Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1893, Page 3

— SPECIAL NOTICES. THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON; D. C., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 6, 18983—TWELVE PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. £0 THE PUBLIC: ON AND AFTER THIS DATE I will not be responsible for debts contracted by wife, Mary June Erhardt. ear pray JOHN ERHARDT. be a. Cc ADAMS Has removed To a6-6r* Si2 B st. ne. (§ HEREGY NOTIFY THE PUBLIC THAT AFTER this date I will not be responsible for any debts contractea by my wife. 46-30* ’ MICHAEL LAWLER. BANQUET In honor of the memory of BREVET MAJOR GENERAL JAMES SHIELDS. NATIONAL HOTEL. DECEMBER 6, 1803. $ P.M. ————_ ‘TICKETS FOR SALE AT 1t* NATIONAL HOTEL OFFICE. ATTENTION, BRICKLAYERS.—THE REGULAR meeting will be held at Old Hail, cor. 7th and L sta mw. on December 8, 1540, at 8 o'clock 9. order of trustees ae on NG. ©. HESSLER, Ree. See. OF THE STUCKHOLD- Title Insurance Company will be beld at the TAL MEET! Real Estate NU es of the Of the District of Columt re of the company, 470 La. ave. n.w., on TUESDAY, January 9, 1504, for the purpose of nine directors to serve for the — open 2 pm. to + p.m., inclu- sive. fro soba Ez FLEMING, G2-whsl2t Secretary. MTESINGLE TAX.—A LECTURE (ILLUSTRATED BY DIAGRAMS) BY LOUIS F. POST, LECTURER OF THE NATIONAL SINGLE TAX LEAGUE, AT MASONIC TEMPLE, THURSDAY EVENING, DCEMBER 7, AT & TICKETS, 2c. RESERVED SEATS, 50c., AT METZEROLT'S. d2-shkw2t? FHE POSTPONED MEETING OF THE WaASsi- ington Co-operative Cigar and Tobaceo Company will be beld in Room 2, G. A. K. Hail, Fa. ave. a.w., THURSDAY, December 3 clock, Rm Cigars: free ‘to ll a Come iS our friends. Every! wel cone, F. W. Botaten. Secretary peo ten. korice THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 12th instant. M. DRANEY, Secretary. BALTIMORE, NOVEMBER 25, 1893. ‘The partnership heretofore existing between JOSEPH BOWsS and HILLMAN A. HALL under the firm name of BOWES & HALL, managers for the Equitable Life Assurance Society, is this day dissolved by mutual consent, H. A.’ Hall volun- tarily retiring. All debts due by the firm and to them Will be paid by and to Joseph Bowes, who will continue to represent the Equitable Life As- surance Society of the United Sthtes in this Dis- trict. JOSEPH BOWES. A 5 4 ALL. In severing my connection with BOWES & HALL I do so simply to be relieved from respon- sibility. 1 shall continue im the life insurance business, and with the Equitable, can be found as usual at 1226 F st. I hope for s contin- uance of the patronage of the public to my old partner, who succeeds to the entire management of the interests of the Equitable Life Assurance Society im thie territory. HA HALL. i WASHINGTON, December 2, 180%, ‘The annual meeting of the stockholders of t! American Printing Press Co. will be held > office of the com . Second MONDAY, December. 11, 1800, at. 2 p.m., the purpose, of electing directors for year and for the transaction of such business as may properly come before it. open from 2 until 2:45 p.m. ter books close December 5. aver S. M. BRYAN, President. _ KOT CAKES FREE! QUALITY TELLS. MARY- jand ‘and Peousylvanis Mountain Kolan Self- casted Buckwheat Cakes will be served at the stores, and the public is cordial solicited to call and partake: F. M. Walker, 9th sod. loaday, Dec. 4; 4. P. Grier, th and H sts. ne., Tuesday, Dec. 5; H.W. Heine, Sth and RI. ave. n.w.,’ Wednesday, Dec. hos. F. . 209 Pen. are. s.e., Thurs- . Gilbert, loth and K sts. n.w. rank Daily, 2d and ¥ st u other Polis DR. CLARENCE R. DUFOUR HAS REMOVED his office to SOS lith st. nw. Practice limited to of eye, ear, throat and uose. 030-2w UNION SAVINGS BANK, 509 7th street northwest. Four per cent interest on ordinary savings ac- counts. Dividends at higher rates on five and ten-year COKE. Full watane Prompt. delivery. 2 pt " Shute wagon ‘used free of charge. POLLARD & BRO.. 12TH ST. AND R. L AVE THE OLD RELIABLE DYE WORKS. ESTABLISHED 1831. H. WHEATLEY. AREMIUM DYEING. CLEANING AND DRY CLEANING. = Aa Orders by mail or telephone answered by competent to give information. ‘Telephone call. atT-6m BUSINESS MEN OF WASHINGTON, WHY DON’T deal direct? Headquarters fore Blank Books. rulings of all kinds. Books made for the See oe Sait “Sick SS, ni3-tr ‘1 9th st. Bw. Patrons advised intelli- the purchase of THE MOST NOMICAL COALS. We are in the COAL SOREN Se year as we have been -THREE years past. J. MAURY DOVE, Main ofice, Zistvand I ats. p.w. Branches, 1206 st. mw.; 1626 M st. n.w. PER CENT DISCOUNT ON WKOUGHT-IRON ft dscount on andirons SOLID-TIRED SAFETIES— AT YOUR OWN PRICE. 1 “Tuno,” Ladies’ Wheel, cut from $65 to $30; 1 “Iriquois’” Combination, large tires, ball and ip good riding shape, cheap at $35; @ Girls’ Ideal Ramblers, ‘second hand, but in riding condition, will sell at (each) $20; 1 “Hickory,” good strong wheel, drop frame and very durable, can be bought at $30; 1 Combina- tion Light Rambler, "90 pattern, No. 1704, fitted with new tires, saddle, &e., and in good condi- tion every way. cheap at $35: 1 “Swift,” straight frame, newly overbauled gnd fitted “with new chain, sprockets, cranks, ls, tires and saddle, @ bargain at $35. 