Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1893, Page 1

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SPECIAL NOTICES. LINOTYPE COMPANY.—THE ANNUAL MEETING of the stockboluers of the Linotype Company of the District of Columbia will be held at the of- fice of tue con 941 ¥ st., corner of 10th. om SATURDAY, @'clock p.m. Stockholders who have putd all assessments $235 yer wares witch $ill be paid on presenta x - which Tice So clear cortimsete at Gb omce et the treasurer. JAS. FULLERTON, #41 F st. ow. 9019, 28,30,0c7,14-5¢ ! f id Ht | | Barcains. BARGAINS. BARGAINS. @ARGAINS. ASSIGNEES SALE! 1229 and 1231 G st. nw. Entire stock of FINE FURNITURE, WALL PAPEKS AND ‘FABRICS, ‘Now being sold at prices to sult the public. BARGAINS. BAnGARS: BaRGalns. BARGAINS. BARGAINS. _ei2-30) BaRGals. NO DOUBT THE TAILOR ‘Will make you an overcoat that looks as mes talk “ie © FEN KEYS, “Toot Ps ‘ADVERTISING CALENDARS. FOR "94. Finest line of STEEL. CALENDARS 1 have ever shown: es Siege no Tind fst. 3 Hee Me 7 i i i De. T. J. JONES, DENTIST, + Jiss returned tc the city Aud resumed bis practice at octae BOTELS, CAFES AND BOARDING HOUSES— do your laundry work .1S per ceat ‘and far better than you are now hat under bid offer STEAM LaUNDr KEBEN'S Styles are now complete for the latest style of garments. Place your order with the largest tailoring establishment im the United States. Merchant Tailor, 0% 1312 F STREET N.W. @ PER CENT DISCOUNT ON WKOUGHT-IRON ‘cardiesties and novelties. to reduce stuck. 10 Sohasret Sse ae atdirons amd other replace os ures. J. H. CORNING, Tile Suop, 520 13th st. iat of October, 1803, at 8 | ALBERT HAKPER, Secretary. stot | CHECK AGAINST IT AT WILL ~The money you deposit with this company. We require no notice, and pay you interest upon Pe Gar ter bree THE SAFEST INVESTMENTS Are the Real Estate First Mortgage Notes of this company. They met the Purchaser full 6 per cent per annum, and are for sale at face value plus acerued interest. AM. SECURITY AND TRUST CO., Banking House, 1405 G st. | Storage Warehouse, 1140 15th st. | OFFICERS. |@ 3. BELL... | 3. WHELPLE’ | @zo.’ x. EMMoN! JOHN RIDOUT. ~ % 1 Notice ts hereby OrOBER 18, 1903. ‘ot jereby given that Fred Gatehel and) M. H. (seven years with Geo. T. Keen) bave this day entered into copartnership un- der the firm name of Gatchel & ‘Toup- kins, Tailors, doing business at 418 12th Ginuaacs’ of the Feserous, pattouage ie. generous patronage be- ‘stowed upon the old firm. J. FRED GATCHEL, M. H. TOMPKINS. I beg to inform my friends that I have entered into rship with Mr. J. Fred Gatchel im the business, for some years established at 418 12th Ww. in making this connection I desire state that “it is our intention to double the present stock and otherwise greatly ‘our’ facilities, with a. view. of more satisfactorily accommodating the Steadily increasing business. ‘We would like to make your clothes, for we can give you the finest that money and skill can produce," and sa Jou Mt least & thint of what you have paying. M. HL XS. Elegant Black Clay Coats este to order for $25. Neat Pinstripe to at = & rfectly.. GATCHEL ETOMPIINS Gate of Keen's), 418 12th st. nw. ocl3-3t MORTON C. STOUT & CO., “MERCHANT TAILORS, — Baltimore. And now we hear the busy hum of traffic through | our stores, with comments of pleased customers, Dearing witness to successful efforts to present the best of old and new world’s productions of CHEVIOTS, WORSTEDS and CASSIMERES for in- spection and selection. And now, with all the wheels of trade rapidly revolving, we give them a still swifter whirl by power of prices. We are putting out this season » $15.00 SUIT ‘To order, which equals any $20 Suit you may buy elsewhere. $20 AND $25 SUITS, For which we should have $30 and $35, are amas- ing all who. place « trial order with us. $8.50 TROUSERS. Other houses have tried to imitate us in the Production of these Trousers, but have signally failed, and were it not that we laid down syot cash for the patterns we would be compelled to ‘ask at least $8 for them. ‘We have secured our reputation by giving the Rewest styles and most perfect atting and prop- erly trimmed garments at surprisingly low figures. MORTON C. STOUT & CO., MERCHANT TAILORS, 1112 F st. nw. Baltimore and Liberty sts., Baltimore, Md. 1t MARIN: Gur paints are put tosether with RAILROAD, Mnsoed ‘oll, "higterade. ‘pute re ito, Sen Sout Ee whOPE S82, 13 ‘14th at. ‘ool YOUR GRANDFATHERS ‘ And grandmothers used Old Stock Port for Diliousness and that general run-down feel- Joug ago, and you couldn't improve upon remedy now if you tried every quack pa a Port teed absolutely pure. 7Be. qt. Roe. , TO-KALON WINE CO., G14 14th st. "Phone, 998. ‘ime Vaults, 27th and K sts. n.w. ol DR. FRANK LEECH From Children's Hoeptal 's Hospital to _ecteawe 7 Seis Tath at awe BUSINESS MEN SHOULD SEE THE DUPLICATOR Gpewriting or handweitiog” SEWuay toe or handwriting. NEWMAN & SUN, _the ““Caligraph,”” 611 7th st. n.w. ‘cls THE REGULAR QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE ‘Rochdale tive Society of the District of Columbia will be held TUESDAY EVENING, Oc- tober 17, 1808, at 7:30 o'clock, at Costello Hall, 610 G si. n.w., 2d floor. “Members are requested to attend. Present your trade cards at the door. order of the executive committee, _ och. dt L.'S. EMERY, See. of the Society. H HEADQUARTERS LINCOLN POST, NO, 3, DE. partment Potomac, G. A. R. October 12, 1893. Attention! Lincoln Post, No. 3. G. a.” R. sisted by ‘the ladies of Lincoln Relief