Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED D\iL) EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1201 Penasyivacia Avenue, corner 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. New York Oice, 8 Potter Building, Se bondtecsesion ‘Tue Events Sam i= served to subscribers in city by carriers, om thelr own account, at 10 ce per week, or 44c. per ‘routh. Copies ‘at the co ter 2 cents each. By wall—auywiece io the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—30 cents per mont. satunpay Cerercrrs senrz Stan $1.00 per year with foreizm posta 08. (Entersd at the Fost Unive at Washington, D.C., as second-class mail matty EFA mail subscriptions must be paid im ad a af advectising made known on application DISTRICT BILLS. a Measures Introduced Duriftg the Ex- tra Session and Their Status. APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS. pS Pe ee A Number Still Awaiting Action by That Body. WORK DURING THE RECESS. The extra session of Congress has been practically barren of District legislation, 3s far as visible results are concerned. Some good has been accomplished, how- ever, by getting bills into shape for early ection at the beginning of the regular ses- sion. The failure to secure legislation dur- ing the past three months has been due primarily to the general indisposition of Congressmen to transact business other than that for which the extra session was assembled, although other causes, from time to time noted in The Star, have had their effect also. ‘The state of District business in the House at the close of the session is illustrated by the following summary. The disposition of bilis introduced in the House has been as foliows: To make the surveyor of the District of Columbia a salaried officer; reported by Commissioners and referred to subcom- mittee on judiciary. To provide a code of laws for the District of Columbia; reported by the Commissioners and referred to subcommittee on codifica- tion. To extend North Capitol street to Soldiers’ Home; reported favorably to House. To make April 2 a legal holiday in the District of Columbia; reported by Commis- sioners and referred to subcommittee on judiciary. To grant right to sell certain burial sites reported by Commissioners and referred t subcommittee on streets and railways and | avenues. To authorize Commissioners to accept payment without interest of certain special assessments; reported by Commissioners and referred to subcommittee on ways and means. To provide for service connections with water mains and sewers; reported by Com- missioners and referred to subcommittee on streets, railways and avenues. To simplify forms of dzeds and convey- ances; reported by Cov missioners. To pay for alley condemned; reported by | Commissioners and referred to subcommit- | tee on streets, railways and avenues. To authorize change of motive power of Metropolitan Railroad Company; reported by Commissioners favorably except as to apprehended legal effects on pending liti- gation and referred to subcommittee on streets, railways and avenues. As to separate estates of married women; & substitute recommended by Commission- ers and referred to subcommittee on Judiciary. For relief Esther A. Keyser; reported by Commissioners. To iden and extend alleys; substitute recommended by Commissioners. Relating to tax and tax sales; referred to subcommittee on ways and means. For appointment sealer and assistant sealer weights and measures; referred to subcommittee on ways and means. For relief David B. Gottrals; reported by Commissioners and referred to subcommit- tee on judiciary. To define route of B. and O. railroad in District of Columbia; reported by. sioners with amendments. To prevent recording of subdivisions of land; reported by Commissioners and re- ferred to subcommittee on judiciary. To authorize appointment of a deputy corener in District of Columbia; reported by Commissioners and referred to subcom- mittee on judiciary. lose allefs in square 751; reported by sioners. To amend the new liquor law; reported to House with amendments and is on House calendar to be ied up. To release certain property to Mrs. >. Augusta; reported by Comm d referred to subcommittee on ju To regulate the occupancy of Canal,street; reported by Commissioners. To amend an act to-punish false swear- ing; reported by Commissioners and re- ferred to subcommittee on judicia: Still Before the Commissioners. The following bills are stili before the Commissioners for their action: To provide for appeals from the Police Ceurt. To provide for heating street cars. Relating to sale of gas. ‘To amend the incorporation of the Wash- ington and Arlington railway. To regulate and suppress smoke. To protect owners of stamped bottles. For relief of certain property owners (Mr. Meredith's bill). To amend act relating to tax certificates. Relating to arrears of taxes. To make a judeme lien on real es For relief of sundry citizens (Mr. Baker’ » amend charter of Brightwood Railway mpany. For relief of owners of corner lots. To regulate water main assessments. To incorporate Washington und Benning Street Railway Company. To regulate settlement of outstanding claims against District of Columbia To amend charter Rock Creek Railway ipany. ‘or relief W. B. Todd. To rectify line of Hartford street. For -xtension of Falls Church and Poto- Railwa Company. Mt. Vernon railway. For relief Jas. W.. Walsh. Bs To amend charter of the lumbia Suburban Railway To incorporate the Washin, Railway Company. To incorporate Burnt Mills Springs Railway Company ‘To incorpo: Company. aT te. vistrict of Co- mpany. gton Central id Sandy Ready for the First District Day. It will be seen from the foregoing that there is business enough in hand, if it can be whipped into shape before the begin- ning of the session, to furnish material for action in the House on the first District day. Chairman Heard has urged upon the various subcommittees the advisability of