7'In placing orders please specify two or more, as wheel ordered may be GORMULLY & marr MFG. CO., A Horse Blanket WILL ENHANCE THE VALUE OF YOUR HORSE AND MAKE HIM EAT LESS TO KEEP WARM. For street use, $1.25 to $7.50, For stable use, $1.00 to $4.50. Lap Robes. Larger assortment and lower prices than ever. Woodward & Lothrop, ee27-3m 10th, 11th and F sts. “Tomorrow's weather forecast for the District of ia and vicinity—Fair and Cooler. Builders’ Hardware. We keep ail kinds of Builders’ Hardware. Undersell others, too. As & sample, 100-Ib. Keg Best Steel Natis, Only $1.85. Be Economical. Buy nothing you do not want—buy what you meed where you can buy it cheapest. You do not need # glazier—we sell you the glass and the putty for a few cents, and you can do the rest. Hot Bed Sashes, —— than anybody else in Washington can — sell. » Millwork and Builders’ Hardware,” Gu avd N. ¥. ave. a5 “Grae “Nan Ie a perfe feck, for family | tele gents. = eutr G. L. SHERIFF, 325 Py. ave. aw. All stzes—glazed or anglazed—eheaper | —| Winners at the i In the Busiest Seasons of the Year —you can always depend upon us for prompt Gelivery. We are able to handle the entire coal business of Washington without the slightest. inconvenience. Clean coal direct from miues at lowest quotations. ARTHUR B. SMITH, Main Yard, 4th and I sts. ne. MeArthur's, 701 12th’ st. m.w.; and F ne. “eR; 99 “Buying Jewelry Is not more difficult than buying you have to serutinize very iy value of either or you are apt to get “soaked,” as the boys say. You can make no mistake in buying the ‘Typewriter—easy touch, true beautiful impression, finest mat: lasting durability. We are sole D.C. agents. COLUMBIA PHONOGKAPH CO., 627 E st. n.w. D. EASTON, Pres. (a6) _R. F. CROMELIN, See. “My Turn Now” —If yor root is leaking or your walls are dan Tet me cure them. “15 Fears at it.” Drop postal. |C. Fen Keyes, 916 F st., PRINCE METALLIC PAINT CO. a6 «(Basement B. H. Warner & Co.) 4 It’s a Dead Loss 22 OF trom 2 to 25 per evnt for you °° © ee builders s ors to bay ar eee © °¢ © glass at other stor: ede! }°° © pay us the « and make the saving. * * * Chas. E. Hodgkin, "7 iene" 913 7th st. Waste Baskets _ a6 and _sizes— "94 yet? ton & Rupp, roputar Prices, 421 11TH ST. (Just above the ayenu as Advertising Pays No better medium for a handsome calendar, be- cause it's consulted daily $10 per thousand up. McQUEEN, Printer and Publisher, 1108-16 E n.w. 6 SNOWY, DIRTY COAL Is what many of you got yesterday and today. Not so with my customers, Hundreds of tons under cover. Saves from 29 to Su cts. per tan. ee V._ BALDWIN JOHNSON, 1101 R. L ave. ow. G11 A st. me. 519 44y a6 ~ Cork Sole Shoes Keep Your Feet an Inch Above ‘The Ground —As Dry As— Achip. We Make The “Best” Cork Sole Shoes, 85. 1103 Pa. Ave.) R. B. GROVER & CO..) No Matter What the Rush It fs the time now—end the time is passing fast—for ordering the fine cus- tom garments for the winter season. ‘The rush has been anticipated, though. ‘e lke it. Aad whether a bundred or @ thousand come, the same particular care is exercised with every particular ‘eh KEEN, 1312 F St. ‘Makers and Sellers of the “*Emerson” Shoes To Be “In The Swim” socially, you must have a dress Nothing else will do for cceasions. Dress Suits are our We make them to fit yet we ask you much iv ‘specialty. ou perfectly, Teas "than other first-class tailors. Owen Owen, Tailor, 423 11th a How About A Storm ‘Overcoat, Ulster or Heavy Overcoat. We have all sorts at prices from $10 up. George Spransy, 434 7TH STREET. $4.50 PER TON COAL $4.50 PER TON COAL $4.50 PER TON COAL | For range, Istrobe and se . , We have the sale of this Geuuine Pulld, Pea Coal. $5.00 PER TON Is the price of ARONA GRATE CoaL. Our No. 1 Furnace Coal, extra size, is superior for its lasting quality. ha -_ THOMAS R. MARTIN, a5-tr Main Office, 920 20th st. nw, CLARET | Why notsurprise your friends in the country by sending them a CLARET | eect our delicous pure grave CLARET | ciaret ss » holiday gift-good claret is scarce in the country. CLARET | 83 to 87 per case of ats., packed CLARET | already for shipment F. 0. B. To-Kalon Wine Co., G14 14th st. "Fhono, 908 Vanits, 27th and K sts.d5 FRESH COUNTRY BUTTER AND BGG DELIV- ered at residences at lowest prices. Address 1313 V st. ow. 0 CAN'T STOP IT. If you will try my patented TYPEWRITER PROCESS WORK PEWRITER PROCESS WORK I guarantee you will be surprised at its Dusiness-zetting qualities. Its results are attested by many of our business houses. Call and see it. AMYRON S. ADAMS, PRINTER, , BYRON "Phone 930. 12 Lith st. nw. COAST DEFENSES, The Subject Giving Trouble to the Ap- propriations Committee. The question of coast defenses is one that is giving the House appropriations com- mittee no little trouble. There are threo considerations involved. First, the scarcity of money in the national treasury; second, the difficulty of procuring sites for the emplacements except by paying extortion- ate rates, and third, the number of large caliber guns already on hand. The committee find that syndicates con- tro] all the available land along the At- lantic coast from Portland, Me., to New Or- leans that is desirable for sites. At Port- land, Me., for example, the committee is asked to pay $4,000 an acre for ninety acres of land which, it ig claimed, is worth only a small part of that figure. It is estimated that it will cost several million dollars to protect Portland alone. The committee feel the necessity of pushing the work of coast