Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1893, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. ©, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1893—TWELVE PAGES. RADICAL CHANGES, RENDERED NECESSARY BY THE RAPID GROWTH OF OUR BUSINESS, SERVE BARE APFRACTIONS TO THE PUBLIC. THESE ATTRACTIONS CONSTITUTE IN WHICH BALAAM’S ASS IS IGNORED AND BARNUM’S MULE DEPLORED. BOTH ARE DEAD—AND WE WOULD NOT ASSUME THE ROLE OF RESURRECTIONIST, EEN THOUGH WE MIGHT HEAR THE WISE WORDS OF THE FORMER AND WITNESS THE CUTE AND CURIOUS TRICKS OF THE LaT- TER THESS ATTRACTIONS ARE THE GOODS OF TODAY—THE STYLES OF THE PRESENT, NOT THE PRAYED REMNANTS OF A FADED AND FORGOTTEN Past. YOU HAVE A SHOW TO BUY DUITS AND OVERCOATS FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR BOYS AT orty Cents on the Dollar! LESS THAN THIS IN MANY INSTANCES, FOR WE'RE GOiNG TO CLEAN UP. BRUSH UP, POLISH UP, RENOVATE, DECORATE AND REMODEL OUR ENTIRE BUILDING, AND THE WORK IS TO BEGIN IN PANUARY. SCARCELY FOUR WEEKS REMAIN TO US IN WHICH TO DISPOSE OF OVER 290,000 — WORTH OF Ready-to-Wear Clothing FOR MEN, YOUTHS, BOYS AND CHILDREN. OF THE LATEST STYLES AND BEST MAKES. PROFIT IS ENTIRELY OUT OF THE QUESTION. FAaCTURE IS NOT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. OUR GOODS BEAR NO PRI VATE COST MARK. ONLY THE SELLING PRICE APPEARS ON THE TICKETS, AND WE DID NOT LOOK OVER OUR INVOICES TO ASCERTAIN THE ACTUAL COST WHEN WE KNIFED THE PRICES. THIS IS ONE OF THE CaSES IN WHICH “IGNORANCE IS BLISS." EVEN THE COST OF MANU- YOU HAVE A SHOW TO BUY MELTON AND KERSEY OVERCOAT WORTH $12.50, aT $5.98. YOU HAVE A SHOW TO BUY TIGER SILK MIXTURES, MADE INTO OVER- COATS, THAT ARE ELEGANT IN APPEARANCE, FIRST-CLASS FITTERS, LINED WITH DOUBLE WARP ITALIAN. SLEEVES WITH SATIN, PIPED AND DOUBLE STITCHED. REGULAR $18 GARMENTS. NOW 7.50. YOU HAVE A SHOW TO BUY CAMPBELL'S KERSEY OVERCOATS — AND THERE ARE NONE HANDSOMER OR BETTER IN THE WORLD-FOR THB or ~~ $10.00. ‘YOU HAVE 4 SHOW TO BUY EXCELLENT STORM COATS, IN BLUE, GRAY ‘AND BROWN, aT $9.90, $8.50 and $10.00. OU HAVE 4 SHOW TO =p 4 at BUX MEN'S SUITS THAT WERE $13, $17.50, $16.50 912.50, HAVE 4 SHOW TO BUY MEWS SUITS OF BLACK AND FANCY CHEY- BLACK DIAGONALS, OXVORD MIXTURES AND SHETLANDS aT $9.00. ‘OU HAVE A SHOW TO BUY MEN'S SUITS OF STEEL GRAY CASSIMERE , BO STRIPR BROWM MIXTURES AND FANCY CHEVIOT aT 97.50. OU HAVE A SHOW TO BUY CHILDPEN’S OVERCOATS, WITH FUR COL- ‘WARS AND CUPPS, LOOP AND CORD, THAT WERE $8, $7.50 AND $7, aT 4.00. YOU HAVE 4 SHOW TO BUY CHILDREN’S SUITS (AND WE MAKE 4 SPECIAL NOTE OF THIS) THAT WERE $7.75, $7.50, $7, ' $8.00. VICTOR E. ADLER'S TEN PER CENT CLOTHINGHOUSE 927 and 929 Tth St. H.W, CORNER MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE. Strictly One Price! UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1804, THIS STORE WILL BE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9 @CLOCK. SATURDAY EVENINGS UNTIL 11. BEG YOU TO $650 AND $4, a“ Great Christmas Sale At the LONDON remarkable conquest at a most time. Two large manufacture their entire sample lines of ( FURS at RIDICULOUSLY URES. The merchants had done t CLOAK and FUR buying and the sample lines were not needed any more. We took the stocks, not because we want- ed them, but because we couldn't resist the prices, BAZAR. We've made a opportune us and I go on sale tomorrow morning at Prices absolutely without profit under ordi- nary etreumstances. than cost to the manufacturers will buy these Cloaks and Furs. Think of them as common-sense * Cloaks And Capes. Tan, Blue and Brown Embroi- dered eireular styl latest effects. vle price, $18. ir pric ‘ Black and Blue Melton Skirt Cloaks, big Columbia collars, fur edges. Whole: pric $16. Our pri Lat of sample Cloaks, Solumbia collar far braided. — Wholesale prices, @Q7 9 $18 to $22. Our pr * $12 One lot of Tan, Brow: Blue and Black Reefers, some fur ed sand <= : plain. " ale prices, "30, $f 85 fa. Our pete * $3.99 Fine Salt Plush Capes, marten trimmed. Wholesale price, $20. Our prices ; $18 Bine and Black Kersey Skirt ks, fur edged, braided collar. Wholesale price, $i4. Our pri * $9.79 Latest N. Y. styl Braided Skirt € sale price, $: ur price Black — Single-breast Skirt Cloaks, large pearl buttons, nobby” styles... i rpentine Whole- 18 $15 Furs At Small Prices. evar $3.79 20-inch Belgian Hare Cape...... $4.49 24-tueh Electric Seal Cape, marten collar. oe 184nch Black Hare Cupe Electric Seal Circular Cape, Columbia collar, marten edg- ing. Wholesale price, $45.QQ6) 5 Our pricesss...Ps $32.50 Mink Scarfs, valued at $10.50, $5.50 $4.00 Water Mink Scarfs. 