Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1893, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1893—-TWENTY PAGES. THE SENATE CHAMBER CLOSED. LATE NEWS BY WIRE. Visitors No Longer Permitted to Roam About at Will. A great deal of éomment has been ex- . Advices From Honolulu Up to No- citea since Congress opened by the mont | recent development of exclusiveness on the vember 24, | part of the Senate—an exclusiveness which appears to have reached the point of the ridiculous. The Senate meets at 12 o'clock. | Seldom is there a Senator in the chamber earlier than ten minutes before the hour cf meeting. Usually the Senate chamber 1s | deserted until within a minute or two be- | fore the Vice President's gavel falls. Wash- | ington fs the Mecca of excursionists, and | every free-born American citizen who vis [its the national capital for the first time 1s | anxious at once to visit the hall of the | House and the Senate chamber and tread | the sacred boards where our American | Statesmen have represented ur misrepre- | sented the American people. | While the two houses of Congress are in SYDNEY, N. 5. W., Dec. 9.—Advices from | session all the world knows that none ex- Auckland, N. Z., state that the steamer cept those who have been canonized by the Monowai has arrived there and reports the elective votes of a constituency are entitled provisional government of Hawaii still in| to enter these precincts, but the average power up to November 24, the date when American citizen, male or female, feels it PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT IN CONTROL News of the President's Po Received With Disapproval. » FEELING AGAINST THE QUEEN. the steamer left Honolulu The statement that it is the intention of the United States government to restore Liliuokalani to power was receivei with great disapproval. It was not believed that the queen would return to power unless she was assured of armed American sup- The Hawailan Gazette strongly protests against her restoration. —_—_ SOON TO BE IN RUINS. s Turned Over jo Chicago’s Park Commissioners. NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—A Chicago special says: The world’s fair buildings and $200,000 in money have been given to the South Park commissioners by the exposition directors. The buildings and the accessories of land- scape gardening, water mains, boulevards and statuary represent about $15,000,000 in cash,, but they are regarded as so many large white elephants now, and the $200,000 that went with the gift was intended to pay the park commissioners for removing or caring for them. In accepting the gift the park board brushed sentiment aside and Plainly informed the directors that it would proceed in a cold-blooded way to wreck the towering palaces for the money there {s in them. No promises to “preserve the White City” were made. None was asked. The world’s fair people wanted to abandon Jack- son Park as it is, leaving everything behind. ‘The exact date of the transfer was not upon, but it will be made as soon as all exhibits have been packed up and moved from the park. General Manager Graham said that would be done by March 1 at the latest, and perhaps as early as February 15. So MANUFACTURERS PROTEST. They Regara e Wilson Tariff as a w merous Industries, PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 9.—The Manu- facturers’ Club has adopted resolutions egainst the passage of the Wilson tariff bill. The preambles recite that the bill ts @ vital blow at the protective system; that the free list menaces numerous industries; that the reduction of duties will expose American manufacturers to destructive for- eign competition; that reduced wages must necessarily follow and that such legislation adds to the prevailing business depression. ——> NOTHING NEW FROM BRAZIL. Minister Mendonca Knows Nothing About Collapse of the Revolé. NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Senor Mendonca, the Brazilian minister to the United States, arrived from Washington this morning and | is stopping at the Hotel Brunswick. ‘The reported collapse of the revolution he knew nothing about beyond newspaper dis- patches. He said he did not expect such ‘welcome news for some little time yet. priests aaa Brazilian Iusurgents Repulsed. NEW YORK, Dec. 9—The Herald's Montevideo cabie dispatch says: The town of Bage was attacked on Wednesday by the rebel forces from Rio Grande do Sul undel Gen. Tavares. As soon as the advancing troops reached the first houses on the outskirts of the town the loyal forces opened fire with such tell- ing effect that the attack was quickly re- pelled with great loss to the insurgents. DISTRIC GOVERNMENT. Police Appointment. Robert Potee has been appointed a first- class private on the police force. ‘Teday's Orders. The Commissioners today ordered that the | Permit clerk is authorized to tssue permits to raise street washer to grade in the park- ing of 1765 R street northwes' ‘That a water main be laid on