defenses as rapidly as possible, but they | tind it embarrassing to do so with the treas- ury deficiency on the one hand and ruinous brices for sites on the other. To Cut Down Work. It has been suggested, in view of the large amount of heavy ordnance already manu- factured, that further work at the Water- Vliet arsenal either be suspended, the force of workingmen decreased or wages mate- rially reduced. The sentiment of the com- mittee is strongly opposed to any interfer- ence with the government arsenal at Troy. The guns turned out at Watervliet are of the highest efficiency and creditable to the Otticers in charge. The committee feel, too, that the temporary closing down of the works, or a reduction of the working force, | Would lose to the government the services | of many skilled mechanics, who would nat- | urally seek employment elsewhere, and that the splendid organization that now exists would be disrupted, and that a year or more would be lost before the arsenal could be put in a good working position again. Nothing Over Inch Guns. ‘The committee have decided not to recom- mend the manufacture of any guns larger , im size than twelve inches. There has been partment of the army and from the Aulantic coast cities, for sixteen-inch guns. Aside from the expense connected with their manufacture it costs the government $1,500 every time one is fired. The coimittee be- jlieve that the American coast can be | properly deiended with eight, ten and | twelve-inch g and mortars, and they {wil strongly oppose any ons, tor | the present at least, looki buildin, | of ordnance of a heavie! races +o. | Yesterday's Winning Horses. zi Louis races yes- + Crimson, Barthol, a winners were | Sa a Midget, | Zovsir, Boston Boy, Blizzard and Merve. Merven, a loud call, both from the engineers’ de- | M’KINNEY’S MESSAGE Virginia’s Governor Favors Extend- ing the Income Tax. BELIEVES NO ONE SHOULD BE EXEMP? Plans for Enforcing an Honest Return. LEGISLATURE IN SESSION. ee Spectal Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, VA., Dec. 6-—The legisla- ture convened today at noon, and after the usual formal ceremony the governor's message was read. It is one of the longest documents of the kind ever presented to a general as- sembly. It covers ninety pages of closely typewritten matter and deals with almost every subject from the settlement of the public debt down to the details of the working of the penitentiary. The principal feature of the message is the advocacy of a more general income tax for the state of Virginia. For years Virginia has had an income tax imposed upon all incomes over $600. The governor would go even farther than this and levy an income tax on all classes, as he says, making each citizen bear his proportionate part of the burden of the state support, and thereby create a more general interest in state affairs. He advocates some plan by which the commissioners of the revenue will be held to greater responsibility in securing an honest return, He suggests several plans for enforcing an honest return by tax payers. Perhaps the most important of these is authority vested in the officers of the state to make an assessment, giving the tax payer the right of appeal to the grand jury or other tribunals of justice, thus enforcing the burden of proof upon the tax payer. He advocates making the rate of taxa- tion on the smaller incomes very small, with an increase in the ratio as they grow larger. The governor makes another very inter- esting observation. He says the books of the state have never been balanced since it became a commonwealth, on account of de- faulting county treasurers,the delinquencies reaching all the way from five dollars up to hundreds of thousands of dollars; that the bonds given by such officers have been in many cases worthless, and collection of the funds has hitherto been impossible. To correct this he recommends that the county treasurers be required to give bonds through responsible security companies, upon whom the state may move as soon as such delin- quencies are known. The governor also recommends very strongly the separating of the simple, im- becile, demented and idiotic patients now contined in the asylum from the regular lunatics, necessitating separate institutions. ‘The governor discusses the oyster question | FEW PARTISAN REMOVALS. Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt Denies Some Recent Charges. Classified Service Pratically Free From Partisanship—Some Facts and Figures—The Few Exceptions. Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt, speaking to a Star reporter today, gave some interesting facts and figures in re- gard to the removals of late from the clas- sified service. “There have recently appeared, in various newspapers,” said Mr. Roosevelt, “charges that, during the last eight months, there have been a very large number of removals from the classified departmental service, in Washington, for partisan reasons. The records of removals and appointments, on file in the commission’s office, conclusively show that this statement is untrue. There are between 8,000 and 10,000 people in the classified departmental service in Washing- ton, and of course among such a number it is doubtless true that now and then there will occur some one or two instances of the commission of flagrant injustice, and of