acting upon measures before ¢ 1 the interim and being ready to r Teports usu: meet the app: full committee, and it is thought good quota can be prepare: hem during ort that a d for the House very early after convening. —— THE APPROPRIATION BILLS. Work Will Beein on Them on the 20th Inst. The House committee on appropriations will begin its work on appropriation bills on the 2th of this 1 The subi mittees in charg, pensions aud meet on that date, a committee The the fort: bill will meet. the pension and port to the sembling trict of Col delayed wu em bi itt a Government Stables Destro; Gen and forty-two ¢ N. M ved by Ay Bight At was the work of an incendiary, rate the Washington Traction | These | ©] which cam ¢ Vor. 83, No 20,721. THE DESERTED CAPITOL. A Chilly Atmosphere in Both Senate and House Chambers. The Cleaners Commence to Put Things im Order for the Regular Ses- sion Next Month. After Congress, the house cleaners. The Capitol was today in the hands of the folks whose functions it is to wage the battle against dirt and discomfort. They were only out on the skirmish line this morning, but they managed to put in many good shots and they laid the foundation for a splendid campaign. An Air of Dexsertion. An air of chill and desertion pervaded | the whole building. The cages were empty, | the menagerie was gone. The visitors wan- | dered about aimlessly, either on their own volition or under the direction of be-badged functionaries “for a consideration.” But | there was no heart in it all. The birds |had flown. The pictures seemed grimy and the statues were dusty, and the view | from the top of the dome, even, was spoiled by the mists. Over in the Senate the usual effort was begun to make the great chamber cozy against the return of the Solons in Decem- ber. The law books that accumulate un- |derneath the desks of Senators were re- moved, and the place was thoroughly clear- | ed_ of litter, old Records, calendars and |other legislative lumber.’ Presently the | yellow matting will be taken up and the warm red carpet will once more be a thing of beauty. A Quartet of Wanderers. *Senator Stockbridge wanderel in during the morning, but he saw little to encour- age his further presence, especially as the workmen did not recognize him and were disposed to make it uncor-fortable for him. Then Senator Bates joined him, and the two talked for a minute or two over the sad spectacle before them, gathered up a | desks, and then went off, mourning. Tom Reed chanced into the House on his way to the train and smiled his large, sat- |isfied smile of avoirdupois, and bethought | him of his triumphs of Thursday, and other | days, and then he ambled away, just in time to miss the genial countenance of | Amos Cummings, which was thrust in be- tween the doors for 2 moment, only to be | eclipsed. Both of them were about to hie to the north. They will not be likely to hie back for a month. Activity in the Offices. In the offices of both sides there was con- siderable activity throughout the day, as the session has left many legacies in the j form cf documents to be arranged, bills to be filed, and various memoranda to be ar- ranged and corrected. But no one could be found to express | Much regret over the sad demise of the ses- sion, unless it was the gentlemen who gath- er pelf in the effort to feed the congres- sional world and charge merrily for the process, They were weeping large, gastro- | nomic tears di | ACTION ON NOMINATIONS, | Some Con ed, One Rejected and a | Number Not Acted Upon. | The Senate yesterday afternoon in exec- | utive session confirmed the nominations of | James R. Roosevelt of New York, secre- | tary of the embassy of the United States at | London; C. Hugo Jacobi of Wisconsin, Uni- | ted States consul at Reichenberg; Thomas | P. Smith of the Indian territory, to be an | | Indian inspector. ‘The imaination of H. €<@-Astwood, to be consul at Calais, France, was rejected. | The committee on foreign reiations had re- | perted adversely upon the name. The other | colored nominee was neither confirmed nor | rejected, C. H. J. Taylor, to be minister to | Bolivia. | The name of Isaac J.Wooten of Delaware, | to be Indian agent at the Nevada agency, | had to go over for lack of time. That of | | Robert E. Preston, to be director of the ; mint, could not be reached. ‘The nomination of Mr. Hornblower, to be | an associate justice of the Supreme Court, | was not acted upon, because {t had not been reported from the judiciary committee. Secretary Carlisle late yeste-day issued | temporary commissions to the following treasury officers, whose nominations were not acted upon: George 8, Weed, collector customs, Platts: burg, N. Y.; Robert E. Preston, director of the mint; Walter H. Buna, appraiser mer- chandise, New York; Peter C. Doyle, col- lector customs, Buffalo, Y.; John J. Kennedy, appraiser, Buffalo, N. Y.; Val- entine Fleckenstein, collector internal rev- enue. Buffalo, J. W. A. Strickland, assistant appraiser, New York; David Y. Elias, collector internal revenue, fifth dis- triet, North Carolina, and J. M. Simmonds, collector internal revenue, fourth district, North Carolina. a RESTORED TO THE DEPARTMENT. Valuable Relics Sent From the State Department to the Fair. State Department officials have been in a state of mind ever since they sent their l exhibit to the world’s fair, secret dread that some calamity might be- | fail some of the precious historical docu- sid men’ original copies of the Deciaration of Inde- tion, b a close relation to important epochs in the history of the country their loss would be irreparable. Every pre- caution for their safety and preservation et was taken, and their transfer from e to place was guarded as an important plac | dipiomatic secret. otic purpose at restored yesterday to places In the State Department, | suffered no damage whatever by their re the great fair and were cent experience. cials of the “foreign office. a Sa TO