the north side of L street between New Hampshire avenue antl 23d street northwest. That William A. Moncure is appointed » axman in the sewer department, vice Dono- van, promoted. That the permit clerk is authorized to fssue permits to the Chesapeake and Poto- mac Telephone Company to replace with stronger pole the pole on north side of F street northwest between 1ith and 15th streets; to set table pole on east side of alley in square 364, about seventy-five feet north of Rhode Island avenue. and to set table pole on south side of alley in square 400, about fifty-five feet east of {th street. That the permit clerk is authorized to Is- sue permits to the ( ke and Potomac Telephone Company <et a guy pole on the northeast corner of wth and K streets northwest and to straighten up north pole in alley in square 1 That the permit clerk is authorized to is- sue permits to the Chesapeake and Potomac ‘Telephone Company to set a pole three feet back of 11th street building line near mouth ‘of alley in east half of square 445, in rear of Jot 142. The United States district attorney has applied to the Commissioners for the dis- tance by air line from the south side of Florida avenue at its nearest point to the ivy City race course to the several parts of the inclosure in which that race course is situated. He says he desires the informa- tion for official purposes, and it is under- Stood that he will proceed against the racing association for violation of the law prohibit- ing book making within one mile of the Dis- trict line. —_———_—_ Marine Cor; Cor of Inquiry. The Secretary of the Navy this afternoon approved the finding of the court of in- quiry in the case of Maj. Bartlett and Capt. Cockrane of the marine corps, growing out | of the administration of affairs at the Mare Island navy yard. Maj. Bartlett moved from his command, and Capt. Cock- Fane has been unconditionally returned to @uty, thereby exonerating him from any blame in connection with the trouble be- tween the two officers. ———__+ e+_____ A Dinner to Representative Fitch. A complimentary dinner will be given to Representative Fitch of New York by the New York delegation on ing next. The dinner will be an expression of the friendly sentiments entertained for Mr. Fitch by his republican and democratic associates. Mr. Fitch, it will be remembered, was elected controller of New York city last month. He will ten resignation to the governor of the state next week to take effect January 1. + 2+ —_____ To Examine Capt. Selfridge. The Secretary of the Navy has =ppolated & board, composed of Admiral Brown, Com- modore Walker and Commodore Meade, to examine Capt. Thos. O. s pro- motion to the grade of co will meet at the Navy Depart fues- e+ Change of Stat Passed Assistant Paymaster ‘Thomas J. Cowie has been ordered to tne Monecacy, Asiatic station, relieving Passed Assistant Paymaster dered home. —_$<—_+@<4—__ Dropped Dead in His Ch Mr. Thomas J. Barclay, a watchman in the Navy Department, dropped ¢ residence on 1Sth street near Penn: avenue Thursday afternoon, half an hour after he left his post in the department. Appoplexy was the cause of death. Mr. Barclay was about ty years of age. He had lived here all his life, and was a member of the jury in the celebrated Hirth murder trial. His funeral wok place this oon. Arthur erson, who is or- his | to be one of the privileges of this free coun- | try to enter these halls and breathe the sanctified atmosphere in a general way | feel that they have visited the scenes of so | much that is interesting to this country. There is nothing hallowed to the habitue of the Capitol, but to those who visit Wash- | ington once in a lifetime every stone and | every article of furniture in the legislative | halls is an object of more or less venera- tion and there is a patriotic pride in stand- ing where some great man has stood, or | sitting where some great man has sat. The privilege of passing freely through the building between the hours of 9 and | 11:30 has always heretofore been accorded | the public when there has not been an ex- | traordinarily early session of Congress. | The public have stood in awe of executive | sessions, but in the absence of the Senate they have felt at liberty to move about at | will, and the average tourist usually tip- | toes through the chamber and speaks under |his breath. Since the opening of this ses- ‘sion, however, the new rule has gone into force which has caused astonishment among those who do not know the reason for it, and excited many adverse comments. Now the doors of the Senate chamber are kept closed from the time the building is opened at 9 o'clock until the Senate opens, and consequently no pgrson who is not entitled to the floor of the Senate during its ses- sions is admitted to the chamber at any time. Pages are stationed at each door from 9 o'clock until they are relieved by the regular doorkeepers and also in the corridors leading to the principal elevator, to see that no one