2.00 Black Hare Mnffs. Black Belgian Coney Muffs Electric Seal Muffs. Opossum Muffs Water Mink Muff: LONDON BAZAR, MILLINERY AND CLOAKS. 715 Pa. Ave. 715 ut We Base Our Hopes Of a great December on the prices we dare to make. As an instance, in our CARPEY DEPARTMENT tomorrow we offer asa special bargain Axminsters At $1 Yard. Were formerly $1.35. ‘The high estimation in which they are held as PARLOR CARPETS make them easily the favorites with buyers. Beauty of design, richness of color and durabil- ity in wear are the qualities which char- acterize the carpet. Its use enhances the look of @ room manyfold. Wash.B.Williams, 7thand DSts.N.W. “GOOD” In LADIES’ SHOES doesn't come for less than $2.00 or $3.00. We make such rr of our $2.00 and $3.00 LADIES’ SHOES that the Shoes are even better than their prices—that is judging by what other dealers give for $2.00 and $3.00: (Q) Shoes in opera, square 2.00 Ses ee ae kid or clock tops, fine makes. for Fine French Kid or $3.0 is our price for Ladies’ Dull or Glazed Dongola Shoes, with cloth or kid tops, lace, button or Blucher, all kinds ) ’ a ees Snow, Sleighing And Fun) EDMONSTON RE 'HREE THINGS INSEPA- xew 1334 FSx,.N. W. srour ow 8 q Eyes That See Understandingly Must be visually perfect. Only optical work of the highest class performed Claflin Optical Co., Masonic Temple, F St. Fancy Work For CHRISTMAS will occupy your atten- tion now. See us for the necessaries. Half price for them is the tempting offer we make. Wash Embrotdery Silk. .33 cents a dozen. Wash Linen Thread.....20 cents a dozen. | Hand-knit Slippers to ordet $1.00. No better qualities anywhere. ’ ‘ ‘ Paystoar Conrune Corser Co., 1107 G ST. (M. C. Whelan, late o: =u Little and big, plain and fancy, simple and elaborate, with shades and without, LAMPS, representative of the whole LAMP family, are bere in magnificent HOLIDAY ARRAY. We surprise people by the moderate prices at which our Lamps ure marked, and there's beauty and worth in every one, . { S. S. Supp & Bao, 432 91a Sx. Silk Gloria Umbrellas, a: ene-balf former price: A Live Saven Bytheuseof AYER'S Sarsaparilla, SYLVESTER BIR, a well-known grocer in new Albany, Ind., writes: ‘*My oldest daughter, when a child, «reatsufferer from Scrofula, having three sores oneside of her neck andone on the other. was a on 1 used AYER’S Sarsaparilla, and so effective was the result thatthe sores healed rapidly, leaving only their scars behind. nodoubt that her life was saved BY THE USE OF AYERS Sarsaparilla, She is now a woman, in good health. Ihave It has also proved eqnally beneficial with my other children, who were troubled with the same disease, “ticrofula in my blood caused painful sores breck out on my left leg and arm, and but for thew of AY Sarsaparilla would, { think, have covered me from head to foot. Thanks to the u ofthis medicine, 1am now a well man. I believe hassaved my life. Merchant, Beaver Kidge, Knox county, Tenn. AYER’S SARSAPARILLA Preparedby Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. CURES OTHERS, WILL CURE YoU. OULD ALWAYS BE husband, but if she HE to use im time, ase it —W.N. PHILLIPS, P. M. and 's Iron Pills, she lke a differe nt FOR IMPURE OR THIN BLOOD, W Brown's Iron Bitters. old. persons tei strong pleasant to take. IF THE BARY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SU: and use that old well-tried remedy, Mrs. Wii low's Soothing Syrup for children’ teething. soothes the fteus the gums, alluys pain, cures wind col Aarrhoea. Twer Woopbury SOAP FOK scalp and complexion. All druggists. The sult of 20 yeurs’ experience treating the skin. book on Dermatology with every cake. five cents a bottle, HHHHH HHH AA HHH H This Is | A “Clincher.” If you buy anything at Season apd find that anybody, else sold the same thing at the sume time at a less e, we will refund to you the proposition is simplicity itself. We will sell you anything in our Mune cheaper than anybody else will. We propose to make you absolutely safe in dealing with us. We think this offer does it. What do you think? FURNITURE, CARPE H It HHHH HHH WH AHHH 1 9 9 ae we OF «ow 08 See wee on we -T08 op SIIILCTSSISISSISIGE HOLIDAY SALE. LUINERY DEP, estes) our “Slow afterward DRAPERIES, lovjasiasianiaciaciesjevjasjaniesjanieniesiaviacienlwatao) COR. PA. AVE. AND STH ST. 68 748 Mi Ev, Hats Bonnets. Our Trimmed Hats and Bonnets— perfect gems of eleganc fiuement from, UNTRIM and re- BD HATS AND