RETIRE TOMORROW. | Adit. ount of Age. Williams will Service on Ac Adjutant General ed Gen. Rug- fon now seem to have veered s htly in faver of Gen. Vincent. ne of the two officers named will surely be appointed. chances which formerly favor: al Orders, Commander F. M. Green has be2n oraered to duty or of the second lixht house distri Sr a adhims, to nder . Wilde and month Monterey Hubbard from ti three months’ leav. three months’ leav Passed at the During the to Session. of extra Congre! bills a ance, measure submitted to hint veto in a single ir ry sition to become amending the . reli law Columbian exposition. few papers, out of the vast depths of their | | Browne, collector customs, Montana; Kope | because of a ments included in it, while they were out- | of the sacred precincts of the depart- | Many of these papers, such us the ce und the emancipation proclama- and | They served their patri- their accustomed having Their safe return evoked a general sigh of relief among all the offli- jams Will Cease Active retire |} from the seventeen having was IN THE BAY STATE. Everything Points to a Heavy Vote on Tuesday. REGISTRATION LARG EST EVER KNOWN. Winding Up of an Interesting Campaign. FREE-THINKING CANDIDATES. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BOSTON, Nov. 4.—Everything points to a heavy vote in Massachusetts next Tues- day. The registration is the heaviest ever seen in the state, the number of names on the voting lists being even greater than they were in the presidential contest of 189. it has been an exceptionally brief cam- paign, but a very lively one. Both ex-Con- gressman I’, T. Greenhalge, the republi- can nominee, and ex-Congressman John E. Russell, the democratic champion, are skilled debaters, thoroughly posted ov the subjects they discuss, and very much in earnest. They were nominated largely for their strength on the stump, and it was expected that a campaign of oratory would follow. It is a curious fact that beth candidates have, at times been considered rather risky exponents of the doctrines they are now promulgating. They have been distin- guished by a certain freedom of utterauce, and independence of thought, which was creditable to them as individuals, but which did not improve their availability as can- didates. Congressman Greenhalge had a reputa- tion as a humorist. Mr. Russell had been @ man of positive ideas, many of which had not been in accord with the accepted tenets of Bay state democracy. Both horses in the race were chosen more because they had “speed” than because they were “safe,” and no one dared guarantee that either would stand without hitching, or warrant that they would not shy at the cars. Greenhalge and His Audiences. Mr. Greenhalge can have no fault to find |With his audiences. They are the largest | that have been addressed by any republican | candidate since Geo. D. Robinson made his great and successful campaign against Gen. | Butler. He holds their attention admirably. He is quick to discern their trend of thought and when he finds a responsive chord ne casts aside all previous plans and finds oc- casion to sound the changes in the popular | key again and again. A drive at the south | as the dominant influence in the democratic party Is as sure to be appreciated in Mas. | Sachusetts today as ever it was. Mr. Green- | halge directs a broadside or two of each |rally toward his brethren south of Mason and Dixon's line. He stirs the enthusiasm of the soldier element by justifying the pension expenditures of the Fifty-first Con- gress, Mr. Russe! Views. Mr. Russell has added more to the politi- cal literature of his time than any candi- date who has been upon the stump in this state for years. Always a person of ideas and a gtntleman of leisure and culture, he has brought to this campaign the ripened | views of a business man and a statesman. “No speech can be too gvod for any audience,” said Mr. Russell the other day. |No language or {fllustration can ‘be too j tich for any gathering of men. A man | should never appeal to the lowest intelli- gence in his audience.” This was in response to a suggestion that his Lawrence speech was too ornate for his audience. It was this speech, by the way, which the editor of the Springfield Republi can pronounced “worthy of Gladstone.” | The republican state central committee jhave sought to worry Mr. Russell by quot- ing his free trade utterances. At Westfield he was told he must not touch the tariff, |but he took the bit in his teeth and ex- claimed: “That is what I am here for, and I propose to treat the subject fully, freely and without concealment. If there is any one here who does not like my tariff views jhe needn't vote for me.” | The Two Candidates. lf Mr. Russell were a republican he would be stronger with the farmers than Mr. Greenhalge, and if Mr. Greenhalge were a democrat he would be infinitely stronger with the workingmen than Mr. Russell. | Personally, Greenhalge is wonderfully | popular with the democrats of his own | of Lowell, while Russell, as an ex-secretary lof the state board of agriculture, has a warm place in the regard of the Massachu- setts husbandmen. Mr. Greenhalge is municipal product, a | native of Lancaster, England, but since he was a boy of ten living amid the busy | spindles of Lowell Mr. Russell is a country gentleman, to nanner born; has one of the finest li- in the state; has been cultivated | broad. His devotion to agri to sheep farming, has won of “The Sheepless residen ure, jfor him the | Shepherd of Lei | Mr. Russell is announced as one of the speakers at the winter meeting of the state board of agriculture in December, but whether he will speak as governor of the e or not depends largely on how far arty affiliations will lead the farmers » for an exponent of the spindies,and the spinners to vote for a secretary of agricul- ture. Leading Speakers of the State. Outside the candidates the most notable both sides. For the