : a Uiseasthe, Teading of the proposed rules | covery that the lines of the Colt had parted “atchings | Was made in time to prevent a serious ucci- | wanted the paragraphs of the rules to be dent. Had she gone into the Randall with read seriatim and to be debated under the | the full force of the wind it is probable five minute rule; and Mr. Reed (Me,) de-| that the Potomac fleet would have had two manded a general dis Mr. Reed said that he had never heard of | the Pentz was the first to see what was such a proposition as was now made to coming, and in a moment the officers and Ir the House wished to cut off Crews of the Randall and Pentz were on | hing that could pre- | deck. Fenders were placed in position and | 's nothing that should | €Verything done to break the force of the City eastward to’ Pensacola, seems to have | c. and] P. line not far from Jacksonville Is badly ‘The hurricane struck Savannah, the wind | precipitated, cashier Central Railroad Bank. ‘Two others | there was n. vent it, and there Mr. Catehings conceded thet there harbor, eight being barks, one schooner, | the House. said that the adoption Fifty-first Congress was good and bene-| §5tk" Had’ this” occurred trouble would Ex-Speaker Reed made one of his char- criticising the rules, acteristic eches, and Speaker Crisp’ took the foot and te | Ritter’s boat house was a heavy sufferer koumiss. The rest of the summer visitors CAPITOL TOPICS. Civil Service Detai The House appropriations committee to- day received a letter from Civil Service | the Commissioner Roosevelt, asking for an ap-| who put off to the rescue in the battead propriation of $42,48 to enable the commis- | Estella Sutton. Several small boats from sion to employ thirty-seven clerks to take | Ritter’s were also picked up about the the place of that number of clerks who ure | f he harbor office dock. Th Getailed from the various departments for | fund haven at the haror once the upper duty at the commission. It, pe a Py ese thirty-seven clerks back to the Barely” missel crushing” into. two. wood- offices from which they have been detailed. | Jaden craft lying in siteam. ‘The propeller of thirty-seven nominally detailed not more | vasnington, Geoghagen. came in on, ume 1 : passengers. than one-halt really do efficient. work; in- | fiv8 morning with one hundred paar bay, deed, this would be an overestimate. galls attention to the evils of the aysten ail, complaining that the commission has his mn no power over these clerka to make them do | SHt and left this meening, The TT the commission m.—Money has been easy, ranging from 2 It 1s proposed to | Mr. Roosevelt says Her off He) with ugl tem of | Mattano 7 is | mac creek was the last landing which she and that unless some relief is afforded the | under water. Most f the wharves) along 2 uae er the | aminations except in cases of absolute ne- | the, Washington front today are a Sher. He aiso asks for an increase of the labor-| ers’ force by a provision for one laborer, one | engineer and three watchmen, necessitated | £ a : bythe removal of the commission into new | Waart; though ail danger is believed to be | commission will be obliged to stop all BK TUG BIS | e Senator Murphy and a Rumor. It was published here this morning from | along the flats ts out of sight and the P Troy, N. Y., that Senator Murphy had de-| tomac 3 splashing among the grass and would be succeeded on the committe It will not be | from Baltimore to Washington, is thought hecessary for him to resign, as his term of | in’ the bay last night. SN oilice inthe body expires by limitation on | $2.PAY" ieee ontepning her by hes Wash. remain with | ington agents. FIRE ALARM WIRES. the delegates of the district which he repre- sents whether he will again be a member of the committee. 2 © Brice Back. Senator Brice of Ohio returned to this city from New York this morning. He was| In conversation with a Star reporter this in his seat in the Senate today. ‘The Sena-| morning the officials of the District fire tor shows the effects of his filness as he} alarm and police telegraph and telephone appeared to be thinner and paie. Although | systems stated that the wires were this he is much stronger than when he left ti Se cornwall morning in about as bad a condition as Representative JoXnson’s Bon The House banking and currency comuit- tee will consider the Johnson intercontro- vertible bond bill next Friday. A Defictency Estimate. ‘The civil service commission has sub- mitted to Congress a deficiency estimate of $42,908 for clerk hire. A number of members have prepared bills | Panles, and in that w to introduce in the House as soon as it| will be in order to do sc. Mr. Morse (Mass.) | ing Superintendent Miles of the District will introduce his bill of last session pro-| telegraph system started out hibiting the manufacture and sale of liquors | morfing with as large a force as could be in the District; Mr. Cummings will intro- obtaingd to repair and place in position duce bills appropriating $%,000 for the pur- | the fallen wires, and thought by evening chase of the Bierstadt pictures in the White | that the system would be in fair working House; appropriating £0,0W for the erection | order. bf a statue te John Baul Jones in Lafayette | At 10 o'clock this morning the wires be- Department, | tween police precincts Nos. 1, 2, 6, 8 and 9 and providing for telephonic communication | and police headquarters were in working | Mr. | order, but communication could not be had Cogswell will introduce a bill appropriating | with ‘precincts 3, 4. 