BONNETS. Best Quality Fur Felt Beaver, from $y [ocfanianioclncleclanlenlaciecfeclenae} velavloneefesjasteclecieclee] 81.75 vp. KNESS: laiaria, Neuralxia, Indigestion and Biliousness | It gives strength, mak- | younx—and young persons o RE ns It all and is the best remedy for | myl-ly THE SKIN, re: A ogy H jeer ween ua Se mee rest ates ted eee tn or iat joupananeniasias) ything in the line of Trimmed and Untrimmed 1c. vp. A Silk Velvets, In black and all colors, trom @OC.UP. | A full line of all the Milliuery Trimmings, plain and fancy, at one-half former prices. FRENCH ROSE PLANTS, from.... RIBBONS... The largest sirable qualities, styl ington city, from. ue of the best de- rs in Wash- HOLIDAY UMBRELLAS. Silk Umbrellas, from.............- FANS.--The largest assortment. KID GLOVES. For ladies, children and gents, 50c Toe. 81 AND $1.25. HANDKERCHIEFS.—For ladies, THE MONUMENTAL, 939 F Sr N.W. de7-3t® gboaeiesossoes Gold Dollars For 75c. Apiece —would ‘be suffictent inducement to crowd our store daily from $ o'clock in the morn- ing to 5 o'clock at night While we are not offering gold dollars for Zc. each WE DO fering gold dovars for Tic. each WE DO offer equal Indu LADIES’ 14- KARAT SOLID CHES, hunting ease, Elgin or Waltham movement ‘and fully warranted—the price is oni 50. C7 Goods laid aside for Open even- ings till 8; Saturday tili 10 p.m. M. Hoffa, 217 Plarket Space.) Sc. vp. at’ one-half tormer prices 1 & op. Pine UMBRELLAS, English gloria, trom. 9Oc. vp. at children and gents. ‘The largest assortment from 5c. up. ssbsesssesbsahss bensed HE EXPERE poe that the launs ont about twice as fast as wl done at home. Not the experiei If you want your linen, OF ‘CE MANY 33 work, UD. ind_Cufs, 2¢. Capital Steam Laund rately connected in a boy’ A sojourn tn the cellar or attic; if so get him a new one? same price. We bave a large vari Toys of all kinds, and a cordial invi is extended you to call and see our stoc H. H. HENSEY & CO., 824 7th St. N.W. t Get the Best. 46-1 our Clothes Wear T. here, however, 1s Wears their clothes mind. Perhaps his last year's sled is con- ‘siderably the worst for its summer hy not | We are selling a Large | Sled for 49c. and a Girls’ Sled for the | of fon THE CONCORD HARNESS. WIZ & BRO, 497 Penn. ave., adjoining National Hotel. Horse Blankets and Lap Robes at low prices. ocd NO CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S TAP! should be without a bottle of An Dr. Slegert’s, the renowned appetizer of quisite flavor. Beware of counterfeits. LE tua Bitters, n30 Accepted Jurors. Yesterday the following were accepted in Criminal Court, Division 1, as jurors for the term: Jeremiah Hepburn, Henry Miller, Samuel B. Jackson, C. Waliing, John M. Washington, C. F. Smi son, Harry Becker and J. Olive Viehmey: a Bids for Smokeless Powder. Wm. Stern, | M. ith- er. Bids were opened at the War Department tis afternoon for 10,000 rounds of smoke- less powder, for the new arms of .JU caliber. for experimental use. tract, preference w American manufacture, if iy Submitted suitable for the purpose. such magazine small This supply is merely In making the con- | be given to powder of | is [ALL ABOUT HAWAII. The Senate Wants Minister Willis’ Tnstructions. oe MR. HOAR'S RESOL JON DISCUSSED. Messrs. Hill, Sherman and Others Attack the Policy. MILLS AND VILAS DEFEND IT. + The first round of the fight on the Ha- yesterday afternoon in the Senate and re- sulted in points for the opposition. the ringing speech of Senator Hoar, which was summarized in yesterday’s Star, the fight was taken up in the defensive by Sen- ator Mills, who was followed by Mr. Vilas, who made what was generally termed a “first-class cuckoo speech” in support of the President's position. Then came the surprise of the day In the form of a brief talk from Mr. Hill, who advocated the pass- age of the resolution of inquiry without de- | lay and without the use of phrases of cour- tesy that might give the President a chance to withhold any part of the information. He studiously refrained from detining his attitude, but gave enough of a hint to show that he proposes to fight the President tooth and nail on the Hawaiian question. Senator Sherman usually commands perfect attention when he speaks, but he never had a more interested audience than when he practically warned the President that if he countenanced or caused any act of vio- Jence in Ha’ li, the people w hold him “severely to account for it.” This intima- tion of impeachment sent a shiver along the spines of