democrats Gov. Rus- sell has taken the stump and discussed ate issues and national topics in his own “taking” way. Astute Josiah Quincy has | spoken nearly every night and shrewd and | practical Mayor Matthews has vied with ex-Congressman Geo. Fred Williams in work for party success. on the republican side Senator Lodge, sman Walker, Congressman M wv. Long, ex-Gov. Robinson and s of the faith handed down from nd Grant have been active. Big, Li y ne has spoken a | from active service in the army at noon half dozen times and last Saturday he filled tomorrow on account of age. His succes- | the Mechanics’ Exposi buliding to the | ser will be appointed next week. The doors. There were at t 15,000 people present, and democratic as wel republi- can papers pronounced it the greatest po- litte: r held in the state. ‘The ed's name did it. He seems on of Main t night ex-Seci | spoke at the democra sreat rally of the surre other political luminaries. Today at noon the republicans hold a market men’s rally in Faneuil Hall and tonight will shake ’ Hall once more, this time without the aid of the great ex-Speaker. The closing days of the campaign will be filled with the cio sort of work, in order to have the oratory of the past month materialize in votes on Tuesday. —-- | with the close of the session. | failed the appropriation of $200,000 for the y of clerks to members, it is more than ely that the clerks will get their month of October in tin Just before adjourr res, from the appropria- ented a Hi resolu- ¥ lik gt yesterd: tions committ pI tion, which was adopted, providing that all be paid for the month of nd the three days of November ontingent fund require in the | speakers in the state have been enlisted on | airchild of New | EFFECT IN THE SOUTH Of the Financial Action During the Special Session. —— Mr. Cooper Thinks the Democrats Will Lose Some Votes, but Not Enough to Change an Election Result, The question uppermost in'the minds of the southern democrats now is what will be the effect in their section of the country of the action which this special session bas taken with relation to finance. A Star re- porter was talking today with Representa- tive Cooper of Florida, one of the southern men who was most pronounced in his ad- vocacy of the repeal of the Sherman law. Mr. Cooper said that he presumed that the democrats would suffer some loss of votes temporarily in the south on account of the policy of the administration, but that he did not think that there would be enough change to affect the result in an election. He said that whatever disaffection might grow out of the present situation would be overcome, he believed, by action, by legis- lation which would follow. Other Legislation Expected. In his opinion, there was no question that some general legislation on the question of finance would follow very soon after the | reassembling of Congress, and there would be, also, other legislation which will be in line with public sentiment in his section of the country, He said that he believed that the tariff legislation would be popular, and that the financial legislation to follow would be of a character to put the country on a sound basis, with sufficient money for the needs of trade and commerce. The Currency Question. He said that he thought the questions be- fore the next session of Congress would be whether they should decrease the currency | through the medium of state banks or should so enlarge the national bank system | by permitting them to issue loans on real estate and the like as to meet the public | requirements. Which of these two things will be done he could not say or predict, |since the public mind during this session had been directed chiefly toward the one question of clearing away the debris and opening a clear field for action heréafter, but he was satisfied that there would be jadopted a policy which would give a sound and sufficient financial system. ee | MILLIONS OF BOOKS. Many Government Publications Rot- ting Away in Dark Holes, For the past several months the Senate has had a special force of employes exam- ining and counting the books which are stored away in the basement of the Capitol and in rented bujidings of the government. The result of their work will be a report, the purpose of which will be to lead to |some reform in connection with the govern- | ment publications. Their explorations into the subterranean depths of the Capitol buildings have been almost like journeys jinto darkest Africa. They have found |more than a million books—how many more | than a million no one can tell yet. There jare innumerable publications by Congre: |at each session, thousands of books being |printed and divided in a certain propor- |tion between the Senators and members, each Senator having a quota running from one copy of the Nautical Almanac to 100 copies of the agricultural reports. New |men in Congress, those who are inexpe- rienced, are in the habit of distributing these books among their constituents, but the old birds know better, for a book sent to one constituent is Hable to. aA.all thone-who do not get one like it. onse- | quence of the wisdom which some of our jstatesmen have acquired on this subject | there are stored away in the Capitol thou- |sands of books belonging toa number of Senators running back as far as twenty years. Some of the books found had been | Stored away in the cellar since "6, and there,were several tons so completely rotted |that ‘their character could hardly be de- | termined and they were carted off and sold | for junk. 4 DISTRICT TAX SALES. Representative Cobb Will Endeavor to Perfect a Bill Governing Them. Representative Cobb of Alabama, one of the members of the House District commit- tee, will leave for home tomorrow morning, to be absent during the recess of Congress. | He will take with him the Commissioners’ report and the data relating to the bill af- fecting tax sales in the District. “I hope to be able,” he