5 and 7. ‘The patrol $50,000 for the erection of a statue to Gen. | systems in precincts 1, 2, 6, 8 and 9 were in Israel Putnam in this city. House Restaurant. ‘The House committee on public buildings | repaired, however, and the officials were will hold a meeting next| confident that the system would be work- ‘Thursday at 10:30 a.m. to pass upon the | ing perfectly in every precinct by nightfall. lease of the House restaurant for the ses- Mr. Thomas J. Murray, present conducting the restaurant, will be an applicant for the continuance of the | It is understood there are sev. among them Mr. | only stopped traffic on the line, but the There {s | fallen live wires falling across the streets lk-'y to be @ lively contest for the privi-| greatly endangered the lives of passersby. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund bs, | light ships and the Coast. 105 bid. Water stock Ts, 1901, currency, 107 bid. | [and grounds 1s at} On the Eckington electric street railway other applicants, Ernst Gerstenburg of this city. - + e+ A POLITICAL MOTIVE. Why Senato! Changed Their Votes im the Mantle | the north the force of the wind was par-/ that occasion. A Star reporter talked with The action of Senators Gorman and Voor- hees yesterday in reversing their former | their base like pipe stems. Hardly any sec- position and voting against the seating | tion of the city but suffered by the destruc- of Lee Mantle and Mr. Allen has a polit-| tion of trees and shrubbery. On the 7th ‘The majority of the demo- | street cable line south of Virginia crats in the Senate is very narrow and | fallen trees across the tracks prevented the with Senator Hill ready to embarrass the | Progress, of trains several times. Tramc | administration it was thought best not to comparatively early hour seat these gentlemen. Santen oritine m we r It was developed today, that| As a result of the wind and rain the rear possibly by this action Messrs. Gorman an‘ | wall of the livery stable of Bradley Bros., Voorhees have done exactly what they did|on D street between 9th and loth streets, not wish to do and have aided the repub-| fell, but fortunately no one was hurt. licans. Strong pressure will be brought to bear from this cty upon the governors of, the states of Washington, Wyoming and] While there was some damage along the Montana to call extra sessions of the leg- islatures in those state: to represent o understonn Mere | out of last night's storm with hardly more the sentiment in favor of this action ts {n-| than a scratch. Some trees were blown creasing. especially as the silver men are| down and some roofs and chimneys will thus deprived of three votes. But outside of this the republican party ole ta | Fecitintots | layers. This, though, w Republican members of the Senate say | building on Q street near 30th was blown to legislature of Washington will| the sidewalk and another disabled. surely send a republican here if they meet, , ‘The tin roof on Mr. Ea and similar hopes are held out in Wy. In that state there has been a reapportion: Ment so that th -are at present Vacancies, all of w five On M street n ich are held by demo-| across the roadway a telegraph pole, and the Wyoming is/on Dumbarton avenue near 3lst similar the Deller of the republicans that they ‘ca elect members in these districts and thus | Wage change itera te the state in thei ereby se - ton, Tf this cen ae denen: | went down in the midst of the wale, and on the Senate woull| the other side of the street above, Mr. democratic majority in Senator Carey was asked today if the | fine tree ornamented with clinging vines of Wyoming legislature would be called in| a great age. extra session to eiect a Senator to fill the} Harlem, the subdivision west of town, es- vacancy in the office of United States Sen-|caped the ravages of the wind and rain, ator from that state. id he was not | Trees in Burleith, the subdivided Cox prop- sufficiently informed to give more than an opinion. That the governor is a democrat, and that the popullsts held the balance of power when Some complications arise that the state was reapportioned by ‘the | the roads have been rendered almost {m- legislature before adjournment. here are Vacancies adjourned. fact in the legislature, | been thrown across them. and additional vacancies are made by the) At Tenleytown, though, one of the high- apportionment act. Each county is enti to representation, and special elections have to be called in several of the repre- senatorial districts in case sentative and the governor concludes to call the legis he said, | of the House today was the branch office legislature | of the weather bureau, which has been Pile hen L