Senators, and Mr. Gray, who is to hold the reins of the administration tally-ho in the race, waived all objections to the passage of the resolution an |, after a | brief speech from Mr. Call, it was unani- mously adopted. Mills Defends the President. | Senator Mills made an impassioned ad- dress, lasting upward of half an hour, (after Mr. Hoar had calmly dissected the | course of the administration. He said that | Mr. Hoar had been “shelling the woods” | before he obtained the information he want- ed, and he denied the intimation that the President was meditating an act of war. The President's action had been strictly contined within the limits of executive au- thority. It makes no difference, he went on, | that the government to be restored in Ha- ail a monarchy, nor is it a question of the morality of the queen. The question s upon the interference of the United States, and if the United States did inter- fere, it was the. duty of the President, as the representative of the government, to make prompt restitution. Mr. Mills pained a picture of the tremendo power of the United ate with guns hotted to the lips” and turned upon the palace of ‘a poor, half-savage, half-civilized queen.” Then the speaker developed what he called the rea- son of the American interfe: the greed of the sugar planters in Haw ‘They plotted to annex the islands to this countr: . he asserted, so that they bounty on sugar offered» by this Mr. Mills denied th that th nta ail were en- | Urely willing to have in: ted in the annex- ation treaty a provision that there shall be no bounty on Hawallan sugar. The Amer- ican minister, Mr. Stev he said, had act- ed in the spirit of a pirate and a buccaneer. In ancient days the victorious Rom | dragged captive queens down the streets Rome laden with golden chains. Was there soon to come the spectacle of Hawaiian queens and princes: dragged down Penn- sylvania avenue at the mercy of American captors, laden not with chains, but with sacks of sugar? The Republican Center. This allusion brought a general smile to the faces of the republican Senators, who sat in a compact bunch in the center of heir half of the chamber. In the midst was Senator Sherman, grave and watchful. | Next him sat Representative Boutelle,whose | Sympathies have been aroused in defense of | Minister Stevens. Beyond was Senator Hale, his head bent over to catch the first chance of a question. On the othe> side of Mr. Sherman was Senator Chandler, leaning | far forward and scanning the face of Mr. Mills with an intense interest. Mr. Hoar wande-ed about the aisles playing with his bit of red tape and keeping one ear on the talk all the time, ready to pop a question or to propose a biblical parallel. In. the row behind Mr. Sherman were Senators Aldrich, Hawley and Higgins, and in front the venerable head of Senator Morrill and the younger one of Mr. Dixon were about together with that of Mr. Cullom. This masked battery of shotted guns was ready to belch forth a terrific broadside at any moment, and the administration’s support- ers evidently felt the influence of their de- termination, for they wavered in. their stand, f Worrying Mr. Vilas. When Mr. Mills had concluded Mr. Vilas took the floor and spoke fo> fifteen minutes or so. He said that the President had said in his message that every particle of infor- mation obtainable was to be sent to the Senate at the earliest possible moment, and in view of this proffer, he added, it would seem the more dignified course for the Sen- ate to defer making a request upon the President, which in its very terms would defer the information until such time as he might see fit. Mr. Higgins asked if the in- formation already accorded by the President includes the instructions to Minister Willis. Mr. Vilas refused to answer, on the plea that he would be violating ‘an individual confidence, ‘Then Mr. Hear took a hand in ying the speaker, and prodded him about the premature publication of Mr. Biount’s report. Mr. Aldrich next took hand and asked what assurance the Senate has that pending the information asked for the President might by some act commit the country to a policy of which Congress and the people would not approve. Mr. Vi- las delivered a eulogium concerning the President, who, he said, could be relied upon to discharge his duties in an upzight man- ner. This did not satisfy Mr. Aldrich, who wanted to know whether the President alone is to determine the policy to be pur- sued in relations with foreign countries in the