Corps, will hold memorial services in thelr Post ball, cor. 7th and L sts. n.w., SUNDAY, October 15," 1803, at 3 gelock pm Department commander’ and staft ‘and the G.A.R. Musical Union will be present. ‘Comrades of the G.A.R. and their friends are ali cordially, invited. By order of DANIEL WILLIAMS, Commander Lincoln Post. WM. H. BAKER, Adjutant. X MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE ‘Georgetown and Tenallytown Railway Compaay will be held at 1321 F street on MONDAY. Octo- ber 23, 1898, at 8 o'clock p.m ocl3-7t JOHN EB. REALL, Secretary. GOSPEL PRAISE SERVICE, WITH ORCHFSTRAT. ‘accompaniment, followed’ by lar | Sund: gvening lecture, Church of Our Father, 18th L,, Sunday evening, October 15. All ‘welcome. = $ ‘THE WASHINGTON LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY, PAID-UP CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS. EXECUTES TRUSTS. FURNISHES SAFE INVESTMENTS. PAYS INTEREST ON DEPOSITS. LOANS MONEY. ecl8-3t PROVIDES SAVE DEPOSIT BOXES. FRIDAY, Oct. 13. FIFTH AVENUE TAILO#ING. No style of garment, no effect of weaving ‘and n0 combination of color can find favor with the majority of men who can afford to dress well, unless it bears the “stamp” of manual art. Reasonable prices. eciS C.J. B. SCHUTZ, 1413 G STREET N.W. COME HERE FOR BLANK BOOKS. Our “specialty” is Blank Books—both large and small, for business and other purposes. Any kind of a Blank Book not in stock made fo order on short notice. (We are headquarters for all kinds of Paper, Stationery and Stationers’ Sundries at lowest prices. EASTON & RUPP, Popular-priced Stationers, 421 11th street (ust_above the avenue). YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN! ‘ou are all ambitious to secure good situa- tons, and it is our intention to sid you. The bert cetipation now open to employment seek- ers is that of Phono- graph amaauensis, and all the preparation peces- sary Is a Knowledge of the operation of the Edison Phono- graph and Densmore Typewriter. ‘This requires but a short time. To bring the Phonograph within the reach of younz people we will here- after sell it on easy monthly payments or rent it om very reasonable terms. Drop im at the office tomorrow and let us show ron how the Phonograph ts operated. COLUMBIA PHONOGKAPH CO.. 627 E st. E. D. EASTON, Pres. (ocl3) R. FP. CROMELIN, OPEN THE SMOKEPIPE DAMPER —when filling ¢ furnace with coal—also close the ath door—otherwise the gas and smoke Wil be forced out of the feed door. If you Want the best furnace coul--TELL SMITH" — oc | | he'll sell te to you cheapest and gee It to yon | [outckest. ARTHUR B. SMITH, 4th and T sts. ne. | Branehes: Mass. av oct SN CENTRAL UNION MISSION. ‘To the Christian Public: ‘The past mission year has been one of great ritual ‘and tem - SBapel of Christ ty: Voce carried bere laos of ‘than in any” preceding Eager has been parthadd ait cope Deautiful auditorium constructed. thesela and. fu nished. capable of accommodating from 1,000 fo 1,200 persons. An industrial department Deen rooms for a limited number of Will be dedic bon eg ANNIVERSARY ote aS new ‘mission building, 622 Louisiana Prominent speakers will agi addresses. ‘Testimonies will be given by converts and an _interesting musical program it THE SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Balt more conference will be held in the Metropoll- tan Chureh, 4% aad C sts. n.w., 5 October 18, opening at 10 alan "Reporte for tks address Arizcna on frontier wi Z STATED MEETING OF ALBERT PIKE CON- sistory, No. 1, M. R. S., will be held on MON- DAY, October 16, 1898, at 7:30 ‘O'clock pm. by Mrs. Gore Hughes, of 0 A fall attendance is requested. interest to the Rite will be presented. ROBERT 82d degree, _ ocl4-2t Registrar. CHAUTAUQUA LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC CTR- = a epeeee ae aa Geo. suites D. 4 auspices of the Young Men's Chris: in Aseociation, WEDNESDAYS of each week, 39 Leg at the ¥. M. C. A., 1408 New York cirel P Ladies and ‘gentlemen admitted te ‘Apply at the office. orle-sktn.2t” I. 0. 0. F.—OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF EAST- | em Lodge, No. 7, are request meet Sun- day, Oct. "15, at 2 Oca pine share for ite Pirpose of attending ‘the Rineral of our’ late other, Joseph W. Cornwell. By arder sie SAMUEL E. BOYCE, Secretary. FOR RENT—610 F ST. N.W.; LARGE HoUs#: containing 22 roommas all onvenicacesy eases adapted to room letting purposes, ‘Terms, &e., THOMAS J. FISHER & Co. 1824 F et. aw. _0cl4-8t SEE US NOW About our plan of selling houses for monthly rent. Perhaps we have just what you want, but we may not have it if you put off till next week. ‘Do you know that now of all times is the time to buy property, for it was never #0 low before and won't be as low “gain. Our method of selling houses! will interest you even if you're not ready to buy just yet. JAS. E. WAUGH, 610 F st. nw. ocls DAY'S HARD WORK * ¢ © *_wears out some men, but it takes many months’ solid wear to wear out an “EMERSON” SHOB —because it's made right. There isn't a “nattier” shoe sold. Needs Ro “breaking in.” R. B. GROVER & CO., “Makers and Sellers” Of the Emerson Shoe, 1108 Pa. ave. oct OLD ARMY AND NAVY WHISKY PEST. OLD ARMY AND NAVY WHISKY Rest. OLD ARMY AND NAVY WHISKY BEST. OLD ARMY AND NAVY WHISKY REST. | OLD ARMY 4ND NAVY WHISKY ‘EST. OLD ARMY AND NAVY WHISKY ENT OLD ARMY AND NAVY WHISKY EST OLD ARMY AND NAVY WHISKY OLD ARMY AND NAVY WHISKY 18 Late bottles. Bre = ¥e per 1,000. $6 per 1,000, 96 per Elsewhere r 1,000. Hardware,”* ‘ocld TO TAKE