bbatidd eal Ga together; otherwise there will vac. y inthe Senate until Junuary, 1805, when the | established in the House wing of the Cap- Wyoming legislature will convene in rog- | {tol. Everybody wanted to know about the ular session. Shoes New National Bank. eas hele district, The controller of the currency today au- | Po-ts from thelr districts. thorized the organization of the First Na-] ‘There 1s a wind and rain gauge on the tional Bank of Woodward, I. T. Back Agni Attorney General OIng the city from @ visit to Ci A GREAT STORM. | 3 3 5 cs 2 i 3 | Fl i E uprooted or blown completely down, blocking the streets. In the parks some fine old trees were leveled. One"fine elm in the Capitol grounds was riven by the storm, There was not a street where the trees escaped and th —_ |done in this way, both in the city and the RIVER TROUBLES. The Storm Interrapts Trafic Damage Among Shippin: on the river last night. Many 4 Does Coit parted her lines, broke away from her dock and drifted with considerable force broadside on into the steamer Harry Ran- dall. The Coit had her port side quite badly | smashed, but the Randall escaped with but | 4 few scratches and left this morning on | Schedule time for river landings. The dis- ‘deaths in the family. John J. Stafford of | collision," Finally the steamers came to- | "Phe ot 2 | gether with a crash that could be heard | he outcome of the controversy was that | Shove the wind. ‘There was crushing and | be ‘general debate, and briefly he explain- | §tinding, a good deal of bumping. | loud ed the changes made In the rules. Leg ‘The Question of a Quorum. When speaking in favor of the rule mak-| to her moorings and made fast. The| tion Mnemen would soon place them in| as recommended. | yells of the men. and a spray o' ters. he tug Alexander, Capt: Davie, was hast. | ily signalled, and the Coit was towed back trouble is said to have been the cause of | ing a quorum of the committee of the defective lines. The three-master Sadie | whole 100 members, he was interrupted by | Summer, from the Kennebec, was blown | inquiry | whether a quorum of the committee of the | whole should not be the same as a quorum | done. It was fortunate that she drew up Catchings | 80 $00n, as had she gone much further she} f this rule by the | Would ‘have struck the four-master Au-| loose from the National Capital Ice Com- | pany’s dock and drifted into Given's dock, ut was soon secured. No damage was ‘ustus Welt, lying at the Independent ice probably have resulted. A Wharf Ca fed Away. by the storm. The wharf was carried away and all the boats torn from their anchorage. The sloop yacht May Carr was blown adrift and was rapidly gaining on the sea wall of the flats when she was arrested by James Neal and Robert Ferguson of bor police force and John Stafford, |river, and this morning quite a fleet has rt of the river, dragged her hook and report a bad night in the ba: seas and terrific winds. The me in on edule time last ning. ‘The reason {ff's dock and Stephensons wharf is under the waves. The Colt's dock is submerged. All freight is being taken off the Mattano’ ind continues unfavorable | lo ebb, some of the river people think that | the waters will rise higher. The sea wall shrubs of the new made land. The floral | cided to retire from the chairmanship of | craft Blue Bird, which decorates the har- | the democratic state committee and that he | bor office, was wrecked. It 1s reported that by | the lower part of Alexandria is flooded. Mayor Wheelan of Troy. Senator Murphy | There has up to this writing been no con- was unwilling to make any statement re-|ReCtlon with that town, by water. The | garding this rumor today. Washington steamer Lady of the Lake, could well be imagined, and they consider- ed it very fortunate, indeed, that no fire occurred last night. An alarm was turned in from box 52 at 6:41 this morning for a trifling blaze, and by the use of telephones the fire department was notified. Owing to the bad condition of the wires members of the fire department were stationed at tele- phones convenient to their respective com- a fairly satisfac- | tory system was arranged and was for the most part continued in operation this morn- rly this good shape this morning, but in the remain- ing precincts the system was more or less damaged. The wires were being rapidly Live Wires. | several of the poles supporting the feed wires were blown down about 10:30, and not Fortunately no one came in contact with them, and until they had cut the current off officers of the eighth precinct guarded In the suburban sections of the city to ticularly great, and on Columbia Heights great oak trees, from fifteen to twenty inches in diameter, were snapped off at on the Belt and lith street lines was also because of the storm. Georgetown and Vict ye river front, Georgetown, as a whole, came need the attention of tinners and brick- all. The chimney en the old Dixon school terday’s new house on 3ist street near Road was con siderably damaged. r 33d there was thrown done. } A fine old tree in front of the residence of Mr. George W. Cisseli on Congress street