matter of interference with their do- mestic affairs, or as to some overt act of . Mz. Vilas refused to enter into a dis- cussion of the matter. The discussion of the proposition under consideration could not be made to include such @ line of thought, he added. A Supposititious Case. Mr. Vilas put a supposititious case as to the circumstances of the abdication of the | queen, thus: “Suppose it should be disclosed that Ha- wall was at peace; that no step had been taken in the conduct of the public affairs of that nation which involved or had produced one single trivial act in breach of the peace, and yet at the request of a body of men who were but in part American citizens, the minister of the United States, assuming some authority of which I do not know the origin, ordered troops upon the soil of the Hawatian Kingdom, and so placed those troops that they were drawn up across the street from the government house of the Hawatian kingdom; and suppose it should turn out that he did this in confederacy with people resident in Hawaii, of whom but a portion were citizens of that government and the rest strangérs or foreigners prose- cuting their individual courses with the authority or under the permission of that government; and confederating with these he stood that body of people living there upon the platform of defense furnished by the troops of the United States, and then with the military power of the United States at its back a committee which had de- manded beforehand of the minister of the United States his guaranty of protection read their proclamation that they were the government of Hawaii and took possession of that island, with which we were at peace, and that they deposed the very con- stitution and the constituted authorities | which have been made the pretext of ob- | fection: and ‘thereby backed up by the min- | ister of the United States, by the cannon of the United States, by the troops of the | United Sta ey demanded the surrender of the queen with her insufficient and thereunon she yielded, declaring her submission only to the power of the United States and her entire ability to. suppress any Insurrection in her own kingdom.” Mr. Honr's Answer. Mr. Hoar answered ‘this hypothesis in [these words: “There is no pretense that waiian policy of the administration occurred | After | power. | there was any act of force. Troops were landed. They were landed under the aile- ation that they were to be used to protect the lives and property of the American cit- izens, If the queen was really yielding to those troops and not to the armed fsur- rection, there was nothing easier than for her to inquire of the American minister, who was within about twenty rods of her, or thereabouts all the time, whether those troops were to be permitted to assail her or to prevent her from maintaining herself. She did not do it. So the mere fact is that those troops were landed under the decla- ration of a peaceful and lawful purpose and in accordance with law among nations, and without putting the question, without going So far to require the discharge of a musket | or the presenting of a musket toward the Hawalian government, at once said, “I yield." There is not an instance in all’ his- tory where a government was overthrown to the force of another powet A Biblical Poralel. In another moment Mr. Hoar brought forth the first hearty laugh of the session by striking a parallel between the case of | the President, in seading to President Dole ja minister armed with a letter of credence beginning “my great and good brother, Mr. Dole,” and at the same time provided with instructions to overthrow the provisional government, and that of Joab, who plunged a knife under the fifth rib of his neighbor, and then asked: “Art thou in good health, my brother?” The was a good deal of cross-firing be- tween Senators Vilas, Hoar and Gray, in regard to the exact terms of the proposi- tion put by Mr. Vilas as to the surrender of the queen. Mr. Vilas concluded by mov- ing the reference of the resolution to the committee cn foreign relations. Mr. Hill Takes a Hand. Then Mr. Hill took the floor to say: “I seldom agree with what the Senator from Massachusetts, Mr. Hoar, states, but I do agree with him in this particular, that this is an ordinary and simple resolution asking for information from a department of the government in reference to a most import- ant matter. It is information which I think the American people wanted to ascertain from the President's message, and