Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1893, Page 1

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Call and see samples. BYRON S. ADAMS, Printer, 512 Lith st. ow. Telephone 920. se2) iim. & F. MUDD, Who has been for the past fifteen years ident!- fied with the tailoring establishinent of Mr. Geo. T. Keen, desires his friends and the public gen- erally to be informed that be is now establ Dusizess on his own account at ‘where be will be pleased to see ‘8020-8 INIC —, ECIAL COMMUNICATION OF ee No. 15, F. A. A. My rk: Mt. ed. By Bee'y. BS : ork pan SHARP. Bi degroe. A. full attendance te request onier of the W. M. WM. A. GATLEY, scteae Usiris LODGE, NO. 26. September 20, At E30. o'clock Work mioat™ “FRED. E TASKER, ‘Secretary. REMOVAL NOTICE. N. T. REDMAN, Late at 917 La. on La. Formerly occupied by Messrs. Mitler & Roller), Will be pleased to see his friends and patrons at the uew location, where ne will continue the sale of bis specialties of ELGIN AND OTHER FINE CREAMERY BUT- ‘TERS (in tubs snd prints), NEW YORK CREAM CHEESES and FRESH EGGS, and, in addition, NORTHERN avt WESTERN PRODUCE. seld-St* —oee ‘STH_ ANNIVERSARY. THIS WORTH ONE DOLLAK. WASHINGTON, SEPT. 17, 1893. EONS SY ore WOE. 1 Ws peesentation of, this at r tation o one otore ducing the week's celebration of ove 3th anniversary. i allow ‘et"dotlar of aay purchase of ‘walt, <rousers or overcoat. as am apprec' ot the Mberal patronage bestowed ULom we during On ORTON C. STOUT & CO. Cat this out and present it. ling grateful to our many patrons, we to stow'our appreciation in eclcvrating our Be Qiversary by the above reduction om every order ta- tad to ius, during our, celebration week oaly. ber 17 te 23, Inclusive. Nes a BES ceases best’ sult on earth for the money. Cheviots and Cemsimeres, the eat business sult made. But for $20.00 we make you a sult which for Devas or Business can aot he excelled. | fed. worst ae ‘we challenge the World. We make them to your measure for— = garments worth $35.00 these are: but Ereriessaa ye tests - line of $6.50 Trousers is the best shown. Many are Sharing $8.50 for infec gradee, ‘Save money by using coupon and purchase this eck ™ TON DUT & €O., MORTON C- Sferchant, Trilors 1112 F st. mm. Baltimore and Liberty sts. Balto., Md." se18-3t LINDGREN. aa F more ‘and Swedish Movement, bas returned, and will resume practice. Otice, S21 17th st. mw. se19-3t! Hark! Hark! the dogs do bark, ‘The — come to town Yes. only about twenty new, tailoring (pre- sumably) stores and “agencies” have fhe past few months. Sore the merrier? We | are all right! None of them begin to tarn out the class of work we do at “our’ Don’t buy blind folded—look around—look bere. & Fred Gatchel (late of Keen's), 418 12th st. se19 WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION ‘Temperance Tent, 12th and H We day, Rev. E. 0. Eldredge on“ Liquor ‘Trattic;"" Thursday, T. J. Rev. k Clark; Friday, Rev. 8. Carr; good music; all cor- dially’ tavited it No notice required notice required No notice required To withdraw funds deposited with this company at interest. Your money is subject to your check at all times. First trust notes for sale netting ‘the urehasers “‘six per cent” interest. OFFICERS. THE WASHINGTON LOAN AND TRUST COM- "ANY, Puid-up Capital and Surplus, $1,150,000, Orgabized under act of Congress and subject to the supervision of the U. 3. Treasury Department. Executes trusts, acts as executor and administrator. Pays interest on deposits, rents safes aud cares for deposits of valuables. ‘Special attention is called to this com- ‘sper cent investment securities, Ker sale ‘at par and accrued interest. coaLt coaLt Winter 1s Coming. Our coal is clean and free from dirt. Don't wait, but order now. POLLARD & BRO......12TH ST. AND B. L AVE. Prompt delivery. —__(4e20-3m) Good weight. COAL UP Now. It you will remember, coal was scarce and Bigh last year. You ‘can make no better investment than laying in your coal supply now. For the convenience of our patrons on Capitol Hull have established = ‘CoaLi at Muss. ave, and F st. ne. Best ; tem in the city and best and| cleanest coal. | ARTHUR B. SMITH, + Branch 7v1 12th st. aw. and ranch Mass. ave. and F st. ne. 2020 Now After paying rent for 10 years WHAT DO or more (as many have doue), YOU OWN? what do you own? Nothing, not a brick, not a splinter. Why not pay us this rent toward the purchase of @ nice new house, which will be yours im a few years. You will then have no rent to pay and can afford a borse and carriage. $100 down and $25 monthly bays @ fine house and lot. Ask us ques- ‘tions. 3A3. BE. WAUGH, “Owner,” 610 F st. nw. THAD IT. Remember the scarcity of coal Remeniber’ I was well, stocked 20d last could, t any time? Better buy this year of a ‘Merchant ‘who is in the Coal business ail’ the round. I am not @ summer Coal Dealer, transacts business only in pleasant weather. J. MAURY DOVE, 414 9TH ST. N.W., Are using the swellest materials known to the trade, whieh are cut aud made with that particular “sap” which characterizes the clothes worn by the best dressed New Yorkers. No ‘alterations’ are needed in our garments after we send them to you; they are “nished.”” e20-8t LOOK WELL ENOUGH THROUGH GLASS. After looking at the cotton-back domes the trouserings, made up in “the Lord knows where," at low (7 (high) prices, drop fm and lock at the dressy line of Imported All-wool English Striped Trous- erings we are having such a run on, at s. G. Warfield Simpson, Tailor, 12th and F ste. sel9 SHOP. Keep a little wine shop. Our ‘ the distributing OT A WINE * ‘We don’ ith treet store ts onl; office of the To-Kalon Wine Co. We have about 100,000 gallons of Wines and Brandies stored im our immense vaults and bottling Works at 27th ai sts. If you feel interested we will take pleas. ure im showing yon through our vaults at 27th and K sts. We would like you to see how well we care for the wine you drink. FO-R ALON WENE OS “CARY ‘We have secured an excel- lent ine of English Carving Sets, embracing carver, fork $2, which we will offer at $1.50 BAMBEK & ROSS, 11th and G sts. sel9 ol got Deation tm freat of the Capitol gy, to se1o-ate 463 and 465 Pa. ave. “FUZZY CHEVIOTS”— For business wear—made into a long cut, three-but- ten cutaway—sack sult—makes the nobbiest and fost satisfaction giving garment # mao can wear. We make them “right” from $25 the suit up. Left Jour order yet for a pair of those $5.50 Pin Striped Brousers? EISEMAN BROS.. 7th and E nw. MR. TYLER IS aT Saks. Mr. J. T. Tyler begs to inform bis friends that be bas connected himself with Messrs. Sake and Company—where Be will be pleased to see and serve them. se18.3t VOCAL LESSONS.