George W. King lost a tall and particularly erty, to the north and west of the House of the Good Shepherd on the New Cut road, were blown down. Miikmen from out of town report that passable by the number of trees that have est sections in the District, comparatively || no damage was done. Le ng of the Details. “| A center of attraction for the members results of last night's storm, and members from the south and the Atlantic seaboard states were especially anxious to get re- venue | roof of the Capitol, together with a ther- mometer and barometer, all of which regis- ter by electrical apparatus upon instru- ments located in the members’ lobby of has returned to| the House. ‘The wind cups showed that the wind attained a velocity of sixty miles an hour at times last night, although this velocity was of brief duration, but it blew at the rate of foty-eight miles per hour fo> five minutes at u stretch. The rain guage measured a precipitation of 12 inches during the storm. The weather maps in the lobby were surrounded by an interested crowd all day, and Mr. Randolph, the ac- commodating agent of the weather bureau, was kept busy explaining the track of the storm and its attendant conditions, Cat Of From Communication. Washington was cut off largely from the rest of the world today so far as news was concerned. The damage done by the storm to telegraph and telephone lines was very great. Correspondents aud news associa- tions were all anxiously waiting for the re- pairs to be completed. Early in the day there was no communication further north than Baltimore, further west than Hagers- town and further south than Richmond. Later wires were worked to Philadelphi: and it was expected soon to have the ser- vice between Washington and New York in full operation. ‘The situation was as bad as it was at the time of the great blizzard which cut New York off from all e munication, At that time news was received | here from New York by way of cable. It was cabled to London, thence to France, thence to Boston, and came here from Bos- ton by way of Chicago. All the public and private lines were down today. ‘The tickers | were silent, and the bankers and brokers, who usually can sit in their offices and chat with people in Wall street, were completely in the dark as to what was going on in “the street.” Telegraph Lines Paralyzed. At 1 o'clock this afternoon the postal company reported two hours’ delay on New York and no tests with ether the south or west. This leaves reports from Savannah out of the question, so far as this company 1s concerned It is now evident that the extent of dam- age to the telegraph lines is far more wide- spread than was at first supposed by the telegraph managers, who naturally thought that the usual activity displayed by the sec- quick communication with the most distant points. On this occasion, however, the wide Sweep of the storm appears to have para- dinary extent, from which it is doubtful if it recovers so as to serve the public with ordinary dispatch for several days: ‘The damage to telegraphic construction will undoubtedly exceed that caused by the March blizzard of 1888, which was confined to the Atlantic seaboard. In the present instance the swoop of the storm covers a territory including trunk lines of the west, south, north and east, and the electricians | who watch the wires say that the present instance is a most extraordinary one. They | judge from the way the wires went down, and were able, from their tests, to follow the course of ‘the storm with great accu- racy and exactness. They estimate the damage at many thousands of dollars. ‘A most lucky circumstance was the get- ting off of a large amount of press matter before the final collapse of the wires, the eastern papers being able to receive nearly their entire file of special matter before communication was completely broken off. Disaster at Charte: A Charleston dispatch dated the 2th says: While the record of terror and ruin wrought by the great disaster of 18% re- mains unbroken, it is Charleston that has again stood in the crack of a cyclone which has shaken the old city to her foundation | stones, the damage to property cannot be told, and the loss of life is unknown, The citizens awoke this marning and zed upon innumerable evidences of the urricane which swept over the clty yes- terday afternoon and last night, uprooted trees, fallen roofs, broken fences, ard in the jess substantial parts of the town wrecked sheds and shanties found every- where. ‘The cyclone with all the terrors which the word has for the people of this section ept up the coast and across, Charleston Parly Saturday morning the dreaded stg. nal was run up and the city held tts breath, hoping that the storm might pass us by. Saturday Night's Gale. Saturday night. a heavy gule started shoztly after midnight and biew for several hours, but as a partial lull had preceded dawn and continued throughout the early hours of the morning, It was hoped that after all the city would not fall within the tdick of the cyclone. But the weather looked exceedingly dirty yesterday morning, and the wind rose