they were disappcirted in the information not being furnished. “I do not propose to debate the question day after day for the purpose of allowing the administration an opportunity to ac- complish a certain result, so that there- after the Congress of the United States may be pcwerless to apply whatever rem- edy it may see fit to adopt. Delay may be dangerous. “For myself I see no actual necessity for the insertion of the words that he shall inform us in cas? he thinks the public in- terests will not be jeopardized; but, sir, it is well that the resolution should’ pursve the crdinary method. It is well that there should be no deparcure in this instance from the usval cusiomary form of language used. Nevertheless I say no good reason exists why the information should not be furnished immediately. “Mr. President, there ar the information should be en here and now. Perhaps at this very hour the navy of the United States, co-operating with our American minister, may be seeking to de- stroy the prcvisional government by force, and I say the propriety of such action is question to be determined by the Congress of the United States and by no one else and by no other authority. Therefore, sir, the public intercsts demand that we should have this informetien.” Mr. Sherman's Earnest Words. Mr. Sherman assumed the ground that the United States and the Congress of the United States have not been treated in the reascns why or a part of the government of the United States should treat the Congress of the United States. “It is certain that these doubts about the condition of affairs a year " | ago were in the minds of the President and | the officers of the government when the | present Congress met in extra session. It is certain that a gentleman of high stand- ing, no doubt, a former member of the oth- er House, had been sent there for the pur- | pose of acquiring information. That infor- mation has not been given. “All L desire to say is that if it is the pur- pose of the President of the United States by the use of the military force to restore the qucen to power in Hawil, it will be, in my judgment, a fatal >t of public policy, a great injustice to the peonle of the United States, and almost an insult to the Congress of the United States. This is the lawmak- ing power. The President of the- United States has no right either to declare wa: or to commit an act of war, or to precipi- tate in any way a controversy of this kind.” The President should not have delayed the information that the Congress now seeks, | and it should have already been furnished. that the arms of the United States had car- ried death to a single citizen or subject of Hawall. “Whether the resolution should pass today or tomorrow,” the Senator con- cluded, “is a matter of indifference, though I see no reason why the President should rot at once send the information; and if he has given orders, whatever may be their nature, that shall hereafter lead to trouble or physical violence, the people of the Unt: ed States will hold him strictly to account for it. Mr. Gray said that there would be no concealment, but that if the Senate really wanted the information asked for at once, he would not object to the passage of the resolution. He asked Mr. Hoar not to press it, as Senator Morgan, the chairman of the committee on foreign relations, was absent. Mr. Hoar replied that, in his opinion, Mr. Morgan would be highly delighted to find the information on his desk when he re- turns to the Senate. Senator Vilas withdrew his motion to re- fer the question to the committee, and Mr, Frye made a brief speech praising ex-Min- ister Stevens, who, he said, is a man of the very highest character, and entirely beyond reproach. No one familiar with him would question any statement of fact he has made as coming within his own observation, nor would dream of doing so. 4 The resolution was passed without a divis- jon. ————— e+ —_____ Funeral of Mr. Chas, A. Schneider. The funeral of Mr. Charles A. Schneider took place this afternoon at » o'clock from his late residence, 1814 K sireet north- west, a large number of relatives and friends in attendance. Rev. J. G. Butler of the Lutheran Memorial Church officiated. The services were conducted according to the beautiful Lutheran burial service. Dr. Butler paid high tribute to Mr. Schneider as a father and a most worthy man and citi- zen. The remains were inclosed in a hand- some cedar casket and were buried in Oak Hill cemetery. The pallbearers were his