—MISS KATIE V. WILSON. un. wa. SHAgESrEAHE OF “LONDON, EXG. __sei5-6t* PEARE OF LON ‘Music Room, 1331 Sth st. aw, DR. J. WESLEY BOVEE Has removed to Moa HST. N.W. Office hours—8 to 10; 3 to 5 and 7 p. m sel6-tocS & DISCOUNT OF 15 PER CENT ALLOWED UN- til October 1 on Aandirons, Fenders, with H. K. FUL one year or more are ‘Upon which interest is due yereby motitied to call at oace and pay up the int or the goods will be sold at auction OCTOBE 1893. selz- 13 a. K. FU ON, Pawnbroker. HOTrL AND BOARL EPERS, GET our bid for launderin 4 bed linen. Can save you 10 per EAM LAUN. DRY, uptown office, 514 oth st. ‘office and works, 43.G st. nw, sell-Im FHE caLicrarn Ty learn and to opera Biiilege of purchase. fb ate Bw FALL NOVELTIES IN SHIRTS ‘Now on exibition at Hall's “SHIkT FACTORY, sy6-3m 905 Fat. SPECIAL OFFER—ONE- THIRD OFF. Ou a” Mmited umber of Brand New No. 2 EXEPMATC RAMSLERS. Theor ore late pot terns, with either smooth or corrugated G. tires, 25 or 26-inch fi and guaranteed . Former price, tw HUNDRED DOLLARS! Lamps and Bells extra. WHI sell on time pay- Kind of customers. & JEFFERY MFG. Co., 1325 1th st. 2 DR J. WESLEY Bov Has removed to 1404 HST. NW. ee-$ to 10; 8 to § and 7 p.m. se5-Im* EWRITER IS EASIEST TO Machines are rented with NEWMAN & SUS if GT. KEEN. MERCHANT TAILOR, siz F ST. §.W. Drintin 1108-16 E st. n.w. us. STON -& RUPP, lar Priced Stationers, BAG Tint STREET Gust above’ the evenue); 20 FIFTH AVENUE TAILORING. | Dressy men who demand the swellest New York tailoring can have thetr orders executed here, at home, and save money. Full line of IMPORTED NOVELTIES just | received. Call and look them over. Satis | faction guaranteed. 8220 ‘gperation of the Edison | ‘Spewriter, which re- weeks. Thus equipped ing em Phonograph and quires but a few Jou need have no fear about securli Dloyment, for the Graph operators has ‘ahead. of fhe’ suppl ‘pbobograph on may | be ‘dispatched in half. the time’ formerly | emplared 10" using ‘a stenographer. Rented or sola Baas erments.” Fou” are invited to call and see & e ration. | EH'Ch eat Bae nw. | COLUMBIA PHONOGRA: E_D. EASTON, Pres. (se20)_R. F. CROMELIN, See. Weather tomorrow—Fair apd cooler. 4 BUREAU OF INFORMATION. If you want to know anything about lumber—remember, that we are a public bureau of in- formation on the subject. We distribute our informa- tion free, whether it tends to bring us more trade or not. We rely on our prices and the quality of our lumber to make sales. If you want to know anything —come along; don't hesitate be- cause you're not prepared to buy Fight away—it's a good time to look ahead a little and find out ‘where lumber, &e., ts cheapest. C7'It you read it in our ad. it’s so. LIBBEY, BITTINGER & MILLER, “Lumber, Millwork and Builders’ Hardware,” 6th and N.Y. ave. nw. 520 NOT PAYING FOR A NAME YOU'RE NOT PAYING FOR A NAMB YOU'RE NOT PAYING FOR A NAME When you have a sult of clothes made here—you're paying for what you get— geod, handsome, well wearing, perfect fitting clothes. Our $15 BUSINESS SUIT will compare favorably with any $20 taflor-made suit in town. It's beyond comparison with a ready-made suit. We're making taflor- made men out of ready-made men every day. They see where their advantage lies, All of our clothes—vraid, lining, but tons, &e., KEPT IN REPAIR ONE YEAR. | KEPT IN REPAIR ONE YEAR. | KEPT IN REPAIR ONE YEAR. | ‘That shows how they're made and what they're made of. = =e | MERTZ & MERTZ, | MODERN PRICED TAILORS, | It 906 F ST. ‘The Democratic Caucus. | ‘The democratic caucus, held in the House yesterday afternoon, adopted a resolution declaring “that it Is the sense of this cau-| cus that it is the duty of every democratic | member to attend the sessions of the House and vote, in order that the public business | may be considered and disposed of. j “Resolved, That it is the sense of this| caucus that the House should proceed at | the earliest practicable day during this ses- sion to the consideration of the bill or bills | repealing the laws authorizing deputy mar- | shals and supervisors of elections at the | polls."* ——+]e+ The School of Application. The school of application at the marine | barracks tn this city now has the largest lass under examination that it has had since its inauguration. C Mannix and tants who are running the school hands full. A large number of cers and enlisted men | from the various stations in the east ha reported for examination during the past k. The young second Heutenants re- cently assigned have also just reported for a tour of instruction at this school pre- | liminary to assignment to regular stations, - | head and all the brains therein. DEPARTMENT CLAIMS. Senator Morgan's Bill for Their » Legal Adjudication, A COURT OF DEPARTMENTAL APPEALS, A Measure of Relief for the Army Of Claimants. MODE OF PROCEDURE. It may be that the judicial circle of Washington will be extended. Senator Morgan today introduced into the Senate & bill for the establishment of a court of departmental appeals to adjudicate matters relating to the practice of the executive de- partments of the government. ‘The bill as drawn furnishes a vast meas- ure of relief for the great army of claim- ants who hang around Washington from year to year in the hope of securing fav- orable action on tHeir claims that have been pending in the departments for years. ‘The court 1s to have jurisdiction, not only over matters passed upon unfavorablyby the departmental officers, but upon those that have been neglected or pigeon holed. In these cases the claimant, after making formal demand for adjustment in the de- partment, can take his case to the Court of Appeals for settlement, and the conclu- sion, if favorable, will be as effective as if it had been reached in the regular chan- nels. Composition of the Court. The first section of the bill provides that the court shall sit in the city of Washing- ton, and shall consist of a chief justice and four associate justices, to be appointed by the President, and to hold office during good behavior. The chief justice is to re- ceive $8,500 a year, and his associates $6,000 each. The court is to appoint a clerk at $3,500 @ year, a reporter at $3,000, and such assistant clerks and messengers as may be necessary. ‘The court fs to hold one term annually, commencing with the second Monday in October. Its appellate jurisdiction is ex- tended to all cases which are founded upon any law or resolution of Congress, or regu- lation, ruling or order of any department, bureau or office of the government, or which may be founded upon any contract, either expressed or implied, or any agree- ment or transaction with any department, bureau or office, or agent, where the claim thus created shall have been decided ad- versely to the claimant; or where the per- son intrusted with the settlement of any claim lawfully before him fails or refuses to take action within a reasonable time after demand for such action has been made by the claimant. The aggrieved claimant may take appeal and the court shall reverse the action, affirm or modify it as shall be deemed just, or it may direct further proceedings in the department. Any judgment shall be bind- ing and conclusiv ‘There is a provision that the plea of “‘set- off” may be made as a plea in bar where the party so seeking relief can show some equitable ground for such a defenee. The bill provides that the jurisdiction of the new court shall not extend to cases or claims now under the jurisdiction of the Court of C! Mode of Procedure. ‘The bill sets forth the procedure for get- ting a case before the court as follows: When a claimant shall desire to take an appeal, or to remove a case from the juris- diction of the department, in case of delay, he shall make a petition to the court, set- ting forth the facts, and shall send one copy to the department and another to the Attorney General. The clerk of the court shall aiso notify the department and call for the papers in the case. The Attorney General, who, through his assistants, is charged with the prosecution or defense of cases before the court on behalf of the United States, must make reply by petition, plea or demurrer within thirty days unless the court grants further time. In case he should fail to reply within the time the case will be tried by the court and no judgment shall be taken by default. In case of a favorable judgment for the claimant payment shall be made as if the claim been awarded in the depart- ment. There is a clause in the bill granting to the justices of the court the privilege of re- tirement on full pay at the age of seventy after ten years’ service in this or other court. The bill amends all laws confilcting with {ts provisions and takes from the present Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia the jurisdiction over patent cases. The bill was referred to the committee on the judiciary. + + LAWYER HORNBLOWER. The President's Selection to Su Justice Blatchford. ‘The New York World draws the following picture of Mr. Hornblower, the New York | late lawyer nominated to succeed the Justice Blatchford: It is difficult to speak with certainty, but it is probable that Mr. Hornblower is the smallest man, physically, who has ever been on the great bench. His smallness fills the observer with astonishment. It would seem that nature, seized with a streak of economy, had made him with just enough body to carry around his fine, big Mr. Horn- blower Is smaller even than Dan Lamont. He is almost as small as Eckels, controller of the currency. Eckels never really grew up. Why Frederick little man, the Great, who was a should want big men around why Cleveland, who is a big elect so many little fellows, 1s @ problem that no man will solve until the Judgment day, when we shall all learn more things than we shall be able to re- member. Mr. Hornblower is a very small man, as regards his body. He is not much taller than a medium-sized woman. That {s to say, he comes about up to the shoulder of a man who Is not very big. lance The A commander. It is expected that a new commander of the U. S. S. Alliance, now cruising in Nica- raguan waters, will be announced in a few days. Capt. Whiting, her present com. mander, whose three years’ term at sea ex- pired a’ few months ago, is to be relieved | and granted three months’ leave of absence. Capt. Whiting {s engaged to Miss Ah Fong, the accomplished daughter of a wealthy Chinese merchant of Honolulu. Their mai riage will probably take place as soon as Capt. Whiting can reach Honolulu and make the necessary arrangements. a Bravery Rewarded. A gold life saving medal has been re- warded to Ingar Olesen of Milwaukee, Wis., for rescuing from drowning James Ailller in Lake Michigan on Apyil 20 last. ONLY ONE NEW CASE. Yellow Fever Patients st Brunswick Said to Be Oonvalescing, Twenty-two Per- sons Now in the Camp of Detention —They Are Well Cared For. Surgeon General Wyman has received @ telegram from Surgeon Murray at Bruns- wick, Ga., dated last night, informing him of the appearance of one new case of yel- low fever during the day. None of the cases now under treatment are considered as likely to prove fatal, however, and most of those reported yesterday are convalesc- ing. The physicians have little to do. The river and shore guard is nearly completed |and there is no need of other sections guarding against Brunswick. Surgeon Murray asked permission to grant Mberty | to those persons who have recovered from the fever after detaining them one day at camp and disinfecting their clothing. There are 122 persons in the camp of de- tention who are serving thelr fifteen days’ Probation. The people in the camp are | Said to be contented and are being well cared for. It is said at the marine hospital bureau that the explanation of the action of the Brunswick board of health in prohibiting | |newspaper correspondents from sending | the names of yellow fever patients may | probably be found in the desire of the au-| thorities to prevent mistakes in the names | of patients and victims and thereby caus- ing alarm among the absent friends of the Brunswick people. The City Almost Depopulated. A press dispatch from Brunswick, dated last night, say: The city is almost depopulated. On the principal street there remain only two open stores. The two banks have suspended business until after the epidemic, having opened a branch at St. Simon’s Island, seven miles from here. The resolution adopted by the board of health allowing communication with St. Simon’s Island was received with joy by hundreds who find this @ haven of refuge trom the