said to a Star re- | porter today, “to prepare an effective bill to govern tax sales in the District. That question is always a hard one, and we have had just as much trouble with it in Ala- bama as the District has experienced. The | object, of course, of such a bill is to provide a way to make people pay their taxes, and the only way to do that fs to fix a uniform | system of vesting a safe title In the pur- chaser of property sold for non-payment of | taxes. As soon as it is made absolutely |safe for a man to acquire that class of property there will be a demand for it and delinquent taxpayers, realizing that their property will be surely transferred, will be | more active in meeting their taxes when they come due. | ATIO FOR THE PED The Steel Stab With Which the Repe: Bill Was Signed. Whenever the President signs an im- portant congressional enactment and there- by makes it the law of the land there is usually considerable competition among | the persons specially interested in the legis- lation to secure as a precious relic the pen with which the final and most essential act was performed. The tsual form of ap- | proving a bill is for the President to write |beneatl the signatures of the President of the Se and the Speaker of the House the word “approved,” followed by the date jof approval and his signature. There has [never been probably a bill that has ea- |cited more general irtcrest than the bill |which repealed the purchasing clause of the Sherman silver bill and the effect of which has been to take the government out }of the market as a purchaser of silver bullion, The President signed this bill with an ordinary steel stub pen. No one has as yet shown the least desire for the possession of this article, which will un- doubtecly be an object of great historic value in the dim future. ‘The lock of interest in the matter is a subject of general sur- s it was expected there would be t a score of applicants ‘for it. AF it is not known as a fact, it is be- |Meved that the President will present the |pen and holder to Senator Voorhees as a nt token of appreciation of the promi- part he took in accomplishing the re- so much desired by the President and the people generally. = DID NOT SE THEM. A Rumor as to the Brazilian Revo! tion Disposed of, It is said at the State Denartment that Secretary Gresham did not see either the | British or the French ambassador yester- | das This disposes of the report that the ssadors in question informed him yes: of the policy of Great Britain and ance in the matter of the Brazilian rev- jon. Se Personal Mention. Assistant Secretary Hamlin has return- | ed from an official visit to the world’s fair, jand he resumed his duties as acting secre- | tary of the treasury this morning. | ir. John M. Deponai of the Frederick | Examiner has gone to New York on a short | business trip. M. Francis B, Mohun, who had an at- ness a few days ago, is improving. | | M. F tack of il SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 4, 1893—-TWENTY PAGES TWO CENTS. GET UP EARLIER Is the Advice of the Eckington Road’s Manager. HIS REPLY 10 A PETITION. Calls the Petition a Mixture of Falsehoods and Ignorance. WORK ON THE ROAD. Some days ago the Commissioners re- ceived a complaint from a number of the residents living on R street northeast against the management of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home railroad. It was charg- ed in the complaint that the cars were run irregularly and no regard was paid to the connection at 5th street and New York avenue. Before and after office hours more than half of those who get on the cars, it was said, are required to stand and those who cannot get on are required to wait or walk. Before and after office hours, the complaint stated, more cars should be run. The,cars are too far apart and the petitioners thought the company should erect a shelter at 7th and 5th streets. The worst mismanagement, it was alleged, is displayed by the company in rebuilding the New York avenue part of the road. For nearly three months there has been a small force of men at work on that street, working alternately on the two tracks. The petition ended by hoping that the Commissioners would at once require the evils to be corrected. ‘The paper was sent to the president of the railroad company for his report, and to it Mr. W. Kesley Schoepf, the vice president and manager of the road, submitted his report, in which he says: I would respectfully report that a number of the statements as made are falsehoods, while a majority of the others arise from the ignorance of the signers of the com- munication, The cars of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company are run as close to schedule time as is possible, and the only time the cars are off schedule is when the! are delayed by an accident, or are detained by reason of a funeral or procession cross- ing the tracks of the company, the latter having the right of way. The cars are never held at the northern terminus, as stated, for a longer period than is required by the scedule. The four cars on the main line give a ten minutes street, which is moze fre- quent than ever given by the old mia! nage- ment, and, indeed, more than the travel on the line justifies. About one hundred office holders ride on the. cars, and, as they all seem to put off taking the cars until the last moment, they crowd into the two cars which bring them to their offices just on the moment. If the car on which they are riding hap- pens to be the least bit late, the “kickers,” of which number your petitioner seems to be a part, commence to grumble and con- demn the management of the road, if they had energy enough to crawl out of bed ten minutes sooner and take an earlier car, I h no doubt that they would not only have plenty of room, but very often have the whole car to themselves. But this prob: compare notes and criticise the ment of the road. Because some of the residents