the dismissal of men for partisan reasons. I knew of one or two such cases immediately after the change of administration in 1889, when Mr. Harrison was inaugurated, and I have known of one or two more such cases during the last eight months. One such case is now a matter of correspondence between the civil service commission and the Treasury Department; and there is one other which we have under consideration. But these cases are so few that they can practically be disregarded, and, speaking broadly, it may be said that there were practically no removals, for partisan rea- sons, from the classified service in Wash- ington, of democrats, after President Harri- son was inaugurated, and that there have been practically no removals, of republi- cans, for partisan reasons, in the depart- mental service in Washington, since Prest- dent Cleveland was inaugurated. I ex- cept, in both cases, two small branches of the service, those including the special ex- aminers’ force in the pension bureau, and the printers’ assistants, as in those two branches the conditions are wholly differ- ent, and are, to my mind, far less satis- factory, the trouble mainly arising from de- fects in the law.” Gauged by Appointments. “Any sweeping number of removals would necessarily mean that there were a corre- spondingly large number of appointments, and as all of these appointments have to be made through our register we have a perfectly accurate gauge of what is done. “The number of appointments, of course, vary greatly from year to year, but, on an everage during the past four or five years they will number from 400 to! 600. During the first eight months of Presi- dent Harrison's administration there were a total of 305 appoinuments made. During the first eight months of President Cleve- at length. Under the existing laws the| land's administration only 1% appointments oyster lands of the state are rented for a| have been made. In the last case one of period of twenty years at an annual rental| the main reasons for the decrease in ap- of one dollar an acre. The law, however, prescribes that only residents of the state can acquire possession of these lands. governor recommends in order that all of the commonwealth’s vast oyster grounds may be taken up and utilized, that after the residents of the state have been provided for, outsiders may be permitted to become lessees. If this is done the governor be- Heves that it will result in yielding an im- mense revenue to the state. . pS aie ets SOME EXPERT BOWLING. District Amateur Lengue Rolls the Balls for Prizes, The District Amateur Bowling League held the first contest in its tenpin tourna- ment on the alleys of the Columbia Athletic Club last evening. The team from the Columbia Athletic Club played games of ten frames each with the Carroll Institute, Young Men's Catholic Club and the Wash- ington Athletic Club. Of the three games the ©. A. C.'s won two, losing to the Carroll Institute. Playing generatly was very good and the averages were creditable, although no records were broken. The team winning the highest number of | games in the tournament will be awarded the championship trophy. The dward Voigt medal goes to the player who makes the highest single score in any one game, and to the player having the highest aver- age in the tournament will be presented the Parker, Bridget & Co. overcoat. The win- ner of either of the latter two must have bowled in at least eighteen games. The Scores. The games played last evening resulted as follows: First Game. CAC Pins. St. Sp. 118 Livingston. Cc. Locraft. 742 Demonet and Al Schulteis, Scorers—J. Hodge and Dr. G. HB. Rickar. Second Game. 13 Pins, St. Sp. Ci eee Total....... seeeeeeee Th 15 Y¥. M.C.C, Pins. St. Sp. Lansdale. < a McDonald. 3 613 and J. Scorers—Dr. G. K. Rickar and F. A. Arm- strong. 9 Umpires—J. Demonet Sullivan. Third Game. ca€ Pins, St. Sp. 1M 1 7 P. 4 Grimsley. F 2 2 McGinnis. mw 1 s Brinkley. w 2 0 Dement... m1. % Total......-. wee GUE Umpires—F. H. Litchfleld, W. A. C., and Jules Demonet, C. A. C. Scorers—Dr. G. E. _— Cc. A. C., and F. A. Armsirong, 7 ow oil its use was limited those far > advanced in consumption it the prevention and cure of consumption. of cod-liver oil with Hypo- phosphites of lime and soda effective, easy of digestion and pleasant to the taste. of cod-liver ao to easing Science soon discovered in S s s cotts Emulsion ‘has rendered the oil more Prepared by Scott 4 Bowne, N. ¥. All draggista, The | | port, and this year, in all pro | will have to be omitted likewise for the | pointments has been the fact that some sixty places or more were abolished in the eral land office, and, of course, these ancies were not flied. Making’ allow- e for this {t will be seen, however, that actually a fewer number of appointments have been made during the first eight months of Cleveland’s administration than during the corresponding period of Har- rison’s and that in neither case was the rumber perceptibly above the average for any eight months in the middle of any administration. ‘The Figures. “We have no records of the number of men removed who were appointed prior to 1883, when the civil service law went into effect, but we have records of all those who have been removed among the men |?