infected city. It permits merchants to continue business here and spend the nights on the island. The fever has so far been of an exceed- ingly mild form, and Dr. Murray, govern- ment surgeon in charge, expresses his be- lef that there will be a very small death percentage. Everything possible for the comfort of the sick and poor is being done by the government. A fever hospital is now being erected. ‘Camp Detention, situ- ated twenty-one miles from the city, the | only exit from the city, was established to- day, with Surgeons Geddings and Dessaus- , sure in charge. All preparations are being made at this camp for the comfort of refu- gees. The suffering of the poor is consid- erable, there being no possible way for them to obtain food except from the city commissary, which 1s daily crowded with hundreds of hungry and destitute people of both colors. ‘There has been twenty-six re- Ported cases of fever, with five deaths. ‘The weather has been very warm, which is favorable to the spreading of the disease. | Quarantine regulations are rigidly en-! forced, All roads and boulevards leading from the city are well guarded, and no one is allowed to enter or leave the city except those living on St. Simon's Island, who are commanded to change and disinfect their clothing on leaving the city. ‘The board of health has passed a resolu-' tion, approved by the government surgeons, forbidding any correspondent to publish the names of those stricken with yellow fever. Any violation of this order was made pun- ishable by imprisonment. Much indigna-| tion is expressed, and ail possible efforts are being made to secure a reconsideration. | The board meets dally at noon to receive the reports of attending physicians, and to state officially the sanitary conditions of the city. Lint of Fever Patients. ‘The Savannah Morning News’ special dis- patch from Brunswick, Ga., says: The following is a complete list of the Persons under treatment here for yellow fever: Mrs. Sarah Turner and her five-year- old daughter; Mrs. Elizabeth Stokes, on E street, Newtown; Mrs. Smith, Newtown: hy H. Smith, on Monk street; Miss Rosa i, New Castle street, over Krauss’ bak- Mrs. Crane, Newtown, and her son, Wm. Crane; James Sinclair, Cypress Mills: Mrs. J. N. Brock and John ‘Brock, Mrs. W. M. Lucree; Mrs. H. C. Smith, George Clark, Four-Mile Crossing; Mrs. Sinclair, Cypress Mills; two children of J, F. Norris, East Tennessee ticket agent; Samuel Ward and child. ‘These are oficial, and were secured from ® personal canvass of Brunswick. +o+—____ THE TARIFF HEARING, i | Representatives of Various Industri: Heard by the Committee. Today, the ast day’s hearing given by the ways and means committee, found representatives of the paint and color, cor- set, thread, carpets and lead industries before the committee. ; J. S. Page, representing Devoe and Ray- nolds & Co. of New York and the color makers of the United States, spoke first. He said that the present bill discrimi- nated against them, as the raw material which entered into the compound articles were taxed beyond the finished product. To this disadvantage must be added the difference in the cost of labor here and abroad. He asked that in the preparation | of the new bill duty on the compound arti- cle be so adjusted that the materials of which it was made would not receive great- er protection. L. E. Holden, proprietor of the Cleveland, Ohio, Plaindealer, argued in opposition to any reduction in the present duties on lead ores. The decrease in the price of silver, he said, had been a great set-back for the | lead mines and three-fourths of them were now closed on this account. The industry was brought into direct competition with the cheap “peon” labor of Mexico, and he asked for a duty according to the differ- ence in the cost of labor and the interest on capital invested. Three-fourths of the cost of the ore was labor and was en- titled to protection. It would be greatly unjust to reduce the duty and destroy the industry. 0 oe PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS, A New Land Commissioner in Samoa— Other Offices Filled. The President sent to the Senate today the following nominations: Joseph W. Nichol of Indiana, to be deputy second controller of the treasury. Wm. H. Bracken of Indiana, to be col- lector of internal revenue for the sixth dis- trict of Indiana. William Lea Chambers of Alabama, to be land: corhmissioner in Samoa, under the general act signed at Berlin June 14, 1889, by the plentpotentiaries of the United States, Germany and Great Britain, vice E. J: Ormsbee, resigned. Postmasters: Missouri—Beauregard Ross, | Cameron; Samuel Lowry, Plattsburg; Kate | E. Kidd, Excelsior Springs. North Dakota—Emmet 8. Wisner, Lisbon. Oregon—George H. Foster, Baker City. Pennsylvania—A. J. Myers, Natroni Lawrence C. Powell, California. paguth Dakota—Charles H. Freeman, Elk | oint. Tennessee—John J. Ingle, South Pitts- | | burg, Miss Carrie K. Smith, Sewanee. Texas—John J. Ray, Dublin. Virginia—William E. Owen, South Boston. Washington—Thomas F. Meagher,Spragu and eleven recess appointments of postmas- ters. ———_o—___ ‘The Centennial Star. Copies of Monday's twelve page Star, with the full and accurate account of the Centennial Celebration of the laying of the corner stone of the Capitol, can be had at the counting room of the Star office, wrap- ped and stamped ready for mailing, for only three cents each. SOME SHARP WORDS|4 TECHNICAL POINT MELLO’S ULTIMATUM Pass Between the Speaker and Rep- resentative Reed ON THE COMMITTEE ON ROLES REPORT. Republican Filibustering Consumes All of the Day. THE SENATE PROCEEDINGS. THE SENATE. In presenting a petition for the uncondi- tional repeal of the silver purchasing act, Mr. Morgan (Ala.) said that it was one of those petitions emanating from the New York capitalists, and that he regarded it as @ mandate from them, not from the people of Alabama. After twenty minutes spent in the rou- tine morning business, Mr. Voorhees (Ind.) Tose and moved to proceed to the considera- tion of the bill to repeal the silver purchas- ing act. At the same moment Mr. Platt ‘he Senator has not appealed to me, said Mr. Voorhees, somewhat petulantl; “I am on the floor. I do not wish to inter- fere with the Senator from Connecticut, but the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. George) is very anxious to go on with his speech.” Senator Courtes: “If the Senator from