of other parts of the city: on Sunday evening see fit to take advantage of the comfortable cars and agreeable service given by :his company, I am led to infer that your peti- tloners would like to have private cars, on which no one would be allowed to ride but themselves; but as we have hardly thought | your honorable board would allow such an | arrangement we have failed to put it into force. \s to the statement that the cars of this company are in need of repair, I beg to say that it is false. Regarding the connections at 5th street and New York avenue, I beg to say that, except when the cars of either ome or the other lines are late, on account of causes mentioned above, which does not often happen, connections are always made with one of the G street cars from the main line, and every other car of the G street line connects with a car on the main line. This comes from the fact that we are running with a five-minute schedule on G street, while the cars on the’main line are ten minutes apart. The rebuilding of the company's tracks on New York avenue is being done under a permit issued by your honorable board, jand as yet the company has not been noti- | fied that the work has not been prosecuted lto the satisfaction of your engineer de- partment, under whose supervision it is |beIng done. Regarding the complaint that New York avenue has not been cleaned up for three months, IT can hardiy see how this affects the residents of R street between Ist and 2d streets northeast, over a mile away. The statement as to the time required for relaying the tracks is due to ignorance. Your petitioners probably have never re- alized that there might be a difference be- | tween changing the gauge of a southern railroad and the rebuilding of an electric railroad, and operating at the same time. I beg to say; in conclusion, that the man- agement of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company are doing every- thing in their power to give a good service | to those patronizing the road. The relaying of the tracks on New York avenue has been completed, and within a few days the paving will also have been completed.” ERIN Presidential Postmasters. ‘The President today appointed the follow- | ing named postmasters: Fred J. Nirider, at Kinmundy, IL, vice ¥. Nirider, office became presidential; Benj. |F. Moberly, jr., at Windsor, IL, vice Chas. | Voris, removed; John F. Fulton, Hunting- | ton, Ind., vice J. M. Rogers, removed; Chas. |H Leach, at Kokomo, Ind., vice Geo. W. McKinsey, rerigned; John M. Turner, at Monticello, Ind., vice G. B. Ward, resigned: Wm. F. Phillips, at Oakland City, Ind., vice | J. M. Cockrum, removed; Wm. Q. W. Gard- ner, at Avoca, lowa, vice J. Ledwick, re- rroved; Chas.’ Perry, at Knoxville, Lowa, | vice John Bush, removed; W. W. Dewolf, at |Reinbeck, Iowa, reappointed; J. E. Grob- at Carrollton, Ky., vice J. 'T. Lewis, ; Geo, H. Richard, at Donaldson, Gustave Israel, removed; Thos. Shannon, at Morgan City, La., reappointed; Levant A. Vickery, at Flushing, Mich., vice Wm. Hosie, removed; Wm. Hilton, at Fre- ‘mont, Mich., vice Chas. Rathbun, removed; |Reuel_H. Cooper, at West Branch, Mich. vice E. W. Clark, removed; Alvin ©. Fris- Mo., vice V. T. Williams, | removed: J Shelton, at Windsor, Mo., vice Newton E, Carpenter, removed. es J. Changes in the Trensury Department. ‘The following promotions are announced: Coast and geodetic survey—Theo. Wasser- bach, from $1,800 to $2,000 per annum; W. H. Davis, $1,090 to $1,800 per annum; W. F. | Peabody, $1,200 to $1,600 per annum; H. L. Thompson, $900 to $1,200 per annum. Secretary's office—John B, Jackson, $900 to to $1,209 per annum, Fifth auditor's office—F, Werber, jr., $,600 to $1,800 per annum; H. S. Frisble, $1,499 to $1,600 per annum;’ J. H. Tibbetts, $1,400 to $1,600 per ‘annum; Hager Bouck, $1,200 to $1,400 per annum; Louis- ville Twitchell, $1,200 to $1,400 per annum. Sixth auditor's office—M. A. Mason, $1,000 to $1,200 per annum; Benj. Prescott, 390 to $1,000 per annum; Mrs. H. L. Cameron, $720 to $34 per annum; Miss Isabelle Stanley, $720 to $840 per annum. —— Government Receipts Tod: The receipts from internal revenue today “were $542,500; from customs, $403,819. jably would not please them, as they wot (then have no one with whom th GONE SQUIRREL SHOOTING. How the President and Secretary Gresham Are Enjoying Themslves. They Started ‘Early This Morning— Secretary Lamont Has Gone to the Gettysburg Battlefield. The President and Secretary Gresham are engaged today in gunning for the festive squirrels that are said to gambol boldly in great numbers in the woods a few miles to the north of “Woodley.” The fact that they are enjoying themselves in this way is a profound executive secret and the offi- cials of the White House say that if it is so they do not know it. The fact became known only by accident. Mr. Loeffier, the President's doorkeeper, who is an authority on squirrels, is with the party. Secretary’ Gresham left the Arlington Hotel about 6 o'clock this morning and joined the Presi- dent at Woodley. The President sent word to Private Secretary Thurber that he would not be in town today. Only that and noth- ing more. Secretary Lamont went to Gettysburg, Pa., today to meet the national commission engaged in marking the lines of battle and to make a personal inspection of their plan of work. He was shown over the field by Commissioners Nicholson, Forney and Batcheller. a THE PROCLAMATION. Setting Aside the Thirtieth as Thanks- giving Day. Although there may have been no con- |nection between the two acts, it is remarked as somewhat significant that the President's Proclamation of Thanksgiving followed fast |upon the adjournment of the extra session of Congress. The text of the proclamation is as follow “While the American people every day remember with praise and thanksgiving the Divine goodness and mercy which have followed them since their beginning as a nation, it is fitting that