approaches. Strangers who visit Washington are thus deprived of ar opportunity to enter the hall and they must depar¢ satisfied with a view from the gallery. This naturally has excited considerable earnest criticism, and is spoken of as a de- velopment of senatorial exclusiveness. Yet there is an excuse for it, which, if not al- together satisfactory, is still a very good ex- jeuse. The committee of the Senate in | charge of the matter and the officials whose | duty it is to preserve order and public prop- lerty, feel that no measure short of this ex- | treme watchfulness was adequate to pre- | serve public property. The acts of vandal- ism by tourists at the Capitol during this year would excite envy in the breast of “Jack the Slasher.” There has always been more or less destruction of property and marring of buildings by relic huntera in Washington, but during this year of the world’s fair and the invasion of tourists it has exceeded anything in the past, and the Senate officials have actually been driven to the extreme measures which they have | adopted. | Expensive damask silk curtains of fine | lace in the reception hall back of the Senate jand in the President's room have been | snipped with scissors by the relic hnuters, {and in the marble room a chunk probably | nine inches by three has been cut out of a | magnificent Smyrna rug, which had been recently purchased. In the Senate chamber | Proper they have interfered with papers left carelessly by Senators on their desks, and | nothing but the most careful watchfulness | has prevented the destruction of furniture. On the white marble column at the head of | the west staircase leading to the Senate gal- lery initials and dates have been scratched and there has been a general disregard of the propriety of rights of Uncle Sam and of all proprieties and decencies, MISSION OF THE HANDKERCHIEF. It Tells Its Own Story of the Wearer’ Real Nature—Its History. | From the New York Sun. It is indeed true, as the French writer says, that one needs handkerchiefs for the morning, handkerchiefs to walk with, handkerchiefs to go to church with, hand- kerchiefs to lose and to give away, hand- kerchiets for washerwomen—and for lovers | —to steal, and, he might have added, hand- | kerchiefs to leave behind to furnish a clue to the mystery, handkerchiefs forever for | Othello to find and rage over. In Egypt the handkerchief was counted as an amu- let, and among the Moors as a love token. Grecian women appear on their vases mus- ing pensively with a large cloth in the right | hand, and among the Romans the utili- tarian use of handkerchiefs was deplored by Juvenal. The Anglo-Saxons used their “swat | cloths” openly; the Normans hid theirs ; about the person. With Elizabeth of Eng- nd the handkerchief, like all articles of e toilet, was much to be considered, and was trimmed with lace and decked with embroidery. Tiny squares of finest lawn, | finely wrought, edged with gold lace, and folded neatly, were made purposely for love tokens, and were given by court ladies to their lovers, who wore the dainty tokens in their hats. Now, the handkerchief is, in its way, a | thing ‘of sentiment from which one may read a little of my lady’s character. For the dainty woman always has a delicate, snowy bit of linen edged around with lace. delicately perfumed, and with a certain | freshness about it as if it were never used | but once. Indeed, Japanese ladies never do use a handkerchief more than once,any more than they use a tooth brush the second | time. A Uiny bit of paper handkerchief is | that affected by my lady of chrysanthe- mum land. It is tucked into her sash or obi, nd used, if necessary, and thrown away. ‘or morning, there are fine and thin | Srass linen squares, with a faint bit of in the border, and very smart they i tucked inside the coat or peeping from a waistcoat pocket. And for the afternoon there are sheer squares of the lawn,most del- ieately embroidered in fine and close rather than elaborate patterns. For evening the | tiny squares are edged around with real | Valenciennes lace, and very tiny they are, | too, for there is never a pocket in an even- | ing gown, and it is well to have the hand- | kerchief small enough to be tucked away in a small space. For some reason, a fine and pretty hand- kerchief will almost redeem an old or com- | monplace toflet. Somehow, in the eyes of | her sister woman, the girl who is dainty enough to carry always something nice for a handkerchief, even with platn_ attire, rises several degrees in regard. And to the | lover there is a great amount of sentiment | attached to the little filmy trifle he finds in her book or beside her chair, redolent of the perfume she always exhales, and warm | from the touch of her hand. At a meeting of the executive committee of the Georgetown Orchestra held yester- day Mr. Herman C. Rakemann was elected conductor, to fill the place of Mr. Wm. E. | Morgan, resigned. The orchestra wiil give | two concerts