Indiana,” said Mr. Platt, “were a little kinder in his way of treating other Senators—* ‘The sentence was broken in upon by Mr. Voorhees, who repeated that he was on the floor and that if the Senator from Con- necticut had asked permission he might have yielded. “I yield to him now,” said he, “without his asking. ‘J ask the Senator now,” said Mr. Platt. “Then I yield.” Mr. Platt then said that he had stated yesterday his intention to introduce this Morning @ resolution to amend the rules | @roviding for a cloture), but as the Sena- tor from the state of Mississippi (Mr. George) had given notice that he would ad- dress the Senate this morning on the re- peal bill and desired to begin as early as possible he (Mr. Platt) would not stand in the way, and he would therefore not Present his resolution today, but would ‘at, some future time. Mr. George then addressed the Senate in opposition to the passage of the Voorhees repeal bill. THE HOUSE. ‘There did not appear to be a larger at- tendance in the House this morning ‘when it met at noon than there had been for some days past. The leaders of the op- posing forces were, however, on hand bright and early. Mr. Loud (Cal.) asked unanimous consent for the immediate consideration of a reso- lution calling on the Secretary of the Treas- ury for information as to the number of ounces of silver bullion purchased under the Sherman act during the months of July and August; and, further, what the reason was that the Sherman act was not executed | during those months. Mr. Tucker (Va.) objected. ‘The Speaker directed the clerk to call the committees for reports. Mr. Burrows (Mich.) moved to dispense with the call. Pending this motion Mr.Catchings (Miss.) Presented @ report from the committee on rules. Before it was reagi Mr. Burrows made the Point of order that the reports were not in order. His point was that the committee had not the right to originate an order of business. ‘The Speaker overruled the point of order, | holding that on the question of determining the ord of business the committee on Tules had a right to act. An Appeal From the Chair. Mr. Burrows appealed from the decision, and Mr. Fitch moved to lay the appeal on the table. Pending which Mr. Burrows moved that the House take a recess for one hour. Mr. Catchings made the point of order that pending a report from the committee on rules this motion was not in order. The Speaker said that he would hear the gentleman from Michigan on the question. Mr. Burrows was surprised that he should be asked even to speak on this question. His motion was obviously in order. There Was no report from the committee on rules before the House. The gentleman from Mississipp! had tendered a report and he (Mr. Burrows) had objected to its recep- tion and had raised @ point of order against it. It was idle to say that there was a re- port before the House. The report was not in possession of the House until it was read to the House. ‘The Report Read. In order to obviate this objection the Speaker directed the clerk to read the re- port. Despite the angry protests of Messrs. Reed and Burrows (which the Speaker de- clined to notice) the clerk read the resolu- tion. It provides that immediately after the adoption of this order the Speaker shall call the committees for reports, and the re- ports shall be referred to the appropriate calendars, and no motion shall be entertain- ed until this order is executed. Mr. Reed's Remarks Mr. Reed sald that it was a recognized custom in this and all other parliamentary bodies that whenever anybody had a right to object the physical fact of reading a measure would not obviate that objection. This was very simple and plain parliamen- tary law, about which there could be no question.’ The gentleman from Mississippi had proposed to present a certain document to the House to be acted upon. Prior to its reception the gentleman from Michigan had made the point of order to the Speaker that it was not receivable—without any ref- erence to the contents of it. The question before the House was whether the report should be received. The Speaker had recog- nized that that was the question byhis ruling upon it. That was the question before the House. That ruling was one of the most surprising that had ever been made. ‘This sally coming from the source it did amused the House, and it was greeted with prolonged laughter. Continuing, Mr. Reed (addressing himself to the democratic side) said that if the ma- jority of the House were ready to do this thing it must take the consequences. ve are ready,” came in a chorus from the democratic side. ‘The Speaker had decided, continued Mr Reed, contrary to all parliamentary rules, and had decided that a committee had a right to originate legislation. That was a | new departure. The question’ was upon the reception of the report of the committee ‘on rules. The Speaker was undertaking to have it received prior to the action of the House permitting its reception. It made no differ- ence whether the Speaker directed the clerk to call the roll or not. The House had to decide; and until the House decided the resolution was not before the House. He was aware that the majority could override the plain principles of parilamentary law: but if it intended to do so he wanted to know it. If Herod was to be out-Heroded Herod wanted to witness the transacgjon. (oud and continuous laughter and ap- plause.) The Speaker's Ruling. ‘The Speaker ruled that the report was be- fore the House until otherwise determined by the House, and, being before the House, motion for a recess was not tn order. (Applause.) Mr. Payne (N. Y.) appealed. ‘The Speaker—Two appeals cannot be pend- ing at the same time. Mr. Reed remarked, sarcastically, that the rules gave the Speaker power to di cline to receive dilatory motions pendiny Feport from the committee on rules. (Continued on Sixt Oovered by a New Indictment in the Ford Theater Case. The Government Fully Expects to En- ter Upon the Trial Some Time Next Month. The case of the United States against Messrs. Ainsworth, Dant, Covert and Sasse, indicted last July for manslaughter in con- nection with the Ford's Theater disaster of June 9, took a new turn today, when another indictment was returned by the grand jury against the four men. The’in- dictment returned today charges the ac- cused with the same offense charged in the indictment of last July, and, indeed, is in