again to a gale and came in fitful, angry gusts out of the northeast. A heavy canopy of clouds, which, during the forenoon, lifted rapidly across the heavens, began to settle down upon the city. It'had that muddy tinge which sug- gested the belief that there was plenty of wind and rain behind it. Seaward a heavy mist, thickened until it became a wall of clouds. There wi no longer a doubt that the @readed cyclone was to descend upon the city in all its fury. The crafts at anchor in the bay were first to take alarm and from all quarters of the harbor they came hur- rying In. All that could do so found moor- ings along the wharves and the others, less fortunate, moved higher up the river and made the best anchorage they eould. ‘The largest vessels, no less than the smallest craft, sought ‘protection from the angry tempest. Fortunately there are compara- tively few large ships in port just now, else the damage done might have been multiplied many times. By 1 o'clock a special bulletin from the) weather bureau, posted in front of the News and Courier building, warned the citizens of the impending disaster. The few people who were out in the storm congregated about the board, and, having read the dis. patch, anxiously inquired for further and fuller particulars. For the most part, however, the people had kept to their houses throughout the day. The attendance at the various small, and few people who were not absolutely compelled to do so ventured beyond their doors. But the in- quires for further details of the hurricane were anxious and endless. + ‘The special dispatch had simply stated that a cyclone was central in Southern and Central Florida, and thet it was moving north by northwest. The velocity was esti- mated at from forty to sixty miles. There was nothing to do but to calmly await the bursting of the storm. WIRES PROSTRATED. Telegraphic Communteation North of B ore This Morning. ‘The storm was specially severe on the | telegraph wires. The damage was about as the wires and warned pedestrians of their | teat as during the March blizzard several Gorman and Voorhees | danger. years ago, and the temporary prostration of the wires was even more general than on Mr. Marean and Mr. Young of the Western Union Telegraph Company and Mr. Allen, manager of the Postal telegraph, in regard to the effect of the storm on the wires and was informed that while the damage had been very t there was every indication operation within a day or two. Mr. Marean summed up the situation at 11 o'clock this morning as follow Only to Baltimore Today. “We have wires to Baltimore and Phila- @elphia, but we have no communication farther north and west of Hagerstown. The wires appear to be all right to Nor- folk, Richmond, Greensboro and Roanoke. That's as far south as we can reach. The storm appeared to have been very severe around Baltimore, much more so than here, great damage being done to buildings outside of the city. We had Norfolk, Rich- mond and Baltimore all night; the wires worked badly, but we never lost communi- cation entirely. The southern wires broke down early in the day, but we didn’t lose the western wires till night time. The principal disturbance began about 10 o'clock and reached its height about midnight. We were able to move all afternoon newspaper specials and the bulk of the matter for the morning papers in all parts of the country: that nearly all the matter for the east was died and seventy-five per cent of that for ‘the west. We took all messages subject to delay and did not attempt to handle late matter. The wires in this city did not suffer very much, and can be fully repatred today. Very few poles were blown down, one in Georgetown and two on Ist street west being all that I know of. The work of repairs is being prosecuted rapidly in all directions, and I thiak we will have communications with New York and other this afternoon. But it will be before ull the wires are in com- places by some thm plete repair.” Cut ont All Direction: Mr. Allen of the Postal Company soid this morning: “We are practically cut off in al! directions, but are gradualy wires again. We got Baltimo 8 o'clock this morning and at heard from Philadelphia, but have heard from no one in any other lirection. The track of the storm was probably more wide. spread than any of recent years. \We lust the western sires very early tast evening and at 9 o'clock we lost New York, hicage and eversthing but Beitlmore and Kid mond. The ‘northern wires “recovere? sightly between 10 and 11 o’-lock, but abou! 12:30 o'clock we lost everything except that we occasionally were able to work «a wire t Baltimore. We lost Richmond “at 10:30 o'clock last night and since then ve had no communication with any place wuth of Alexandria. The wires are »eing raplily re- paired, however, and there t® every indica- tion that they will be all right in pistol 6 at. rection in a few hours, Of course we Gon’t know the condition of the wirw very far away from Washington, but they ere un- doubtedly crossed, grounded or tangled up.” right at 30 v'clock we DISTRICT AFFAIRS. The Commissioners Discuss Regula- | tions