one day in each year should be especially devoted to the contemplation of the blessings we have re- ceived from the hand of God, and to une grateful acknowledgment of His loving kindness. “Therefore I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do hereby designate and set apart Thursday, the 30th day of the present month of November, as a day of thanksgiving and praise to be kept and observed by all the people of our land. On that day let us forego our ordinary work and employments, and assemble in our usual places of worship, where we may re- call all that God has done for us, and where praise and song may reach the throne of grace. Let the reunion of kindred and the social meeting of friends lend cheer and en- joyment to the day, and let generous gifts of charity for the relief of the poor and needy prove the sincerity of our thanks- | giving.” MR. HORNBLOWER CASE. The President Will Probably Not Ap- point Him During the Recess. The failure of the Senate to confirm the nomination of Mr. Hornblower as associate justice of the Supreme Court has caused no end of gossip among the legal fraternity. Many speculations have been made as to the probable program of the President in the matter. It has been suggested that he might renominate him at once, and thus give him a seat on the bench, subject to the confirmation of the Senate later on. But .View is not shared by many. Said a ,oMicer of the government, who has the question, today: “It is not iikely that the President would ‘do such a thing, although he may have the )Same right to so nominate an associate justice as he has a revenue officer during recess. You see, the only difference is that in the case of Mr. Hornblower it might afterward be urged that he had no legal right to sit in judgment, and thus a suit might be brought against the government by the loser in a case decided by him. “There have been many instances where the President has renamed officials whose nominations have been neglected by the Senate, and they have served during re- cess. But here it is so important that I do not think the President will take the risk, and then,too,I do not believe that Mr. Horn | blower would care to take the chance of being turned down after he had taken his | Seat on the bench. The recess is for so short a time—only a month—that it would seem almost like rushing the mourners, = sci as the be gery ona is for life. vere it a matter of but four paltry years it might be different.” grsidia Of course no one can tell about these things except the President himself, or per- haps Attorney General Olney. Neither of them is in the habit of taking the public into his confidence very extensively, and both are averse to interviewing, so the chances for information from these, the only accurate sources, are not dazzling. The most significant item in the entire speculation is that there are no important cases now before the court on which it is necessary or advisable to have a full bench. bE EEITER tt! PROMOTIONS AND REDUCTIONS. Many Changes Made in the Office of the Second Auditor. W. G. Platt promoted from $1,400 to $2,000, vice T. H. Goodall, reduced to $1,800, vice Joseph Barton, reduced to $1,600, vice Ed- ward R. Cunningham, reduced to $1,400, vice Platt, promoted as aforesaid. Chas. M. Wetzel promoted from $1,200 to $1,800, vice Chas. Lowell, reduced to $1,600, vice C. B, Smith, reduced to $1,400, vice T. H. Rawson, reduced to $1,200, vice Wetzel promoted as afvresaid. John B. Stone, promoted from $1,800 to $1,800, vice H. A. Higgins, reduced to’ $1,600; J. J. O'Connell, promoted from $1,400 to $1,600, vice J. H. Pierce, reduced to $1,400; Norman R. Jenner, promoted from $1,400 to $1,600, vice Elias Mann, reduced to $1,400; A. - Adams, promoted from $1,400 to $1,508, vice A. D. Willard, reduced to $1,400; Geo. H. Hendrickson, promoted from $1,400 to $1,600, vice H. F. Hirst, reduced to $1,400; T. T. Doran, promoted from $1,400 to $1,600, vice Geo. W. Walter, reduced to $1,400; C. L. Ricketts, promoted from $1,400 to $1,600, vice M. A. Dillon, reduced to $1,400. W. H. Barksdale, promoted from $1,200, to $1,400, vice Geo. H. Hill, reduced to $1/20: Theodore Willis, promoted from $1,206) to $1,400, vice E. L. Harvey, reduced to $1,200; W. B. Holder, promoted from $1,200 to $1,400, vice Eugene L. Ferguson, reduced to $1,200;,James E. Maulding, promoted from $1,200 to $1,400, vice J. B. Atkinson, reduced to $1,200; James H. Beatty, promoted from $1,200 to $1,401, vice W. W. Lesh, reduced to $1,200; John Bergold, promoted from $1,200 to $1,400, vice Alfred Horton, reduced’ to $1,200; William Brown of R., promoted from to $1,400, vice F. L.’ McKinney, re- duced to $1,200; Geo. W. King, promoted from $1,200 to $1,400, vice J. A. Jarrell, re- duced to $1,200; Geo. H. Wood, promoted from $1,200 to $1,400, vice A. H. Shattuck, reduced to $1,200; B. F. Odell, promoted from $1,20 to $1,400, vice L. N. Prescott, reduced to $1,200; L. H. Pudney, promoted from $1,200 to $1,400, vice E. J. Barden, reduced to . F. Farish reduced from $1,969 to $1,400, vice W. W. Deniston reduced to $1.2”, vice Patrick D. McSweny dismissed the service. Patrick Flynn reduced from $1,500 to $1,400, vice H. A. Cobaugh, dismissed the service. J. G. Buxman reduced from $1,500 to $1,200, vice W. A. Marks, dismissed the service. The places made vacant by the reduc- tions of Messrs. Farish, Flynn and Ruxmen will be filled within a few days by other reductions and promotions. The competitive examination system for promotions inaugurated by Secretary Fos- ter was not observed in making the above changes, but they were all made, it is stated, strictly in accordance with civil service rules and with a view of placing promotions and retentions in the service purely on a basis of merit. It so happened, however, that in the above changes the clerks pro- moted were democrats and those dismissed or reduced republicans. The excitement among the employes occa- sioned