the exact language employed in the first one with a single most important ex. ception, And that exception conveys at jonce, even to the layman, the one im- portant reagon for the new indictment, In the first indictment Col. Ainsworth was re- ferred to as one “Frederick” C. Ainsworth, while in the one returned against the four men today he is referred to and designated as one “Fred” C, Ainsworth. To Avoid a Technical Plea. When the four accused parties were ar- raigned Mr. R. Ross Perry, counsel for Col. Ainsworth, intimated, so the prosecu- tion understood, that he might desire to enter a,plea of misnomer as to his client, and it is because of such an intimation, made, it is thought, in an unguarded mo- ment, that District Attorney Birney de- cided to anticipate such a plea and prevent unnecessary delay by reindicting the four men and causing Col. Ainsworth to be re- ferred to as “Fred” C. instead of “Fred- erick” C. Ainsworth. After the first indict- ment had been returned it became known to the prosecution that Col. Ainsworth while at times had been called and known as Frederick C. Ainsworth, he had been much more widely known as Fred C. Ains- worth. ‘The government also discovered that he had been nominated to and con- firmed in his present official position as Fred C. Ainsworth, although on a previous occasion nominated and confirmed as Fred- erick C. Ainsworth. Hence, to make as- surance doubly sure and prevent any and all unnecessary delay in reaching a trial of the case, District Attorney Birney decided upon the step taken by him today. The Accused to Answer. Of course, the indictment returned today will necessitate the bringing of the four men into court in order that they may plead to it. Judge McComas, who, it 1s expected, will preside at the rearraignment of the accused parties, is out of the city at present with the intention of returning next Friday, at which time it 1s the purpose of District Attorney Birney to require the men to answer the new indictment. Both indict- ments will remain standing against the four men, quite irrespective of each other, and the fact that the two are, with the single exception above referred to, identically the | same, will, the prosecution believes, cause no delay in the withdrawal of thd plea of not guilty, and the filing of any motion attacking the legality of the first indictment. When the accused were arraigned they were given until the 15th of this month in which | to file such a motion, and this time was several days ago extended until Friday next. Should a demurrer or motion to quash be filed tn reference to the first in- dictment within the specified time the gov- ernment would, tn all probability, request that a similar demurrer or motion ‘to quash be filed in the case of the second indictment, that a hearing on either might be expedited | a8 much as possible. The prosecution is confident that no unreasonable delay will occur and will exert every endeavor to reach a trial of the case at the very earliest day practicable, which it hopes will not be later than some day during the next month. —_—— THE COMMITTEE ON RULES. What Mr. Burrows Says of the Order Adopted This Mornt: ‘The House committee on rules this morn- ing authorized, by a party vote, the re- port to the House of what is termed by Messrs. Reed and Burrows, the minority of the committee, the most drastic meas- ure ever proposed to any legislative body. They say it far surpasses anything ever thought of even in the Fifty-first Congress. It provides that upon the adoption of the order, the Speaker shall proceed to call the committees for reports, and until that or- der is exhausted, no motion whatever shall be in order or entertained by the Speaker. Mr. Burrows said: “In the Fifty-first Congress all that we ever did was to cut off dilatory motions. But now, if the Capi- tol should fall down or take fire while the committees were being called, we could not even take a recess. The republicans will exhaust all the means at their disposal to Prevent the introduction of the report on the order to repeal the federal election laws, and to defeat or delay the adoption ate order proposed by the committee on rules.” After the committee had formally ad- Journed, the majority members remained in conference in the room of the Speaker. The further program respecting the election bill was discussed and it was stated afterward by one of the members that an order would probably be reported tomorrow for the con- sideration of the bill, beginning next ‘Tues- day. The length of time that shall be al lowed for debate has not yet been finally decided upon, but the managers of the bill Propose two weeks. Mr. Tucker says all the time desired by the republicans will be al- lowed; that is a matter for agreement. The republicans have had no consultation upon this subject, but individual expressions of opinion have been made that at least four weeks would be necessary to properly dispose of the question. ——_-e+______ OVEMENT OF VESSELS. The. Naval Force in South American ‘Waters to Be Strengthened. Commodore Ramsay, acting secretary of the navy, says that he is almost certain that the Charleston has left Montevideo, in accordance with instructions, and is now in the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, if she ts not already there. Her orders were to proceed with dispatch, and it is reasonable to sup- bose she has done so. She has had ample time to coal and to repair any ordinary damage to her steering apparatus, which Was out of order on her arrival at Monte- video. The Charleston will undoubtedly re- main in Brazilian waters for the protection of American interests, at least until the arriyal of the flagship Newark, now fitting | out at the Norfolk navy yard. The Newark will probably sail today. She has yet no ammunition aboard, and will first go to Fort Wadsworth, New York harbor, to fill her magazines prior to her long voyage to Rio. She can load this aboard in twenty-four hours, and it is said she will sail for the south by Saturday at the latest. The future movements of the Detroit are still in an unsettled state. Commodore Ramsay said today the board will report in & day or two the forty-eight hour sea trial, and the reason that she had not had it as s00n as was expected was the wish of the department to give Capt. Brownson a chance to shake her engines down and eet ber in proper trim for the ordeal. While Navy