® who have been appointed through our ex- aminations since 1883. In the first eight months of President Harrison's admin- istration the total number of those who resigned, whether voluntary or because their resignations were requested, or of those who were dismissed, was just 203. For the corresponding period of Cleveland’s | administration the number {s 208, and as there are now a larger number of people in the classified service who have come in through our examinations than there were four years ago the percentage of removals under Mr. Cleveland has been actually a trifle smaller than under Mr. Harrison, but in both cases the number is so small and varies so slightly from the normal number of removals and resignations dur- i 3 any eight months of any presidential term that what I said above may be re- iterated—there have been practically so few removals, for partisan reasons, from the departmental classified service during the last eight months that they may be disregarded. Promotions and Redactions. “Unfortunately we have no control over promotions and reductions. This is a mat- ter of great regret to me. During the last eight months there have been an unusually large number of promotions and reduc- tions in certain of the departments, al- though in others, notably the Post Office Department, there have been only the nor- mal number. It has been the custom of the commission to publish, in its annual report, all these promotions and reductions, but last year they had to be omitted be- cause of the quantity of matter in the re- bility, they same reason, but,, like all of our other re- cords, the records in these cases too are open ‘to inspection by any responsible per- son. The commission has persistently fol- lowed the practice of throwing its records wide open to such inspection. ee THE NEW ASSESSMENT. A Clerical Error Doubles Taxation on One House, A case of special hardship to a taxpayer under the new assessment was called to the attention of the Commissioners today. It was that of Mary A. Kinney, who owns a house and lot at the southwest corner of 20th and N streets northwest. The as- sessment of the house is placed at $8,000, while in reality the house cost but $4,250 to build. Messrs. Moore and Cooke of the original board of assessors called upon the Commissioners to explain that the assess- ment was a clerical error, for no one would for a moment imagine the house to be worth $8,000, The returns made by the board, however, were a matter of record and the assessment could not be changed without invalidating the entire assessment. Mr. Moore said he was ready to stand his share of the error and told the owner of the property that he would pay his share of the mistake, and proffered the money. But the owner believed that there was no intentional mistake, and was willing to Stand the raise until such time as Congress should come to his relief. Mr. F. L. Moore took occasion to stamp the statement that more than 90 per cent of the old houses of the city had been in- creased in valuation as fal Such a thing, he said, was not the case. Of course errors had been made. No three men in the world could be found who would not make mistakes. Whatever increases were iade In the valuation of old houses were due to the improvements which had been put upon them. —_—_.—— ‘The Latest Candidate. The last name mentioned in connection with the vacant Italian embassy is that of Mr. John Cadwalader of Philadelphia. He is known to stand high in the esteem of the President and his selection is not at all improbable. He was collector of customs at Philadelphia during the first Cleveland administration and was a promi- nent candidate for the British embassy, withdrawing in favor of Mr. Bayard, at the instance, so it is sald, of the President. He next became an aspirant for the Rus- sian mission, but his friends are now en- deavoring to secure for him instead the appolatment of ambassador to Italy, vice Mr. Van Alen, declined. Election of Officers. The annual election of officers of the Banneker Relief Association for 1844 was held last evening, when the following were re-elected: J. Frank Boston, president; Charles H. Butler, vice president; Richard H. Nugent, treasurer; J. Wm. Mays, finan- cial secretary; Jno. McKee Syphax, record- ing secretary; Arthur Lucas, marshal; board of directors, Capt. Wm. P. Gray, Wm. D. Montague, Jacies F. Pratt, Jos, T. Mason. HOW THEY SETTLEDIT Terms on Which the Lehigh Strike Was Ended, MEN 10 G0 BACK WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Company Officials Will Treat With Committees. PRES. WILBUR’S PROMISE. EASTON, Pa., Dec. 6—A dispatch re- ceived by the Lehigh Valley railroad offi- cials here this morning from General Man- ager Voorhees says: “Strike declared off; make no change in existing conditions.” The correspondence which passed be- tween President Wilbur and the state board of arbitration, and which settled the strike, was given out this morning. It is as follows: SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Dec. 5, 1893. P. Wilbur, Esq., President of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company: Dear Sir: The state boards of arbitration of New York and New Jersey desire to i know whether, if the existing strike is de- clared off, the Lehigh Valley Railroad Com- pany will agree to take back as many of their old employes as they have places for without any prejudice on account of