by the above changes, and other changes which are to follow, is intense, | from grateful hearts our united tribute of | J An dex to advertise- ments will be found on Page 3. MANY WERE KILLED. eee A Disastrous Explosion of a Cargo of Dynamite, TERRIBLE ACCIDENT IN A SPANISH PORT | Life Lost and Many Buildings Destroyed. THE GOVERNOR MISSING. SANTANDER, Spain, Nov. 4—A explosion occurred here last night, in a number of persons were killed. The ship Volo, with a cargo of dynamite, was lying at a quay last evening, when, in cargo, made no attempt to drive them away. The overnor of the province personally directed the efforts of the firemen to ex- tinguish the flames, though he was fully aware of the danger he and the other fire fighters were in. While every effort was being mate to quench the flames there suddenly was nearad dull roar, followed by a report that shook the city to its foundations. Every house around the quay was wreck- ed, their walls being blown as though made of cardboard. The loss of life cannot yet be stated with any degree of accuracy. It is known, ho’ ever, that many persons were killed, and that a very large number were injured. The governor has not been seen since the explosion. His secretary, who was standing beside him when the explosion occurreé says that he was stunned by the shock. When he regained his senses he looked for the governor, but could not find him. It is feared that he was killed and that his body was blown out ‘nto the bay. The commandant of the civic guard and many officials and workn.en were badly in- The town was completely paralyzed by the disaster and no attempt was subse- quently made to extinguish the fire that was communicated to adjacent quays by flaming brands thrown by the exploding dynamite. Telegrams have been sent to Valencia, Burgos and Malladold asking that be sent on special trains to fight the The Volo belonged to the Vasco de Anda- luza Company. The City Stricken With Horror. ‘The horror of the disaster that bas be- fallen this city has rendered the people helpless. It is impossible to obtain a con- nected account from any of the eye wit- nesses of the explosion. Those who saw it and lived are in such a state of excitement that they can make only the wildest kind of statements. There is no question, however, that aside from the money loss entailed by the de- struction of houses, quays and shipping, !t is one of the most appalling has occurred in Spain or Europe in recent years. Loss of Life Put at One The loss of life was simply enormous Some of the estimates place the number killed and injured at upwards of thou: sand. Later, when the people and officials become more collected and a systemauic | investigation can be made, it ts that the loss will be found to be it can be said that ft will be very heavy. The streets in the vicinity of wherethe occurred | being filled with als sorts of wi | the houses blown down. It is @ number of living persons ruins, but the authorities and helpless that little attempt is being made extricate them. A number of soldiers | put to work clearirg away the debris, | their task is being performed in a perfune- tory way. Already they have come across masses of human flesh, the sight of which has made them sick, and they hesitate to push their work with any heart, fearing the sights a i & i that they know full well their iabor will uncover. The hospitals are filled with the injured and the physicians are doing in their power to alleviate the agony of the terribly mutilated persons writhing upon | the cots. A Spanish Steamer Destroyed. At the time the Volto blew up the Span- ish steamer Alfonso XII was lying alongside of her. The steamer was completely de- stroyed. All her officers and forty of crew are missing and it is certain every one of them was killed. the explosion may be judged that portions of the Volo and Alfonso X were thrown into the middle of the it wi n to from other cities to aid the officials, PARIS, Nov. 4.—A dispatch to the from Santander says that the damaged many vessels in the also says that the prefect and a infantry are among the victims. the bodies of those killed were the bay or a long distance from the quay. The telegraph lines were almost completely wrecked. The nearest telegraph station from which dispatches can be expeditiously sent is eight miles from the town. — —. OVER A HIGH BANK. ‘Twe Laborers Killed in the Wreek < a Gravel Train. SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Nov. 4—A terrible wreck occurred last night on the Ohio Southern near St. Paris. As a gravel traim was returning to Springfield, one car jumped the track, pulling several others down a thirty-foot embankment. Italian laborers in a box car were down in the wreck. Two were eleven injured. The two killed were left Paris and the others brought here o'clock. It is thought at the four more will die. All of the i nit HEE i Rae il i i LONDON, Nov. 4—The case of Mighell versus Baker came up today for argument _ before Justices Alfred Willis and Hon. Sir John Lawrence in the queen's bench di- vision of her majesty’s high court of jus- tice. The defendant, who is known in this Mr. Albert Baker, is no less a Semmens Chen ‘the Sultan of Johore. |" Mr. White, in behalf of the plaintiff, read an affidavit made by Miss Mighell, stating |that she knew the sultan as Albert Baker. | When he was residing at a house in lat his request, she assumed the name | Baker in communicating with him. After |she was aware of his identity he told her |that he wished to preserve his incognito by command of the queen. She did not | know that he was the Sultan of Johore till October, 1882, and the promise of marriage vas made in that year. “ithe court decided that it had no juris- diction and the case fell to the Sir Andrew Clarke's Condition. LONDON, Nov. 4—The condition of Sir Andrew Clarke, the distinguished physician who was recently stricken with apoplexy, i serious. He is becoming weaker.