OFF THE CHILL. ‘These chilly days are made balmy by supplying yourself with one of our Httle Gas Heating Stoves. We have tas Stoves of every sort. The “Home Comfort” is larger and wider than the usual $2.75 Gas Heating Stove and is the best that the money can buy. Of course we have larger ones for more money. ‘See. | nd F n.e. and 701 12th aw. | is an exciting ‘occasion, but the “run” we are hay on these $10 and $12 “English Rough-face ‘Trouserings we are “running” $8 1s even more exciting. Stylish ‘West End’ dressers appear to appreciate them most. The ‘solid’? business men come next. A windowful to peep at before you come in, G. WARFIELD SIMPSON, Tailor, 13th and F sts. oclt at Just ENOUGH MERTZ. For twenty i 5. MERTZ of legs—opened this morning. e $5. MERTZ. usual $8 Kird—you can have a palr $5. MERTZ. for $5. Mind you—we have onl} = MERTZ. enough for twenty men. Monday wil . MERTZ. see them vanish. The alert will get $5 them. MERTZ and MERTZ, Modern Price Tatlors, 906 F street. Baltimore sales room, 28 East Baltimore st. ocl4 RECEIVED BY THE PRESIDENT. Gov. Werts and the New Jersey Guests at the White House. ‘The cabinet room of the White House was the scene at 11 o'clock this morning of a special reception by the President in honor of the governor of the state of New Jersey and other distinguished citizens from that | commonwealth, who have come&o Washing- j ton to witness the rifle contest between picked teams of the National Guard of New Jersey and the District of Columbia. ‘They were accompanied by Commiggioner District National Guard. ‘The reception was entirely informal. Commissione> Ross made the presentations, with the assistance of Gen. Ordway. | his manner and had a pleasant chat with Gov. Werts, ex-Gov. Green and others of | the party. The members of the governor's | staff were in full uniform and made a de- cidedly handsome appearance. AY it to Mr. McAdoo, | Leaving the White House the party walked over to the State, War and Navy Depart- ments to pay their respects to their fellow Jerseyman, Assistant Secretary McAdoo, by whom they were individually presented to Secretaries Gresham, Lamont and Herbert, who suspended official business to receive | them. ——__-o.+—___—__ Naval Orders. . G. Blocklinger has been ordered Fe gee Bt instruction at the Washing- ton navy yard; Surgeon E. Z. Derr to duty at the navy yard, League Island; Ensign . A. Anderson detached from the Alba- tross’ and granted three months’ leave; Medical Inspector George H. Cooke from the League Island navy yard to duty in attendance on officers of the navy and ma- | rine. c Philadelphia, relieving Surgeon B.S. Mackie, who is placed on waiting orders, Ross, Gen. Ordway and Col. Mosher of the | ‘The President was cordial in | SENATE TACTICS. by the Administration. RECESS TILL MONDAY PROBABLE. Republicans No Longer Trusted by the Repeal Managers. THE SILVER MEN’S PLANS. There has been no decided change in the situation in the Senate since yesterday, and-none is expected today. The program arranged for the guidance of each side is being carried out without substantial de- viation. Mr. Voorhees, as he indicated yes- terday, will keep his bill to the front as long as a quorum will remain with him. On their side the silver men’ will fill in the time of the daily sessions with set speeches, and when the attempt is made to protract the, sitting beyond the daylight hours they will resort to openly obstguctive tactics, to ‘weary thelr opponents with the least pos- sible expenditure of vital force on their part. A Recess Until Monday. It ts expected that today’s session will not be prolonged beyond the usual hour of adjournment because it is the last day of the week and everybody is thoroughly tired out. The present program, however, so far as the repealers are concerned, is to take a recess instead of an adjournment at the close of the day. The ostensible Purpose is to do away with the morning hour Monday and thus give more time for the consideration of the repeal bill. The silver man may, however, oppose a rec and try to force another adjournment, si pecting danger from a possible attempt to apply the rule forbidding a Senator to speak twice in the same legislative day on the same subject. Republicans Not Trusted. ‘The republican Senators now appear to have lost the confitence of the repeal man- ers and they are not advised as to their plans. This has caused some slight resent- ment and in certain quarters there is felt & degree of hesitation as to the force of the obligation to follow the lead of the demo- cratic repealers, if it should tend toward compromise, that smacks of a di secure whatever of party advantage obtained by standing out to the end for un- conditional repeal, even if that course should defeat a compromise proposition that is approved by the administration. A Rumored Compromise. There was a rumor current among the silver men this morning that the adminis- tration was framing a compromise measure based on reduced purchases of silver—prob- ably two or two and half million dollars’ worth per month—until a total of $90,000,000 worth of bullion*has been purchased, and the coinage of the seigniorage now in the treasury. This proposition has some at- traction for the silver men, because it would perpetuate the principle of silver purchases and also because it would re- move the necessity for further legislation on the subject beyond Mr. Cleveland's ad- ministration. But the most diligent inquir- fes among the democratic Senators failed to