the fact that they struck or that they are mem- bers of any labor organization; that in re- employing men formerly in its service the available time shall be so divided among the men so re-employed that they may feel they are again in the service of the company and self-supporting; that in mak- ing promotions hereafter the company will make no distinction between men now in its employ and those so re-employed on ac- count of seniority in service or otherwise; that when in the employ of the road com- mittees from the various classes of em- ployes from the branch of service in which the aggrieved party is employed will be re- ceived and their grievances considered and justly treated, and that in employing men in the future the company will give the preference to former employes when the strike is declared off. We further think that to prevent misapprehension the Le- }high Valley Railroad Company should con- firm the rules posted by Mr. Voorhees Au- gust 7 last, as first vice president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Com- pany. We believe that these suggestions | are reasonable, and that if they are accept- ed by your company the present strike will be at once terminated. Respectfully yours, G. ROBERTSON, Jr., Of the New York State Board of Mediation and Arbitration, J. P. McDONALD, Chairman of the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration of New Jersey. LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COM- PANY, OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT. SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Dec. 5, 1893. Messrs. Gilbert Robertson, jr., of the New York state board of mediation and arbi- tration and J. R. McDonald, chairman of the state board of mediation and arbitra- tion of New Jersey: Gentlemen.—I beg to acknowledge your communication of this date. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company agrees to the sug- gestions contained therein, and in the event of the strike being declared off will abide by them. We recognize and willingly respond to your modification of our former understanding that the available time may be divided so that the men re-employed jmay have some certain source of support. We further, of course, confirm the rules sted by Mr. Voorhees on August 7 last. ahe Lehigh Valley Railroad Company re- | Sumed possession of its line on August 8 and the rules in question have not been re- scinded. I am very truly, yours, E. P. WILBUR, President. Rejoicing Over the Settlement. Flags are flying in South Easton and there is general joy in this section that the Lehigh strike has been declared off. Up to noon no change had takeh place in the | condition of affairs on the road, however. The strikers held a meeting this morning, but all they learned was contained in a dispatch to their chairman, saying that the strike was off. They voted not to return to work until official orders had been re- ceived from their respective chairmen. Dur- ing the meeting one of the new engineers called and said he would quit work if the strikers would pay him $100. He was promptly ejected from the room. After the meeting had been in session nearly two hours and there was no further information it was decided to send a committee to Bethlehem to learn upon just what condi- Uons the strike has been settled. The com- mittee departed shortly before 11 o'clock. It will return this evening. One of the committee said to the United Press reporter just before stepping on the train: “We do not know the conclusions reached and there will be nothing done until we do, We will not return to work unless all are taken back. We have fought for some of the men who are our leaders and these must go back or the strike will continue. We believe, however, that all is settled satisfactorily’ eee eee INTRODUCED BY TELEGRAPH. An Impostor Gets Some Money From Congressman Hermann, A well-dressed man giving his name as Frank M. Burlison was taken to police headquarters last night by Detective Car- ter and questioned concerning his social and business relations with Congressman Hermann of Oregon. The first the Con- gressman knew of Burlison was when he received a telegram purporting to have been sent him by W. H. Jamison, a con- ductor on the Southern Pacific railroad, introducing Burlison, and requesting the representative to do what he could for him. Not long after the receipt of the telegram Mr. Hermann received a visit from Bur- lison, He was sick, and Mr. Hermann se- cured for him a comfortable home and the services of a physician. A few days later the Congressman cashed a check for $25, and also paid him $40 on receipt of a tele- gram. The note was placed with the Wash- ington Loan and Trust Company for coil- lection, and an answer from Conductor Jamison to a telegram sent him revealed the fact that Burlison was an impostor. He had said he was from Rosebury, the home of the Congressman, but when ques- tioned he Knew very little about either the city mentioned or the state. At head- quarters last night, in the presence of a number of persons, the prisoner admitted that he was guilty of forgery and Detective Carter locked him up for a hearing in the Police Court tomorrow. On the prisoner was found a tel signed, “Gussie, 699 Woodland avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.” This woman, he said, was