for the B. and Q. Road, | ‘WR ALVEY RAWES OBJECTIONS. — = | Many Items of Interest From the Seat of City Government. FOR DEPUTY CORONER. —s Ata special meeting of the Commission- ers this morning the representatives of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, Superinten- dent Alvey and Attorney George E. Haiil- ton, appeared before the board to discuss the report of General Inspector Beggs upon the stations and platforms at Brookiand |and South Brooliand, and several minor matters. j It will be recalled that Inspector Bezgs | recommended an extension of the existing | platforms on both sides of the tracks feet. In this connection Superintendent Alvey stated that the platform was the | length of the average train. A platform | accommodating three cars was ample. Re- jferring to the protect | dent Alvey stated he would willingly splice Lal Stbsolutely Pure A cream of tartar baking pow- Highest of ailin leavenine -ngth.-—Latest United Sta Covers ment Food Report, Royal Baking Powder Go,, 106 Wall S.. ¥. ¥, LOOK TO THE SENATE. A Majority For Rep2al Believed to Be Probable. 1 tag) a oe |e that point by dole gates Superimtene SULVER MEN STILL UNTERRIFIED, the present single gate and thereby accom- plish the desired result. He also said he was willing to make a plank foot crossing In discussing the needs of the South! Brookland station Superintendeat Alvey said the station was put there five years | | lyzed the telegraphic service to an extraor- | ago at the suggestion of a syndicate. The | tation amounts to nothing. Oni une train day stops there, and rather chan extend | the platform and comply with the recom- | | mendations of the inspector he would tear | down the station. | | Capt. Powell referred to the unprotected condition of Bunker Hill rvad. He said Will Resort to Every Artifice to Prevent Repeal. cc a Sa WHAT SOME OF THEM SAY. oe The passage of the Wilson bill In the House yesterday repealing the purchasing clause of the Sherman law throws the onus | there were no watchmen at that point at | of the action of Congress ia extra session night, which he considered necessary. Commissioner Ross asked if electric gong would not be an advantage at that point | Superintendent Alvey thought they would, and said he was willing to erect such | gongs. Capt. Powell threw a bombsbeti by | | asking the representatives of the ratlroad | company if they proposed to erect fences | along the tracks. The @police regulations provided for such a thing, he said, and as that was law, he did not see why it had | not been done. | “That’s an old matter that has been re- | , hashed and revamped for years,” rejoined | Attorney Hamiiton. “The railroad com- | pany has put up a fence at one portion of | the road, but citizens had obtained am in- | Junetion.” |" “It's a good thing to have those fences,” interrupted Capt. Powell, “and I think the railroad company should of its own volition | erect them. It would be a provection to the people and a benefit to the railroad com- pany, for if a person climbed cver the fence jand then got run over the railroad would | surely not be to blame.” As a practical question Attorney Hamil. | | ton did not think the vartial tencing of a | track would be of any benefit. Capt. Powell, however, thought diiferently. ile | | believed the road should be fenced at the | | dangerous places anyhow. | «No matter what the raflroad company | does,” said Attorney Hamilton. “there will be a number of people dissatisfied.” As an instance of that Superintendent ‘Alvey | called attention to the position of the | anti-grade crossing association, which, after protesting against grade crossings, p- | peared before the Commissioners and urged the establishment of a number of grade | crossings. | regarding the building of an overacad | crossing at 6th and I streets northeast was Next discussed. Superintendent Alvey said he had looked into this matter, and found if the crossings were constructed there would only be a clearance of six fect. There were crossings at Sth and 7th streets, he said, and he saw no reason or necessity for such a crossing at 6th and I streets. re were serious difficulties. The grade of the road Was established By its charter, and | there were legal reasons why this ‘thing | could not be done. The order of the engineer department ¢i- | recting the lighting of the «rounds through which the tracks of the road are laid from | the Boundary to the depot was next called up. ‘Superintendent Alvey stated the company | already maintained ten electric lights, forty- five gas lamps and twenty-one oil lamps, and this seemed sufficient. Capt. Powell read a United States statute providing for the lighting of all strects, avenues and alleys through which any/ | Steam railroad company operaced its eines | and cars by such company,and said that the | notice sent to the Baltimore and Ohio rail-) road Company was a move to carry out this Ww He would notify the company, however, where lights should be erected before any | action was taken, so as to give it a chance | to do the work. Mrs. Hettinger’s License. A delegation of citizens, composed