disclose any knowledge on their part of such an amendment. eee saree SOME VIOLENT TALK. ‘What a Nevada Man Said in Discuss- ing the Silver Question. A correspondent of The Star writes: On returning from the Capitol at a late hour last night, the writer was accosted by a man who wished to be directed to Pennsyl- vania avenue. The direction being given, the stranger at once plunged into a harangue regarding the speech that was then being made upon the floor of the Senate by Senator Stewart of Nevada, and upon the silver question generally. He appeared to be a man of intelligence. Claimed to be from the state of Nevada and stated that he had been a warm supporter of Senator Stewart for a number of years. He commended the sen- timents and position of the Senator, and asserted that he was making a battle royal in advocacy of the protection and welfare of the interests of the people whom he represented. The man's language then became violent and startling. He fiercely denounced the President and the “gold bugs,” or sirigle standard people of the east, and charged that they had made paupers of the rest- dents of the silver states, and were fast bringing about a condition of things in that section that was driving men to des- peration. He, himself, he claimed, had, until recent- ly, been making three hundred dollars per month in the mmes of Nevada, now they were closed down, and he, with many thou- sands of others were without means of sup- port. As far as he was concerned, he “would not hesitate,” he said, ‘to go to the ‘White House and cut ’ Cleveland's throat,” if it wes possible for him to do so. “The President,” he continued, “‘could not come ont to his country and walk four miles into the country without being as- sassinated.”” During ‘this deliverance the man was calm, but appeared to be desperately in earnest. When reiminded that no true Amer- {can would utter such sentiments, or threats, he quickly retorted that he fully meant what he said, and that his utter- ances were born of a desperation brought about by being deprived of his dally sup- port. It may be said that this was but the rav- ing of a fanatic, or of a crazy man, from whom no danger need be feared.| But whether this be a fact or not, the writer entertains the belief that attention should be called in the most public way to the presence in our midst of men and charac- ters possessed of such views and imagin- ings, in order that any attempted violent or untoward action on their part may be guarded against. —_+e+—____ THEY WANT STREET RAILROADS. Mt. Plensant Citizens to Talk to the District Commissioner: Next Wednesday the representatives of the residents of Mount Pleasant will have @ hearing before the Commissioners in re- gard to street railroad facilities for that section, There are two bills now before Congress in which the people of that vicinity are very much interested, not, however, for what the bills authorize the companies to do, but for what they~ fail to require to be done. For example, one of these bills, that which proposes to grant an extension to the Rock Creek railroad, pro- vides that tracks shall be laid from Florida avenue down ivth street to the center of the city. But the people of Mount Pleasant think that/if 17th street is to be occupied the road should be built all the way out to Mount Pleasant. They propose to ask the Commissioners to have this amendment suggested. The other bill will, if made a law, give to a new corporation known as the’ Washington Traction Company the right to run over certain city streets, and among others I7th street. The importance of a raflroad on the northern portion of this street will be impressed in this case also upon the minds of the Commissioners. | The Mount Pleasant people trust that some bill will be passed that will give them the j additional facilities, which the character and extent of the pcpulation in that sec- tion of the suburbs, they believe, fully war- rant. The Commissioners have appointed J. F. ‘Thomas mess~ager in the auditor's office, vice R. C. Noer, resigned, and Dr. Emmett Woodward a clerk in the health office THE SENATE MINORITY RULE. Probably No More Tests of Physical En- durance in That Body. Chauges Likely to Be Made—Customs Under Which Athletes and Deep- Lunged Men Have Advantage. This ts probably the last “test of physi- cal endurance” the United States Senate will ever indulge in. It is a pastime for younger men. It has its merits in the de- velopment of that hardihcod in school boys which is valuable in fitting them for the rough and tumble of life on the early en- trance into manhood. There are some who base their success in life upon it, but muscu- lar development is not a necessary quality of statesmanship and as a means of settling great questions of fiscal policy it is a la- mentable failure. The attention of the country has never before been so closely drawn to the proceedings of the Senate as it now is. The interest has before been as keen perhaps, but it has been confined chiefly to some particular section of the country. In this instance there is no boun- dary line to the interest, and a large pro- Portion of our good citizens have for the first time their attention directed to the customs, methods and practices of this great decorous and deliberative body. That knowledge which has been confined to the experienced has now become generally Possessed and soon every one may come to know that the great art of legislation is how not to do things. If less skill of this sort were