his wife. He also had what purported to be checks drawn by the auditor of Cuy- ahoga county, Ohio, for small amounts. The police believe that the prisoner is an Ohio man, and the chief of police of Cleve- land has been asked to investigate. —— Two Suits. ‘The Phoenix Furniture Company of Mich- igan, by Mr. A. S. Worthington, entered a suit in replevin against Julius Lansburgh for goods to the value of $1,805.50, which the marshal seized and levied upon. Im- mediately Mr. Lansburgh, by Mr. Leon Tobriner and Messrs. Wolf and Cohen, filed a suit against the Phoenix Furniture Com- pany for $25,000 damages, alleging that the object was to harass and oppress him without good grounds, and by reason of the seizure he had been injured in his reputa- tion, business, etc., besides being deprived of profits. en On Their Way. Ambassador Bayard has cabled the State Department that Floyd and Scheig,two Min- neapolis embezzlers, sailed from Southamp- ton for New York on the 4th instant in charge of officers under papers of extradi- tion granted at the request of this govern- ment. The contents of Mr. Bayard’s mes- fage were telegraphed to the governor of Minnesota. Scheig was the cashier of the Northwescern Bank of Minneapolis, and in June last embezzled $00,0N0 of the funds of the bank. Floyd was also connected with the bank and left the country with | Scheig. Th: Were both arrested about two weeks ago as they stepped from the steamer at Southampton. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS. Page 10 AMUSEMENTS. Page 9 ATTORNEYS. Page 11 AUCTION BALES. Page 12 BOARDING... Page 10 BUSINESS OHANCES. Pase 10 CITY ITEMS. Page 8 COAL AND Wi Page 11 Page 10 -Page 6 Page 10 Page 9 Pace 9 Page 3 =e FOR RENT (Houses: ome 1 Page 10 Page 10 UTI iHUFPTETY Hee PIANOS AND ORGAN; PERSONAL. PROFESSION RAILROADS .. SPECIAL NOT! 4 SUBURBAN PROPERT' UNDERTAKERS VETERINARIAN. eeveneiveid WANTED (Sitaations) WANTED (Misceligneo WINTER RESORTS. geist LATEST HAWAIIAN ADVICES. What is Thought at Ho: of Min- ister Willis’ Pro: clamento. Latest advices from Honolulu appertain- ing to the political affairs of the islands are as follows: Minister Willis’ authorized interview in the Hawaiian Star, which was telegraphed here yesterday, allayed public feeling and restored general confidence in the commer- cial affairs of the islands. The queen's sup- Porters continued, however, to aver that the American minister would be severely repri- manded for not obeying the instructions of the State Department, which, as it ema- nates from one or two of Liliuokalani’s closest advisers, was to the effect that Mr. Willis had imperative instructions to re- store and recognize the monarchical gov- ernment. These assertions, together with Mr. Willis’ remark that unexpected con- tingencies had arisen of which the govern- ment or himself had no knowledge, and which were of sufficient importance to cause him to alter his plans and send dis- patches to Washington city for further in- structions, were taken as indicating that he had orders to restore the queen. It was believed in some circles in Honolulu that Willis went down there prepared to wipe out the provisional government, and that his instructions were based upon an exist~ ing condition of affairs which, on investi- gation, he found did not exist. This supposition is further verified by a remark made to Capt. Cutler of the Klicki- tat by Willis when he said he was sur- prised to meet so many broad-minded, law- abiaing and thorougniy inteigent people in Hawai. Mr. Willis is religiously incined, and w a considerable extent associated with the missionary elements on the islands, and came in contact with the abiest men in monolulu, all of whom are strongly opposed to unchaste conduct. This class of ciuzens took particular care to see that he was correctly informed of certain facts that Blount did not choose to con- sider, After the steamer Alameda sailed for San Francisco, and up to the time the Klick- itat departed from Honolulu, a spirit of un- easiness had prevailed lest Mr. Willis was trying to throw the friends of the provis- jonal government off their guard and per- mit the royalists to gain possession of the government buildings. The commandant of the troops was instructed to have two com- panies under arms night and day. While Capt. Cutler was visiting Com- mander Barker of the United States man- of-war Philadelphia, November 17, an offi- cer came aboard from the Adams, and asked if a shore leave was to be permitted. Barker replied “‘No,”*and that the crews should be held in readmess to land at a moment's notice. From his general de- meanor Capt. Cutler said it was easy to see he commander of the Philadel- phia anticipated some trouble ashore. Some friends of the provisional govern- ment reported that the royalists were hold- ing a secret meeting at Washington Place, where the queen resides. Nothing was learned of the object or decision of the meeting. Next day many of the queen’s supporters were offering wagers of $500 that she would be restored in less than one year. Mr. Willis told Capt. Cutler just before he sailed that the United States government ought to take decisive and immediate ac- tion, as the present policy was ruining business interests on the islands. Mi ler Willis’ Language Criticised. The Honolulu Commercial Advertiser of the 18th, two