Department officials express ignorance of any such intention, it 1s likely that the Detroit will be made ready for a long stay in Brazilian waters. Secretary Herbert intends to strengthen the United States naval forces in South American waters, and with this in view he would like to keep a ship permanently in the vicin. ity of Rio Janeiro, just as the Yantic ts stationed in the Rio de la Platte. The De- troit is the vessel now available best suited for that duty. See ‘The Centennial Star. Copics of Monday's twelve page Star, with the full and accurate account of the Centennial Celebration of the laying of the corner stone of the Capitol, can be had at the counting room of the Star office, wrap- ped and stamped ree* or mailing, for only three cents eacb Rio de Janeiro Must Surrender or Be Bombarded. A PANIC CAUSED IN THE CITY. Many Collecting Valuables and Preparing to Flee. INSURGENT MARINES LANDED Special Cable Dispatch to The Evening Star. LONDON, Sept. 20.—Telegraphic commu- nication between England and Rio has been restored. It is believed that the rebels have occupied Rio. today by a mercantile firm in this city states that Admiral Mello, commanding the rebel Brazilian fleet, has sent an ultimatum to the authorities in Rio Janeiro declaring that unless the city surrenders at once he will renew the bombardment relentlessly and with all the strength at his command. ‘The dispatch adds that the receipt of the ultimatum has caused a panic in the city. Nobody doubts that Admiral Mello will carry out his threat if the city is not de- livered into his hands. Merchants and others are hastily gather- ing together their valuables and making preparations for flight into the interior of the country. ‘The insurgent warships at Santos landed @ strong force of marines today. The fight- ing in the neighborhood of the city con- tinues. Gone to Help the Rebels. GIBRALTAR, Sept.20.—The Brazilian bat- tleship Riachuelo sailed hence on Monday | last, presumably for Rio Janeiro, to join the |rebel fleet under command of Admiral | Mello, as the officers and crew are said to | have declared in favor of the revolutionists. Should the report prove correct the Ria- chuelo will prove a valuable acquisition to Admiral Mello's forces. She is a vessel of 5,700 tons and 7,300 horse power. She is protected by a belt of steel faced azmor |having a maximum thickness of eleven inches. Besides her auxiliary armament she carries four twenty-ton breech-loading guns in two turrets, that are protected by ten inches of armor, ee DISCLOSED A MURDER. The Bring a Crime to Light. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.—Five days ago @ woman’s head was found near the city. The head bore several wounds, but it was shown to be part of a body from a dissecting room. A day or two later por- tions of a woman's body; badly decomposed, | floated ashore near Oakland. Yesterday the head was identified as that of Miss Addie Gilmore, a comely young milliner of Colusa, and’ the circumstances that have since developed point to a crime of a highly sensational character. The | Young woman owned a store at Colusa, but | about three weeks ago she came here and went to work in a wholesale house. She was last seen alive September 4. The minor circumstances seem to make it plain that the girl was a victim of malpractice, and that her body was cut up and thrown into the bay, with weights attached, but that e fastenings were ned and the drifted to shore. pele The only clue to the murderer is the fact that a fow days ngo a boy calle® at the clothing house with a note for Miss Gilmore's mail. apace —_—__ HORRIGLE PREPARATIONS. A Negro Murderer in Louisiana to Be Tortured. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 20.—The leading colored men of the city held a secret meet- ing last night, and at 15 minutes past 1 this morning furnished the press with the reso- lutions passed. A committee has been appointed to call on the governor at once and ask troops for protection against the reign of terror exist- ing in Jefferson parish, on the outskirts of the city. A mass meeting of all colored citizens of the state has been called for Monday in this city, and from the indications serious trou- ble may be expected. Jefferson parish has been declared under martial law by its residents. The sheriff, Judges, state senators and representativs are the leaders of the regulators, together with all other white officials. All newspa- per men were conducted outside the lines late last night and ordered to remain away in the future. It is impossible to learn what is now going on, or whether the mur- derer Julian has been captured or burned at the stake. The line of sentinels along the city boundary fired several shots about mid- night at persons who would not halt. It is believed that the state troops will be called out today. Many of the white women and children from Jefferson have come to the city for refuge. Bloodhounds from the penitentiary were let loose this morning in the swamps, where it is thought the murderer is hiding. ‘On the exact spot where Judge Estopinal feli and died an iron stake has been driven into the ground, to which he will be ted. Fat pine and resinous materials surround this. Long irons, like branding trons, are in readiness, and when red hot, the man will be tortured with them, while the fire underneath him burns. A rude gallows tree above the pyre has been built, from which the murderer will be suspended over the fire by the arms. The description of these preparations will undoubtedly cause the governor to mass troops in the neigh- borhood. ——— DIXON IN FINE CONDITION. The Colored Boy a Hot Favorite in Hi! Fight wii ith. NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—J. P. Eckhardt, the official referee of the Coney Island Ath- | letic Club, has received a long letter from | Tom O"Rourke, Dixon's manager, dated at | Hagget’s Pond, Mass., where ‘Dixon is training. Rourke says, in substance, that Dixon fs in the best possible con lition, and that when he enters the ring at the | Coney Island Club on Monday night next to face Solly Smith he will be in shape to make the fight of his life. Dixon ts a hot favorite with New York, Brooklyn and the eastern sporting fraternity. —_—_—_ SCALDED TO DEATH. LANCASTER, Pa, Sept. 20—The bring- tng to this city and the burial this morn- ing of the body of Maggie Missensawi, the thirteen-year-old daughter of Michael Mis- sensawl of this place, made public the facts of a terrible tragedy which occurred last Sunday tn the Pennsylvanta Institution for Feeble-minded Children at Elwyn, Dela- ware county. The girl was an inmate of the place and at the supper table met with an accident which made a bath necessary. For this purpose she was given in charge of an older girl, also an inmate, but of stronger mind, who gave her a bath in al- most boiling ‘water. The screams of the girl attracted the attention of the euthor- tties, but she was so terribly scalded that she @ied two hours after. eae Forest Fires in the Northwest. DULUTH, Minn., Sept. 20—Forest fires of independent origin are raging all over the promontdéry of land jutting out into Lake Superior between Duluth and Ash- land, and @ great amount of damage has been Gone LONDON, Sept. 20.