possessed legislation would be easy and the country would soon be in the deplorable conditioh of being governed by @ majority of the people. The rules and Practices of the Senate represent the ag- gregate wisdom of those who would not see the country reduced to such a state. ‘The theory that two heads are better than ‘one, or that any large number of heads are better than any smaller number is never granted in the Senate until there has been given a satisfactory answer to the question of. whose heads they are. It has ever been thus, but some folks are just find- ing it out. The theory of the Senate is that wisdom is not the gift of the many, but of the few. ‘This theory has been very consistently Practiced, without serious question until is time when, wisdom having become atching,” the strange paradox is pre- sented of the unwise being in a minority. But there the custom stands and if the minority have not the traditional wisdom and patriotism, they have a great deal of skill, can stand a tremendous lung test and have the muscles and endurance of a foot ball team. By the anclent—perhaps senile—conditions of the Senate they are perforce right, being the majority. Time for a Change. Now the time has come when men who have for years kept the traditional customs of the Senate warm in their patriotic hearts say there must be a change. They are slow to come to that conclusion, for each has some fond recollection of when this same practice has served him to defeat the will of some majority, and there is still a lingering fear and reluctance lest some- time in the future there might be a major- ity on the wrong side of some question. It is sad to contemplate the destruction of @ weapon they have used so often and may want to use again. But the public have at last come to see that it is a dangerous thing, loaded at both ends and liable to explode either way; so it is destined soon to be dumped into ‘some deep place where it can do no damage. ‘The test of physical endurance is merely one of the outcomes of the general practice of the Senate. It is a thing which can but delight the imagination and warm the blood of such men as Dubois and Wolcott, whom it reminds of the days when they have stood on the rush line or pulled an oar in & university crew. To men like Stewart, FREE NRG who: tet loose the “contrary |, winds While the rest of the crew sleep, it is a test of lungs—a health exercise—and there is but little that is unusual and try- ing to such of our Senators who are in the habit of playing poker and other games which go best at night and early in the morning. But since all Senators are not gifted with inexhaustible lung power, with muscles of iron,or with a passion for games at night, a protracted spree of legislation is neither a profitable nor an edifying thing. The plain truth about it ts that the do- nothing rules of the Senate have been pre- served all these years for the reason that it is notas often that Senators want to do something as it is that they want to do nothing, and they are generally willing to undergo. some inconvenience and disap- pointment in order to preserve a means of avoidance to be availed of at opportune times, The Hocse Ruled by the Majority. The Honse has gone through the exper- lence of having its business blocked by fill- bustering. For years it was in as bad a fix as is the Senate, but the experience of the past three Congresses has demonstrated that no great injury comes to the people from having a legislative body that can do something. The House in this special ses- sion has already done a very considerable amount of work, and done it well and quickly. There 1s probably not a measure before it having the support of a majority which will not be acted on. Yet no great saster seems imminent from the over- | throw of the anticue privilege of the mi- nority to filibuster a bill to death. This object lesson and the farcical exhi- bition of the Senate in fts great act of ty ing its own hands behind it and then try- ing to untie them with its teeth ts surely going to lead to the adoption of some rules which admit of business being done. There wiil probably not be any power vested any- where to hastily cut off proper debate, for there is no question that discussions do at times change majorities in that body, but there will be something done to fix a time- limit at some stage of the procedure. $$ FORTY-ONE NEW CASES swick Of the Dreaded Scourge at Bi “ and Vicinity. Surgeon General Wyman of the marine hospital service today received a telexram from Brunswick, Ga., stating that there had been one death from yellow fever on St. Simon’s Island, that of a lady five weeks from Brunswick. Guards have been placed to prevent all possible egress from the island. Two new cases are reported there. Dr. Caskell has been appoined to supervise the guard and look out for new cases. ‘The dispatch reports forty-one new cases at Brunswick, twelve white and twenty- nine colored, and two deaths. Two new cases are reported at Jesup. The adyjces state that they have had a severe storm, and thirty-six hours’ rain, which increase the number of cases. Accidents Yesterday, James ,Rollins, living at 26th and M streets northwest, while working at the Alexandria ferry wharf fell, and striking his right side on piles he was badly injured. He was sent to the Emergency Hospital. Yesterday a carpenter, Z. C. Winks, boarding at 210 C street ‘northwest, was badly injured by a fall. He was at work in the third story of a house near the re- form