of Rev. C. H. Butler and Messrs. Norris Keim, | E. Q. Gunson and T. L. Gardner, called | on the Commissioners this afternoon to pro- test against a reopening of the case of Johanna Hettinger, applicant for a liquor license at 813 Maryland avenue northeast. It was urged that the case had already been acted upon adversely four times, and no new evidence had been presented to warrant a further ccnsideration. They also stated that the signers of the petition | mentioned in The Star of vesterday were | | non-residents. Again the application was | | for a new license, a8 the old license ran out | in 1892. - Tenleytown Affairs. ‘Tenleytown was represented this after- noon before the Commissioners by Rev. J. M. Barry, B. McCobb, J. ©. Hoppe and Wm. Brett, being a delegation of citizens from that locality. They called to urge the Commissioners to provide lights for Tenley- town road, which was now dark and dan- | gerous, and to have the east line of Tenley- town road surveyed. At present it seemed |as if there were obstructions and every j inch of space was needed to trians from the railroad. Sewers were also urgently needed and there were numerous cases: of typhoid fever in the vicinity. Un- break out. ‘The recent order of the Commissioners |} rotect pedes- | jth | silver Senators and The Star's informant | {ox Something was done an epidemic would | !dicated that it was Senator ‘eller, plainty , Repairs Needed. Health Officer Hammett states in a letter to the Commissioners yesterday that there is a great necessity for the improvement of the gutters in Brooklend and at the in- tersection of Fort and Wallace streets as | irdicated by dotted lines in an accompany- ing sketch. He states that this point is in a chronic state of nulsance and thinks that | an lé-inch terra cotia sewer would go fer | toward relieving the same. The expense | he says of laying such a sewer would be | triling compared’ with the resulting bene- its. Small Notes, | G. W. Offutt has called the attention of the Commissioners to the condition of the alley between Sist and 324 and M streets and the canal. Ex-Union Soldiers and Sailors. A petition from the property owners on the south side of F street northwest be- tween Mth and th streets has been re- ceived ‘by the Commissioners requesting that a sidewalk be laid there to complete @ jong needful improvement. To Increase Their Salartes. some action looking to the Securing of an in- crease in their The meeting was | held at the office of the health department Health Officer Hammet ed his hear- ty co-operation with the movement, and it) is probable that the result of the mesting | will be laid before Congress in some form The Commissioners have been offically | informed of the election of J. H. Bradford | as treasurer of the Temporary Home for | The physicians to the poor held a meet-| ing yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock to take | for their action. Additional Officers. | The Mutual District Messenger Company | has requested the Commissioners to com-| misssion as additional privates of the police | force John Ebert, John Gaskins, J. W. Fritch, R. Lugenbeil, and L. if. Parker. | | The company states in Its letter te the Commisstoners that these men are to serve in looking after private residences under its protection. No Objection. The Brightwood Railroad Company re- | cently offered to sell to the District 2,678 | feet of six inch cast tron pipe for $995. ‘The | offer was submitted to the attoracy for the | District, with the request that he report if | such sale could be made. Assistant Attor- | ney Duvall rendered opinion, stating that ff the railroad company would execute an indemnity bond there would be no legal | objection to the purchase. | Notes. The Commissioners have received the ap- plication of Dr. E. M. Schaeffe> for the po: sition of deputy coroner in the event Con gress makes provision for one, He is in- dorsea by a large number of prominent business men. | to carry out or refuse to act on, the sug- estjon of the President ugon the Senete, The eyes of the country will be apon this body and their every procesding will be Watched with the deepest interest. ‘Though the action of the House has, in one respect, cleared the way for repeal In another way the progress hes not been accelerated, for the action of the Senate finance committee this morning would seem to indicate that even should the Senate puss a repeal bili it Will not be the Wilson bill, and, therefore, Whatever the result of the Senate delibera- tions may be the whole question will again have to go to the House and probably into So that should the clams of al men that the Sen.te will within Ks Peach a vote on ‘hat quexuon be nded an adjournment at chat time Would not seem possible. At the meeting of the Senate finance com= mittee the Wilson bill was taken up and an effort was made to have it substituted for the bill which the majority of the com- Feported recently, but a major the committee’ this ng in “favor again of the \oor- bi which ctically differs ‘om the Wilson bill only in that the former contains a declaration in favor