—A dispatch received | beach at Sausalito, in the suburbs of this | THE FIGHT IS ON. What the Repeal Men in the Senate Expect to Do. Nothing Developed im This Morning’ Proceedings—A Test Expected to Be Made by Saturday. ‘There appeared to be a general expectas tion when the Senate met this morning that something was going to happen, and de- velopments were awaited with interest. The proceedings, however, began without incident, and there was some disappoin! ment on the part of spectators. This out of a lack of knowledge on the the public as to the The suggestion made terday that he hoped @ majority of the sessions of the Senate fight this morning over a sessions for the reason that no that purpose is necessary. necessary to prolong the sessions is to hold @ q¢orum and to vote down journ. Therefore, there was nothing beginning of the day's work to the fight for a vote was on. began his speech at an early hour ay, and things were as they have many days past, as far as outward ances were to be taken for it. ‘The Object of the Repeal The fight is on, however, and it is ex- Pected that this week will develop or not the Voorhees bill can without an amendment. It is expected the repeal men that they will be secure a longer session than but they do not start out wi o @ continuous Tae i'w it tints ort ochock today, perhaps a littie longer, |to have a still longer session, |day longer, and finally to run tinuous session. If the bill can be passed it | that this will be demonstrated |day, and if no progress toward a | made by that time it is said that it |regarded as evident that nothing done except through compromise, expectation is that in that event i i i hhasa ale According to the count of the men the silver men have about Senators who will filfbuster as long cessary to defeat unconditional repeal. erating under the time-honored practices of the Senate this Is a very strong a filibuster. A number of feel that there is a very getting @ vote by but to make the al i : li i i i A New York Girl to Become the Wife of Lord Blackford. PARIS, Sept. 20.—The marriage of Mim of Dufferin'’s of making @ transatlantic voyage in the autuma. SEIZED BY A Victoria Sealer Caught Within the VICTORIA, B.C., Sept. 20.—The schooner E. B. Marvin, which returned yesterday, brought 15% skins. She brings news | seizure of the Victoria sealer | the Russians. The Maud 8. f pitty was within the protected confident that he would be himself. The Marvin Volunteer, with twenty-five 4th instant; the Arastas, A 1,000, and Umbrina with 2,600. — ALVO PERHAPS SAFE. Reason to Relieve That the ‘Was Not Lost. NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—There believe that the pasengers of Alvo, which was believed to hay have been safely landed at Mompox, States of Colombia. “Salamos Salvacion,” which terpreted is “we know safety,’ two words in foreign received yesterday by J: Westminster Hotel in this the first intimation yet maritime world that iy Hy eek fr § i i i i oF i i j E 2 Bogota, the capital of Colombia, the Pacific coast, from there to Panama cable, then to Galveston and by to New York. It was from Ribon's nephew, Juan T. Ribon, one of the Alvo's gers. The message was shown to Calderon, the Colombian consul general in New York, and to Jorge Pombo, the special commissioner of the republic of Colombia to the world’s exposition in Chicago. These gentlemen arrived at the conclusion that the Alvo must have come ashore the vicinity of Barranquilla, @ port near the mouth of the Magdalena river, point of information on the coast. They ex: press themselves as disinclined to that the vessel was saved, only board. The Alvo sailed hence for Haytian Colombian ports on August 16. have been disabled or wrecked three cyclones that swept across between the 20th and 2th. She was Gonaives, after touching Fortune Istand. on August 21. She has not been heard from since she left this harbor. Besides Juan T. Riton there were on the Alvo eight other passengers, Gen. Pedro Vilar, commander in-chief of the Colombian army, Arthur Gat, A. de Caen, Vincent Lafaurie, F. Hurtubise, H. Curtubise, W. L. Mugridge and Firman Reyes. The crew of the Alvo consisted of Capt. Thompson and thirty- eight men. The officials of the Atlas line do not credit the dispatch received by Senor Juan G. Ribon last evening to, the effect that his nephew, who was a passenger on the Alvo, is safe. ‘The dispatch purported to be from Benor Ribon’s brother at Mompox, a tie miles up the Mugdelena river from the port at which Atlas line boats It was very vague, reading simply know safety.” At the office Atlas people say if any information had reached i would certainly have been, peovpeusty cabled from Savantila They have nothing of the missing i ton, IIL, Opera House. CANTON, IIL, Sept. 20.—The following ts @ Ust of the injured in the opera house fire last night as far as ascertained, extent of their injuries not being known et this time, but several will die: Pat Keenan, Pierre Morgansen, Wilber Dobbins, Elmer Martin, mn “Thomas, John Heckard, John Bely, James Heck, W. C. Waigamot, Dan Wills, Philander Down- ing, Riley Miller, Ernest McVain, Law- rence Seward, Arthur Stevens, John’ Brady. Many in the gallery jumped to the balcony below, crushing and maiming themselves, It is believed that there are several bodies in the ruins, but only one person, a tailor named Peter Curry, who ts known to have been in the gallery, is not accounted for. | There were a number of strangers in the house of whom no trace can be found. The en spread to the opera house Block, completely destroying it