this season and will reduce the subscriptions to $1.25. pits <a | An Appeal Does Not Lie. It has been settled by « decision of the Court of Appeals of the District of Colum- bia that appeal does not lie to it from the | commissioner of patents in trade mark dis- | butes. This is an important decision. Dis. | putes between trade mark claimants are commonly referred to as “interferences” in trade marks. Under the law establishing the Court of Appeals of the District of Co- lumbia it is provided that any party ag- grieved by a decision of the commissioner | Of patents in any interference case may ap- 1 therefrom to the said court. In dis- the appeal the court held that the "as used In the act es- tablishing the court, applied only to patent ses or applications therefore and not to trade mark disputes. - oe | Aamiral Skerrett at Yokohama. | A cable message received at the Navy De- partment from Rear Admiral Skerrett, dat- ed Yokohama, December 9, briefly states that he has assumed command of the Asi- atic station. Admiral Skerrett sailed from San Francisco on the steamer China, which is pzesumed to have touched at Honolulu on November 2S, five days after the arrival of the Monowai, which carried copies of Secretary Gresham's letter to President Cleveland disclosing the policy of the ad- ministration with reference to Hawaii. Mrs. Skerrett and her two daughters accompa- | nied the admiral. CONDITION OF FL NCES. Secretary Carlisle’s Report Behind Schedule Time This Year. The Secretary of the ‘Treasury has been | so very busy with other matters requiring | more prompt attention that he has been unable to finish his report of the condition of the national finances on schedule time. From a time when the memory of man run- neth not to the contrary the report of the Secretary of the Treasury has invariabiy been submitted to the Congress during the first week of each regular session, and its appearance at that time is looked for with the same regularity as the President's mes- sage. Indeed, the one is usually an appen- dix to the other. This year will mark a precedent in the matter of breaks in this record. Secretary Carlisle has completed the preparation of his annual report, with the important exception, however, of the part that he will write himself. That is to say, all the routine matter nas been pre- pared, including a review of the operations of the department and all its bureaus; but the Secretary's comments thereon, as well as his views on the financial situation gen- erally and the silver question in particular, have not yet been put in shape for the printer. There is naturally the greatest in- terest to know the views of the Secretary on the economic questions of raising the revenue and making immediate provision for the existing deficiency. It is assumed that he will indorse the Wilson tariff meas- ure, and will, in accordance with the re- commendation of the President in his mes- sage, urge upon Congress the desirability and importance of more clearly defining the powers of the Secretary of che Treasury in regard to the issue of bonds. Mr. Car- Usle is making an elaborate review of the financial situation, past, present and pros- pective, and will undoubtedly treat the sub- ject in a broad and statesmanlike manner. ‘The report will be sent to the Congress ear- ly next week. It is unusuwlly long, con- taining about fifty thousand words. es PLEADS NOT GUILTY. Dr. Leon Arraigned Today on the Charge of Murder. “Dr.” Edward Leon, yesterday indicted for murder, as mentioned in The Star, in causing the death on the 3ist of last Oc- tober of the prematurely-born male child of Miss Estelle Beach, through an abortion alleged to have been performed by Leon on Miss Beach, was arraigned before Judge McComas in Criminal Court, No. 1, this morning. Leon plead not guilty, his coun- sel reserving the right to withdraw the plea in favor of any motion which he might hereafter deem proper to enter. Respecting the published statements that Miss Beach has been spirited away in order to prevent her from testifying on behalf of the government, it can be said that the District attorney is not losing any sleep be- cause of the young woman's alleged disap- pearance, for the reason that when the government is pleased to call the case for trial Miss Beach will be on hand to give her testimony. ae Officers Elected. At the annual meeting of G. H. Thomas Camp, 8. of V., the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Captain, Ed- ward K. De Puy; first lieutenant, Irby W. Reid; second lieutenant, T. B. Sargeant; camp council, Harry K. Honn, ~S. M. Crofts, R. C. Lugenbiel; delegate, Joseph Hawes; alternate, Wilson Harvey The Knights of St. Peter, No. 134, Roman Catholic Union, Knights of St. John, have elected the following officers for the year 1804: Captain, Joseph T. Jennings; iirst Meutenant, John F. Gates; second lieuten- ant, John T. Lanbor; first sergeant, James J. O'Connor; second sergeant, Daniel Ss. Sheahan; corporal, Albert