nephews, Mr. Clarence B. Rheem, Mr. Harry M. Schneider, Mr. Ferdinand Schnei- der, Mr. Julius M. Schneider, Mr. Louis H. Schneider and Mr. George Schneider. The floral offerings were numerous and hand- some. He leaves six children—two sons, Mr. John H. and Mr. Charles F., and four daughters, Mrs. Katherine A. Reed, Mrs. M. V. Lawver, Mrs. W. M. Stockton of Jacksonville, Fla., the only member of the family residing out of the city, and Mrs. Sarah Schneider—several grandchildren and one great grandchild to mourn his loss. Charles Augustus Schneider was born July 19, 1813, came to this country from Ger- many in 1831 and settled in this city. He Was next to the oldest of eight children, five brothers and three sisters, all living ex- cept” Mrs. Caroline Acker. He established the iron business in 1844, retiring in 1881, his sons succeeding to the business. He was one of the oldest residents of Washing- ton, and lived always in the first ward, where he carried on: business corner Isth and H streets up to 1876, when he built the Union fron works, corner 12th street and Ohio avenue. He leaves a large estate. Mr. Schneider was a man of most interesting personality. He had traveled extensively in Europe and this country and, being blessed with a remarkably retentive memory, he was a charming and interesting companion. He was a widower for thirty years. Mr. Schneider was a whole-souled, warm-heart- ed gentleman, who loved his family with a devotion that was extended in only a less fervent degree to his friends. —— Of the holiday crowds that have passed through Lansburgh’s big 7th street siore yesterday and today many a one has st ped to drop a contribution in a poor box that is placed near the elevator. a most life-like manner as a poor chil a patched and ragged frock. In its eyes a big tears and on the breast of this pi figure is tacked a placard bearing the wor you help me I will not have a mer- The box is filling holiday se less fortunat quite full it will h distributed amon; money will do the mc on, have a th and when the ypened and the co nis very poor where the t good. King W emberg, is suffering with influenza. He to his bed. under such circumstances and was yielding | j open, fair way in which an administration | |The people would be very sorry to learn! Beside | the box stands a big doll that is dressed in | in y with gifts frgmithose, who, in the | A cream of tartar baking pow- ler. Highest of all in leavening strength.—Latest United States Governmen | Food Report, Royal Baking Powder Oo., 106 Wall 8t., N.Y |CONDITION OF BUILDINGS. | Col. Wilson Reports on the Work During the Month Repairing the Old Ford’s Theater— Vanda mat the Monument—W) House Repairs—Other Buildings. te Col. J. M. Wilson has made a report to she chief of engineers of the operations on pub- lic buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia during the month of November, from which it appears that they have been maintained in their usual good condition. In the public parks and reservations the lawns have been raked, flower beds spaded, roads, sidewalks and gutters swept ond drain traps cleaned. The Executive Mansion. The renovation of the mansion for the winter season has been completed. A new carpet has been laid in place of the old one leading from the main corridor to the sec- ond floor. In the red bed room on south front, second floor, some of the old furni- ture has been upholstered and new cur- tains have been placed in position. New curtains have been hung in place of worn- out old ones in the main corridor, second floor. The usual care has been extended to the large and valuable collection of palms and other tropical plants, and a few adi- tions made to the orchids. The propagation | of plants for the grounds next season has been continued. Washington Monument. The monument is in excellent condition. Some vandal during the month gave a fur- ther specimen of contemptible conduct by breaking another piece from one of the handsome tablets in the walls. On this sub- Ject Col. Wilson says: “Unforunately we must either run the chances of occasionally having visits from persons who show their lack of patriotism by defacing @his magniti- cent monument to the father of his coun try, or we must prohibit the public from walking up and down the stairs. It would | be unjust to punish all for the disorderly acts of a few person: More or jess trouble occurred during. the | month in the tunnel running from the boil- | er house to the engine room. On the after- |poon