of main- taining bimetallism. The committee finally decided to report the Wilson bill with the Voorhees bill as a stbstitute. Later in the day when, the Renate met Mr. Voorhees in ported the action of the committee said that he would ask the Senate to b the consideration of it at once. ‘Teller M | announced that he desired to make a speech on the Voorhees Lank Mill which is now the order of business in tne Senate, but it is ueht that there will be no determined sition to the sidetracking of the bank bill and the taking up of the repeal bill as h sides are anxious to get to work on the er question Itself. A Vote in Two Weeks. Those who favor the repeal of the pur chasing clause of the Sherman law are greatly pleased at the decided majority by which the House passed the Wilson bill, and claim that such action has greatly Strengthened their cause in the Senate, and the more hopeful ones say that @ vote will be taken in about two weeks. There are other members of the Senate who are anxious to have the desire“of the gaminis- tration enacted. who look for the passage of an unconditional repeal bill, but who think and say that the silver men will not be pushed for the present, and these mem- bers expect that the Senate will reach @ vote In from three to four weeks The claims of the wnconditionsl repeal members of the Senate are now that there is a majority in the upper body for euch action of from ten to fifteen, but the more conservative men and those who are more Ikely to have a correct estimate of the standing of the various Senators, say that if 2 vote could be taken tomorrow on the Voorhees’ bill, it would pass by a majority of from six to eight. These figures sre probably more nearly correct than the larger estimates. Claims of the Silver Men. On the other hand, however, the out an@ out free silver men, who have announced that they will never allow a bill for the unconditional repeal of the Sherman law to pass the Senate are not disheartened or have they lost hope that they are not to be deprived of the present law unless some substitute Is afforded them. ‘They are still as bold in their statements that they will use every obstruction to pre- Vent such action, as they were when the extra session met. They are unwilling to admit that there is a majority of the Sen- ate In favor of repeal, and say that some Senators who are being counted on for un- conditional repeal will be found supporting the opposite before long. They have been allowing the repeal men to do most of the work thus far, but in the near future some speeches will be forthcoming that will make it very plain that there ts @ strong sentl- ment in the south and west against re- peal as there is in the north and east for it Wl Resort to Pitibustering. The sfiver men announced their position yestenlay in executive session. At that ses- hey boldly said to those on the other e that they would never be able to pass repeal bi the Senate. One of the id the Senata that he had his winter ches with him and he intended to stay efforts to prevent such ee jeut wished. He did not ainly indicated that the intended Lo Tesort to sisbuster- Ax a Te determing to stay xt summer if this Was mecee- sary peal. 4 silver Senstor said to a Star reporser this to At he taik of such pressure being broug bear on them that they would have to allow the bill to come to @ vote was all nonsense “The people who are here in tis ciiy do not appreciate the feel- ing that eaisis im the silver states, All that you get hete is the sentiment of the east, and for that we do not care one snap. We are here to represent our pe and I have no hesitancy in saying that there is not a man, We my state that would jon if 1 stayed here until next fought the re- peal of thie m entirely frank, our political future depends up port ‘ot silver, and all the Ififluence the cast fan bring to bear cannot change our de- yn not to allow @M unconditional 1 sa.” ubt that the vote in the House furnishes an excuse to those Sena- tors who desired it for abandoning the sil- ver mon at this me. It also may weaken ation previously Reld by some S > go to the extent of flfbuster- ing against repeal. Thus the silver men are ened numerically, but the determina- the radical silver men to fight to the h is not Weakened tn the least, and te they hay tion « last a under the rules of the Sen infinite power of Slibustering. — - Mrs. Heftmatter’s Win will of the la’ The harlotte Heitmuller x Ch no bequests to 4 Ferdinand Heitm': ed their shares of the father’s estate Julius A. Maedel is named as executor, Bartal Permict. During the twenty-four hours ending at noon today burial permits were tswued from ne health office for the following White—Sarah King, 68 years; Herndon J. Willis, 24 years; Robert “Becker, 8 months; Erma ©. ’Han Helen R, Rhodes, 4 mont co, 8 months. ‘olored—Scphia Stewert. Bush, 7 years; Nancy Malv —— To Be Paid in Gold. All the employer of the Interior Depart- ment will, on the st, be paid in gold. The & B. L. Extra Sexton, Now stateemen mect ih summer heat With wisdom wide awake: But for Butts, tie Bromo man, ‘How bard their Leads would aene.