J. Ronspice; re- cording scribe, Daniel Sullivan; financial scribe, Michael Noonan; treasurer, John E. Taylor; standard bearers, William Hon- nady, J. E. Taylor; board of governors, J. T. Jennings, J. F. Gates, J. T. Lawler, Daniel Sullivan, J. J. O'Connor, L. H. Lan- man, A. J. Ronspice, Charles Connors and Michael Kane. At the stated communication of Lafay- ette Lodge, No. 19, F. A. A. M., held last night, the following officers were elected: J. Wilson Townsend, W. M.; A. Bert Cool- idge, S. W.; F. Warren Johnson, J. W.; W. Harry Olcott, secretary; Albert F. Fox, treasurer (twelfth time); John B. Daish, 8. D.; D. Perey Hickling, J. D.; Thomas P. Morgan, jr., S. S.; Robert E. Fugitt, J. Jacob H. Lichliter, delegate to the Mason board of relief. Saint John’s Lodge, No. 11, F. A. A. M., D. C., last evening elected and installed the following officers: Robert A. Dellett, ic W. M.; James E. Hutchinson, S. W.; Ver- non Hodges, J. W.; J. C. Fili, secre- tary . Watson, treasurer; E. Niess, S. D.; Wm. T. Jones, J. D.; H. E. Gasch, 8. S.; A. Edmonston, J. S.; Dan Williams, marshal; Anderson K. Belt, tiler; Wm. H. Douglas, rep. to M. B. R.; Neil Dumont, corporator; Wm. H. Douglas and Don G. Stuart, representative and proxy to Saint John's Mite Association; Jesse W. Lee, jr., and Alex. McKenzie, trustees. At the annual meeting of Washington Council, No. 205, National Union, held De- cember 7, 1893, the following officers elected: President, T. D. Yeager; vic ident, D. J. Waters; speaker, J. Myer; secretary, W. H. financtal_secre- tary, V Pushaw; chaplain, M. Thorne; usher, George H. Riple: rgeant-at-arms, S. D,. Fessenden; doorkeeper, W. H. Combs; trustees, R. E. Redway, R. C. Cheesman W. T. Pierson; delegates to cabinet, J. S. Garrison, F. B. Curtis, W. H. Pearce; dele- gate to Immediate Relief Association, F. B. Curtis; delegate to Association F. B. 8., T. D. Yeager. Narn HOW TO REACH A RIPE OLD AGE. Travel Constantly on Railways and Wait for Death in an Accident. From Pittsburg Times. Ifa man take a ride of the average length, which is almost twenty-four miles, in a railway train in this country, what is his chance of getting killed? According to the | interesting report of the interstate com-| Merce commission just out, it is one chance | in 1,491,910. If a young man of twenty, jilted by his sweetheart, should determine to commit suicide without sin by getting accidentally killed in a railway accident, he might do it. Certainly he might do it. If he were to get on a train as a passen- ger and ride, ride, ride at the rate of thirty- five and one-half miles an hour, day and night, every hour of every day and every day in the year, if he had average luck, he would eventually get surcease from ‘the gnawing pain at his heart somewhere in the course of passing over for, according to these offic passenger is killed for every 35,542,282 that a passenger is carried. According to the same, he would be in- jured in some way eight and three-quarter times or eight times and a bad scare. It is a little better than one chance in three that he would come to an untimely grave in consequence of a collision, but if he preferred to have the train run off the track to kill him, he would have only one chance in nine to be satisfied. His possi- ble journey would have taken him around this weary world and past the place where she went to housekeeping with the other fellow 1,421 times, and would have cost him, at the rate of three cents a mile and $2.50 a night for a sleeping berth, $1,087,- 016.48. In this melancholy state of mind he wouldn't care how his shoes looked, and the porter needn't disturb his grief for a daily quarter. And when, after all his journeying to his death, and glowering out of the window at every unsympathetic rock that might have fallen before the engine, and cursing every vagrant browsing cow that might have trespassed on the track and didn’t, he finds at length “the golden key that opens the palace of eternity,” it is a bigger chance than there are figures for that he will not | be_ready to go. For the scenery of this world becomes in- teresting after awhile, even to one smitten with disappointment and angry with all creation. There are many pretty acquaint- ances to be picked up in the course of a long journey also, and time is a great heal- er of lovesickness, even though a slow one. 1 He would be in his h year by the time his desperate purpose was achieved, and he | | would have more sense than he’ started | with. He would have had leisure to reflect from time to time on how his false sweetheart's false teeth became her now. How her rheu- matism was, whether gray hair and spec- tacles changed her much, and how she managed with those great-grandchildren of hers. too Star photography is one of the most tedi- ous operations known. In some cases the exposure of the plate must last for several hours. During all this time both the plate and telescope must be moved so that the image of the star will