days after Willis sent out his statement to the public relative to his in- structions from Washington, and his de- termination to await further advices before attempting to execute orders, came out in a strong editorial and said: “United States Minister Willis was no doubt accurately re- ported the other day when he declared that until he heard from Washington no change will take place in the present situation, nor will any be allowed. He added that any at- tempt made by any person or persons to make trouble would be promptly checked and punished, Were the representative of any other power near the Hawalian gov- ernment to make such a declaration there is no doubt that not only this government, but that the United States would resent it in the most energetic manner as unlawful interference in Internal affairs of this an independent nation. We do t question the propriety of Mr. Willis’ dec! tion; we simply point out that the government of the United States holds itself charged with the special duty of maintaining public order and security in Hawaii. To this extent at least America already exercises a partial pro- tectorate over this country.” ‘The paper further says that ex-Minister Stevens was merely performing and obeying the standing order of the State Department issued in "87 by Secretary Bayard to the American minister in Honolulu, and caused it to be given to the naval forces there whenever necessary for the “maintenance of public order.” “Stevens has been abused,” the says, “by the present administration for obeying President Harrison's explicit or- ders. If Minister Stevens is to be blamed for his interposition last January, then much more is Mr. Willis to be censured for threatening to punish the disturbers of the Peace, which Stevens never did.” —_-2+—___ Outwitting the Enemy. Newspaper men are laughing over the clever device by which Consul General Wilder, who represents the Hawalian gov- ernment at San Francisco, was enabled to use the revenue steamer Corwin for the transmission of Minister Thurston's dis- patches to Honolulu. As soon as he learned that the Corwin was bound for Honolulu he telegraphed to Minister Thurston and received a long cipher dispatch for President Dole, which, with late files of newspapers and his own reports, were made up into a package and delivered to a sailor on the Corwin, who is warmly in sympathy with the provisional government. This man is to deliver his dispatches into President Dole’s hands. The humor and audacity of using a govern- mert ves@el for this purpose pleases San Franciscans, who are not partial to Gresh- am’s Hawalian schemes. —————-2+__ The Cattle Market. At the cattle market at Washington Union Stock Yard at Benning yesterday 103 cat- tle were on the market and sold as follows: Best sold from 4c. to 4 1-4c. per pound; good so.d from 3 3-4. to 4c. per pound; medium . to 3 3-4c. per pound; common sold from 2c. to 8c. per pound. Two hundred and forty-one sheep and lambs up and sold as follows: Sheep from 2 to 3 1-2c. per pound; lambs from 4c. to 4 1-2c. per pound. No fresh cows on the market. State of the market good for all kinds of stock. FINANCIAL. Storage. _ ‘The magnificent storage warehouse of this Company is so far abead of the usual storage quarters about town that there is scarcely any com- parison to be made. Absolutely fire and burgiar proof and equipped with all the modern appointments neces- sary to safe and desirable storage quarters. Household effects, silver ware, fine china, rare bric-a-brac, pictures paintings, &c., are stored im the mest secure and careful manner. port the goods, and hold ourselves re- sponsible for all losses, breakage, &>. Wagons of the most improved and modera pattern are used for hauling. ‘The Company also contracts with families to move their effects from ove bouse to another or from one city to another. ‘This Company stores pianos ia rooms of even temperature all the year around. The sdvantages of an even temperature are many, $1.50 per month. PAID-UP CAPITAL, $1,000,000. Surplus and undivided preain, $160,000, Washington Loan and Trust Company. GRANITE BUILDING, Ninth and F streets. NEUE COMPANY easton end Sa oll pesos aoeeae and in all proper iduciary THIS COMPANY Pays interest on deposits. THIS COMPANY @ Give safe deposit depart- ESC ee , we 5 HARRISON DINGMAN, President @& 26th JOHN JOY EDSON, Secretary. TORS: RENJ. F. FULLER, H. H. TWOMBLY, GRO. W. LIFE, TONTINE, ENDOWMENT AND PAID-UP policies purchased at @ fair discount. EDWARD N. 1307 F st. nw. ail-im CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE ~ Chartered by special act of Congress Jan., 1867, aod acts of Oct., 1890, and Beb., 1808 ‘AL: ONE. BENJAMIN P. SNYDI Carrt, MILLION DOLLARS. ER, President. Saites S QUOVER, ‘First ‘ President. iho ae ey ONES, Third Vice E. FRANCIS KIoGS. Treasurer, fous. WILSON, Trust ‘Officer. ©. T. HAVENNER, MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGB, jen Murder. ‘The police believe they have the man who pawned the watch stolen from William Kairer’s room in Camden eerly Monday morning a few minutes before the baker was murdered. Theodore Lambert, colored, is the man. Lambert's story of his where- abouts since the murder only adds to the evidence already against him. — The thermometer registered 22 degrees below at St. Johnsbury, Vi, yesterday morning.