school, and in leaning out of a win- dow overbalanced, falling to the ground. Although he fell on his head his skull was not fractured, but when picked up he was unconscious, and it is believed that he is injured internally. ——— ‘The Suicide’s Will. Yesterday in the Probate Court the pe- tition of Annie Hagerman was filed in the case of the estate of Tony Ullman asking the appointment of a collector of the es- tate, which consits of a half interest in saloon at 12th and D streets, $100 in bank and $0 worth of jewelry, all valued at about $90. The two cards left by deceased do not constitute a will. They state all his money belongs to his mother and $100 to Annie Hagerman. Mr. Leon Tobriner was appointed collector. CITY'S GAS SUPPLY {ONLY NINETY Days’ LEAVE. To Be Investigated by the House CHARGES OF INFERIOR QUALITY. The Resolutions Say Clerks’ Eyes Are Being Damaged. MR. OUTHWAITE’S REMARKS. ‘The gas supply of Washington is to be in- vestigated by Congress. In the House this morning Mr. Outhwaite introduced a reso- lution reciting that “the contract with the Washington Gas Light and Coke Company for supplying the District of Columbia with gas expired June 80, 1891. Whereas the gas furnished and supplied by thé said company 4s of an inferior quality and not equal to the standard of gas used ‘in other cities, and whereas, by the continuance of said contract the residents of the District of Columbia do not receive a good and efficient light for ordinary use, and whereas the eye-sight of clerks employed in government buildings 1s being impaired by this inferior gas supplied by the said company, and whereas, in the act of March 3, 1898, the Commissioners of the District were directed to investigate, ascertain and report to the first session of the Fifty-third Congress what deduction may be made for gas and electric lighting, both for annual, five-year and ten-year con- tracts and that they be authorized to invite proposals for supply of said lights at re- duced rates, and whereas said report has not as yet been mad Directed to Investigate. “Therefore, it 1s resolved that the com- mittee on the District of Columbia of the House be directed to investigate the work- ings of said company and report their find- ings to the House before February 1, 18%; also report what amount of capital is em- Ployed in operating said company; what dividends, if any, are declared annually; what method is employed in manufactur- ing the gas supplied to the consumers; whether or not the gas is equal in quality to that used in other cities; whether it is of that quality as it is reported by said com- pany to be; what pressure is used m forc- ing the gas through the mains; what pro- vision the said company has for a thorough inspection of their meters and pipes, which transmit the gas, and also amy other infor- mation that may be of any value to this House to determine whether or not the said company is in any wise violating the aj Plied purpose of the franchise granted it.’ Resolation Adopted. The resolution alse carried an appropria- tion of $2,000 to pay the expenses of the in- vestigation, but, upon the suggestion of Mr. Kilgore, it was stricken out, Mr. Rich- ardson of the District committee agreeing that there is no necessity for an appropria- tion. Mr. Outhwaite explained that the gas furnished the citizens, as weli as the gov- ernment, is of a very inferior quality, but that the citizens have no recourse unless the government takes hoid. Several members agreed with Mr. Outh- waite that it was a bad quality oi: gas. The Fesolution was agreed to without debate. Will Use Diligence. Chairman Heard of the House District committee said today that the conimittee will take action in q@ut the Sal Siete ate ceca ——————_-____ MORE CHINESE TALK. Mr. McGuire Continues His Remarks om the BIL, Mr. Riley (Penn.) asked and recehved unanimous consent for the adoption ot a resolution calling on the attorney for infar- mation as to the receivership of the Unia2 Pacific Rallroad Company, whether the United States had notice of, or Was made a party to such proceedings, and whether Such proceeding affected the interest of the United States. Mr. Outhwaite (Ohio) asked for continuation of the resolution directing the committee on the District of Columbia to investigate the workings of the Wasn- ington Gas Light Company. Mr. Kilgore (Lex.) said that the resolution was most appropriate. If there was any persons on the face of the earth who understood the gas question they were the members of this House. (Laughter), The resolution was adopted. In the consideration of the morning hour Mr. Weabock (Mlich.), from the committee on mines and mining, catied up the bill suspending for the. year 18% the statutes which require that on each mining pan lo- cated up to May 10, 1872, and until the pat- ent has been issued therefor, not tess than $100 worth of labor shall be performed by improvements made during each year. The bill was passed. ‘The consideration of the bill to amend the Geary Chinese exclusion act was then re- sumed, and Mr. Maguire (Cal.) ) continued = ager h in hegvearpe to it. le denounce: the asseverations Chinese in Callfornia were treated cruciiy and brutally. Such had been the statement made by monopolists and they had been reiterated on this floor. No country in the World, no section of ‘this country, could make'a better showing than California in {ts treatment of this allen and objectiona- ble race. There has been no sectiun of the Union where Chinese peopla