be stationary on the plate. The exposure of a star of the six- teenth magnitude is two hours, and only the image of one at a time can be secured unless those adjoining happen to be of the same size, A Known Quantity. It is the practice of The Star to print on Saturday a sworn statement of its circulation day by day for the preceding week. It would seem self- evident that the advertiser is entitled to this protection, but The Star is alone in this custom as far as Wash- ington is concerned. Below will be found the statement for the week just past. The average circulation exhibited is believed to be nearly, if not quite, double the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies, and fully five times that of its afternoon contemporary. CIRCULATION OF THE STAR” “EVENING SATURDAY, Dec. 2, 1998 MONDAY, Dec. 4, 1698... TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 1898. . WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6, 1898.... . THURSDAY, Dee. 7, 1893... FRIDAY, Dec. 8, 1898, Daily average..........-+. 35,585 I solemnly swear that the above statement rep- resents only the number of copies of Tas EVEN- ING STaR circulated during the six secular days end- ing Friday, December 8, 1998—that is, the num- bereft copies actually sold, delivered, furnished ormatled, for valuable consideration, to bona ade purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted were returned to or remainin the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this ninth day of December, A. D. 1898. W. P. VAN WICKLE, Notary Public, D.C. NEWS OF THE DAY ABROAD. London Anarchists Will Try to Meet Tomorrow—Mr. Gladstone Better. LONDON, Dec. 9.—The anarchists of Lon- don will attempt to hold a meeting in Trafalgar Square tomorrow. A repetition of last Sunday's scenes is expected. The police will not allow the meeting to be held. Mr. Gladstone Much Better. LONDON, Dec. 9.—Mr. Gladstone arose at 9 o'clock this morning and shortly after- ward began his preparations to go to Brighton. He has recovered from his bilious attack. He and his wife left at 1 o'clock for Brighton. There have been a large number of callers at Downing street ever since the report of his illness gained cur- rency yesterday and many telegrams tnquir- ing as to his health have been received. Faneral of Prof. lyndall. LONDON, Dec. 9.—The funeral of Prof. John Tyndall, who died from the effects of chloral administered to him by his wife by mistake, took place today from his resi- mere, Surrey. pete es sels oe Sir_John Lub- bock, Sir J. Crychton-Browne, Prof. Thomp- son, Prof. Rucker and Alex. Siemens. The mourners were Mrs. Tyndall, Lady Claude Hamilton, Lord and Lady Tollemache, Prof. and Mrs, Huxley, Lady Hooker and Lady Pollock. Many wreaths were sent, including one from Baron and Lady Tennyson. Forming the New Italian Cabinet. ROME, Dec, 9.—Signor Crispi is engaged in the task of forming a cabinet. He is seeking to obtain as ministers leading men in parliament irrespective of party. Signor Saracco and Baron Sonnini will probably be members of the cabinet. Signor Crisp! will, in addition to the presidency of the council, take the ministry of foreign affairs. He has asked the ex-prime minister, the Marquis di Rudini, to join the cabinet, but he hesitates. If Signor Crisp! forms a cabinet he will form it quickly. An Ibsen Play Causes a Riot. BRUSSELS, Dec. 9.-During the perform- ance last night in a theater in Brussels of Ibsen’s “Enemy of the People,” the people in the galleries became intensely excited and started rioting. Some of them sang the Marseillaise and when the police sturt- ed to quell the disturbance a free fight oc- curred. The burgomaster interfered and quelled the disorder. Thirty of the rioters were arrested. . Foreign News Note: Baroness Rahden, whose husband was ac- quitted a few days ago for killing Lieut. Castenkiold, has been engaged by a variety theater in Berlin, The Barcelona correspondent of the Secolo of Milan, has been arrested because his name appeared in the recently seized an- archists’ lists. Kiralfy’s “Venice” Limited has been withdrawn from public subscription in Lon- don in consequence of the attacks made by the newspapers. Personal Mention, Collector Kilbreth of New York is in the city in conference with treasury officials in regard to the administration of customs affairs at that port. Chief Clerk Daniels of the Department of the Interior has returned to his duties. Mr. Abbot Low Wood, with his cousin, Mr. Hubert Pierrepont Van Wagenen of New York, has gone to southern California to spend the winter and early spring menths. Rey. Thomas L. Gulick, whose statements on the Hawaiian question have appeared in the New York papers, has arrived in Wash- inston with his brother, Rev. O. S. C. Gulick. Capt. J. M. Peyton ts lying very sick at his residence, No. 626 13th street northeast. Mr. Charles D. Shearer of Sacramento, Cal., is the guest of Mrs. M. E. Lugenbeel, L G street northeast. ———_-2—______ A Nautical