of the 1th a loud explosion occurre4, filling the tunnel with steam and necessitat- | ing the stoppage of the elevator. An exam- ination showed that a nipple had pulled out | of a socket In the steam pipe on account of |a defective thread and that a small pip> | had burst In the coil trap at the bottom of the vertical tunnel. Necessary repairs were made as soon as possible and the elevator ‘was started again on the 2'th. The elevator and all the machinery connected with it are row in good condition. There were 9.78% | visitors to the top of the monument 4) | November, making a total of 866.458 persons who have ascended since its opening, Oc- tober 9, 1888. Ford's Theater Building. ‘The repair of this building has progressed Satisfactorily. All the brick work in the cellar has been completed: and arranee- ments have been made for light and ven- tiation in the portion to be used for the dynamo room. The excavation for waste paper foom is well advanced. The first | floor is nearly ready for the layer of con- crete. The second floor js ready for the Georgia pine flooring and jt will be laid at jonce. The contractor will commence laying tiles on the concreted third floor at an early day. Two coats of plaster have been com- nog over the entire portion of the build- ing that was destroyed. Considerable re- pairs have been made to doors and win- a It is anticipated that the building will be co led before the close of December, although the dampness of the plaster will probably prevent its immediate occupancy. Outside War Department Balldings. All the buildings used by the War Depart- ment, outside of the State, War and Navy | building, were inspected during the month and found to be in good order. "The redis- tribution of the loads on the floors of the annex to the Winder building has not yet been completed and the attention of the custodian has been called to the matter. The loads on the floors of the other build- ings are properly arranged. e+. A MYSTERY EXPLAINED. A Dead Stranger in Atianta Identified as a Former Washingtonian. A special dispatch to The Evening Star dated at Atlanta, Ga., yesterday, says: For three weeks past the body of Charles Rupp has lain at an vt dertaking establish- ment here. The man d‘ed at the City Hos- pital, where he would tell nothing of him- jseif but hts name. On his person were found about $00 in money and an Odd Fel- low’s charm. He was thirty-cight years of age and his appearance that of a man well educated and in good circumstances. The undertaker made ciforts by letter and wire jto ascertain the man’s home and relatives, but without success until today, when J. | A. Cccksey identified the dead stranger as |a former resident of Washington, the son of | Frederick Rupp, who died there twelve | years ago. A former lady resident of Rupps- ville, Ga., believes him to have .been a miller in that town until 1880, when his family was drowned and he disappeared. Rupp’s body has been viewed by hundreds and the mystery of his identity attracted wile attention. - It is stated here that Charles Rupp left Washington twelve years ago. weT TLL} 21 gt GRIPMEN_ IN WINTER. They Have to Dress in Uniform Though Their Ears Get Frosen. The snow storm of Tuesday was at its height when a Star reporter boarded a 14th Street grip-car. The gripman was stamping his feet and ducking his head, for the speed of the car | made the driving snow anything but com- | fortable, and it was cold. “You are not very well protected for this j kind of weather,” said The Star reporter. “That naval cap is pretty, but there is too | much ear exposed.” | “Say, my friend, these yere ears of mine are nearly frozen. I've got a nice, warm | cap at home that'll come down over my | ears, but it don’t do me any geod. The com- | pany won't let me wear it. It's amything | for style now. We've got to look pretty if ;~ freeze. Pretty buttons on this cual, | ain't they? The buttons all richt; but | the coat ain’t worth the $16 it i can # a better a mer j coat for $10. 1 suppor xt ton | will be that all cr st Lieve | thread gloves, so as to make the aniform complete. ut then the company thinks @ man should not get cold in a thircy-minutes* run.” “How much time nd of the rout ime? Were in re in thne | to start on the return irip. y minutes’ | run’ sounds well, but lis g ts dil | ferent to differen’ nt get of duty un- betier to { work ation | view of J ©. Walters fat New | against ver $4), in ase of J. H. w Oi ngtoa | the temporary reiusiatemedt Was comuaued York