under the same circumstances, would have been treat- $2 halt as well as they have been treited “alifornia. They have been 2 from fndury and insult. SERRE ¢ then went on to review the evils wh ich resulted from the presence of the China sc ‘The opium smoking, the gambling and ihe worst vices had blighted Bands of California's song ay aa, established in the was loathsome. Outhwaite (Ohio) defended th Opponents of the bill, If the Geary law had not been enforced it was the fault of Con- abd ey ee pre enacted the leg- awl rei to ay to carry it into operation. cheated Before Judge McComas, Justice McComas today in Crim! Division 2, overruled the motion for get trial in the case of Robert Weaver, com. Victed of housebreaking, and sentenced him to two years in the Albany penitentiary. John H. Cox, for the forgery of a centifi- cate of marriage of John H. Cox and Annie E. Price of St. Mary’s county, Md. on May 5, also for conspiracy with others to bring about a sham marriage between him and Annle . Price, plead not guilty. ‘ollowing also plead not = Mills, embezziement;'Wm. A. Clayton oe lating postal laws (abstracting money from letters in his possession as a letter car- rier); John Finn, assault with intent to kill Delia Boyd on September 5; Thomas Lan- Safter, embexzlement; Edward Duckett and ;olomo! lams, larceny fri perso! Arthur Lae, @0. dara a in the case of Walter L. Simms, alias Robert Lee Fairfax, indicted for forgery, the recognizance was forfeited. Fanny Gray, a young colored girl under sixteen years, convicted of housebreaking, was called for sentence. The justice said that the reformatory for girls would not be opened for a month yet. Mr. Taylor sug- gested that she be remanded to jail till the school was opened and then be sentenced there. The court deferred action till Wed- nesday next. Richard Lancaster, who yesterday plead not guilty to larceny and housebreaking, plead guilty to the latter charge and was sentenced to elghteen months in the peni- tenelary. In the case of John H. Jones, charged with the larceny of a horse, Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Jeffords presented certifi- cates of Drs. Leckle of Richmond and God- ding of St. Elizabeth's as to his mental de- ficiency, and entered a nolle pros. that his mother might take him to his home in Rich- mon That is All Allowed to Sufferers by the For®s Theater Disaster. Relief Must Be Granted by Congress— ‘The Attorney General Gives an Opinion om the Subject. The Attorney Genera? has given an opin- fon to the effect that the clerks injured absent from their desks m Fe days. The opinion is addres: *d to the Sec- retary of War. It was writen by Solic- itor General Maxwell and appr wed by At torney General Olney. it is as tollows: “I have the honor to acknowledg ¥ the re- celpt of your letter of the 10th ins want, in| | Another destructive which you ask the following questi.\28: 1, Whether section 5 of the legis! “ive, executive and judicial appropriation .¥ch passed March 3, 1893 (chap. 211, 2 stat 67%), “is retroactive in that leave of ab sence prior to July 1, 18%, should be con- sidered in the present calendar year?” sick leave would work peculiar hardship,’ the head of the department has in his dis- cretion the power to extend such sick Jeave for a period of sixty days, thus mak- ing a total of ninety days’ absence, with pay, om account of sickness?” Prior to the passage of the act to the subject was governed by section 4 of the legislative, executive and judtcial act Baseed, March 3, 168, chap. 128 under which the heads of the di ments had authority to grant sick with pay, in their discretion and wit limit as to time. In all other respects provisions of the two acts are ientia: ‘The only purpose, therefore} of the act 1893 was to restrict the unlimited discn>- tionary power which the heads of the de- partments then enjoyed of granting sick leaves with pay. The restrictions are two. The first relates to the nature the illness; the second to the tii which the leave may be granted. vision is that no such leave, with be granted even for a day, ex: in of personal illness of the employe, or some member of his “immediate family afflicted with a contagious disease and quires the care and attendance of such ploye, or where his or her presence in ae ent would jeopardize the health fellow clerks;” and in all ordinary cases the leave thus permitted is limited to thirty days in any ‘oné calendar year. i I tt é | ' E i F f HH re i 3 & re file aa Fi af 288 ue But “in exceptional and meritorious cases, | ton, N. \ where to limit*such sick leave would work | reached 2 peculiar hardship, it may be extended, in the discretion of the head of the depart- ment, with pay not exceeding sixty days any one case or in any one calendar year. I read this provision as authorizing, even in | through wem the exceptional and meritorious cases men- tioned, a total allowance on account of sick- ness of not more than sixty days in any one calendar year in any one case. It has been |# Steady bl urged that it authorizes the extension of paved a4 . an original leave of thirty days for sixty | &Tea' — days additional, so as to make ninety days | the squalls it pa in all. The language ts not entirely free from doubt, but it occurs as a proviso to a statute which directs “the heads of the sev- eral executive departments, in the interest | Justified of the public service, to require of all clerks | ‘formation of the « and other employes of whatever grade or class, in their respective departments, not less than seven hours of labor each day,” except Sundays and holidays, and must, therefore, be strictly construed. I do not read the proviso as being confined to cases im which original leave is extended In the sense of being enlarged, but as authorizing the head of a department to extend, in the in any one calendar year where it would peculiar hardship to limit the leave to ys. The act applies to the current year; no exception is made with respect to prior to the Ist of July, 1808, and these sences must therefore be taken into ac- count in computing the total leave to which an employe may be entitled during the cal- endar year ending December 31, 189%. In this view the act is not retroactive, it does not affect the case of one who hhad sick leave of more than sixty days prior to'July 1, 189%, except to provide that such person shall have no further sick leave with pay during the rest of the year. The rule adopted by Congress was furthermore known as early as March 3, the date of the passage of the act, and employes were in position from that time on to regulate their applications for leave with referenee to its provisions. I appreciate the merit and the hardship of the cases to which you refer, but relief must be sought, if at all, from Congress. The heads of the departments seem to have no authority to grant leave with pay for | more than ninety days in any one case in any calendar year. Secretary Lamont’s Letter, The letter of Secretary Lamont on which the above opinion is based calls attention | to the fact that certain employes of the record amd pension office, injured in the re- cent accident at Ford's Theater, have been absent from the department over ninety days during the present calendar year. “These cases,” he says, degree ‘exceptional unquestionably fall within the benefits of the most Hberal interpretation of which the act is susceptible. Another case before the department, when to limit the leave would work peculiar hardship, ts that of a clerk, who while returning from Gettys burg, Pa., on July 4 last was so injured by falling beneath a moving railway train as to necessitate the amputation of both feet. He has been employed here for the past thirty years, has been efficient in the per- formance of his duties and is entirely worthy of the most favorable consideration the law will permit.” Sn A NARROW ESCAPE, © Two Buildings This Morning From a Big Fire. The handsome new home of the Palais Royal was in danger this morning when fire started in the Scottish Rite Sanctuary, j adjoining. It was about 3:2 o'clock when | Williain Trimble, the janitor, was awakened ‘by the falling of burning timbers. He was m his room on the fourth floor at the time, and when he was awakened he saw the roof over his head ablaze. Electric light wires had caused the trouble, and, although there had been a heavy downpour of rain, the flames made their way through the roof, and the janitor could see through the opening made by the fire. ‘From the appearance of the path of the flames the janitor thought he had been de- prived of means of escape, but, grabbing his clothes and watch, he made his way through the smoke-filled hallway just un- der the burning timbers, and managed to yet to the stairway, where he was certain cf escaping. Putting on his clothes, he reade his way to the front door below. The the wires so that it was impossible to get an alarm to headquarters. The Palais Ro:ral telephone was then used, but wil the same result, and the officer had to to ftre engine house No. 2 and call out fire department. The flames had under the roof, and the entire building threatened when the department arri upon the scene, but with their quick work the flames were soon under control, and the fire did not get lower than the top story. in the raoms where the fire did damage : paraphernalia of the societies, iat iit # i $ i i id j i a THE CYCLONE’S WORK Damage to Buildings, Trees, Tele- graph Wires and Poles. CUT OFF FROM COMMUNICATION. GREAT DANGER FROM FIRE over this city last 1 Fy ff E : freed iE & ; f F i if g& E | : 5 & i i i j 2 i id i a 5 a E i § i of i ? i if i i rie ile ge* =f Fret : the it was f E E i & BE HB bi Hf tremely midway hy ii i low as 4%, % ii i | ‘Washington, i if g FS 8 | of over iM i as it was known. 5 LS t i (ue | was widespread to property, but it is be- Keved that \no™loss of life resulted. The nearest approach to a tragedy was the se- vere accident to Justice Henry B. Brown of the Supreme Ciwrt. At about 7:30 o'clock the high wind mate the windows of his new home, at the corner of 16th street and Riggs place, mttle so furiously that the justice ‘went at ut to see that they were secured. He found the south windows in the second story, where the workmen were eheaged yerterdaa, loose. and he tried to fasten them. 4\n unasually severe gust over and a piece the right temple, artery. It was some an could be summoned. “hich the house ts fur- “rafter the accident the house the jus- of Blood. “Dt. Leech ithe two ening it wes ane saccd ant thejosticey goutot i = ‘wo or three days. ROOFS. In the city everything that \the wind could each was in danger and that,™ore Gamage id not follow was remarkebA® The only building to fall from the force .of the wind was the new Sunday school-house of Calvary Baptist Church, 8th and H stacets. building 1s of brick and stone, and .the few ‘was at eS ey i Ff i ul nH ites Le i i i il i Fy 9 Hf ue si fit 32 *3 i i 3 f H a 4 by & i ity Along Pennsylvania aven 9th and 10th streets, where i