Expert Wanted. At the examination, already advertised by the commission, to be held on the 19th instant for the position of nautical expert in the hydrographic office at Washington, D. C., an examination will also be heid tor the same position in the branch hyéro- graphic office in New York city, at a salary of $1,200 per year, The subjects cf the ex- amination will be orthography, penman- ship, copying, letter writing, elements of the English language, mathematics ard nautical science, including navigadon, sea- manship, oceanography and meteorology. If applications are filed at once arrang ments may be made to examine applicants in New York city, es Heavy Work With a Gavel. An interesting relic of the stlver fight was brought to Mght in the preparation for the opening of this session. In putting a new cloth on the top of the* Vive President's desk, it was found that the sounding board, or, in other words, the whole top of the desk, which is made of Georgia pine and covered with blue cloth, was so splintered and shivered from the constant hammering of the gavel as to be entirely useless. The gavel used by the Vice Pesident is but a small piece of ivory, shaped like an hour glass and without a handle to give lever- age for a heavy blow, yet with this little instrument the plank an inch thick was splinters over Its surface and about a third of the way through. Some of the splinters thrown out by the blows were as large as a foot long. To secure a more stable desk for the future the hardest piece of heart ma- hogany to be found was put in the place of the demolished board. SS ee Her Winter Cruise. The training ship Portsmouth will leave Newport on the 12th instant with several apprentice boys on board for her usual win- ter cruise in the West Indies. —_—__-»— Has No News. Minister Mendonca of Brazil was asked yesterday if he had any information in re- gard to a reported collapse of the revolution. “No, I have not;” he replied, “and I do not expect to hear of a collapse until the outside influences at work shall cease. We may have news of a collapse for a Christ- mas gift, but I hardly look for it then.” When questioned as to the truth of the re- port that Brazil had secretly issued $75,- 000,000 national bank notes, or contracted a loan for that amount, Minister Mendonca begged to be excused, saying that upon such subjects he was not authorized to talk; that he could neither affirm nor deny it. THE DISTRICT RECORDERSHIP. The President id to Have Given an Intimation on the Subject. It was learned at the Capitol today that @ member of the House who called at the White House this morning received an in- timation from the President concerning the tecordership of deeds, which will be of in- terest to persons concerned in this office. In the course of the conversation upon the appointment of a recorder of deeds the ap- Plication of ex-Congressman Frank Lawler for the place was mentioned. It is said that the President replied that while he enter- tained great consideration for Mr. Lawler | he does not feel that he can appoint him to this office. The President then proceeded to explain his position, it is said, by the statement that the recordership of deeds is an office usually given either to a resident of the Dis- trict of Columbia or to a colored man, and as Mr. Lawler is neither of these he is not available timber for the place. From the conversation it is said that the inference may be drawn that the President in filling this office may either select a white resident of the District or a colored man either from the District or outside of it. ilove Ginna DEATH OF JAMES HARVEY. An Old and Valued Citizen Comes to the End of an Honorable Career. At an early hour this morning Mr. Jas. A. Harvey died at his residence,713 13th street. While the news of his death will be received by the friends who knew and loved the de- ceased with genuine grief,yet it will not bea source of much surprise. For months past Mr. Harvey has been in declining health, and his friends have been apprehensive that the end was near. His death this morning ‘was peaceful, and the closing hours were marked by the same spirit which has ani- mated the deceased throughout his long and eventful career, which extended ove> a pe-/ riod of seventy-six years. More than half the century Mr. Harvey has been a resident of this city. He has always been more or less prominent as a citizen, but of late years he has lived a rather retired life, ow-| ing to the condition of his health. He was born of Irish parentage in the city of Charleston, S. C., where he lived until he reached the age of twenty-one. Having then completed a law course and ready for active life, he left his native place with Mr. Preston, who was at that time a member of Bie United States Senate, and came to this} y. Through the influence of Mr. Preston he secured an appointment in one of the gov- ernment departments, a position which he held for only a short time, when he re- signed to enter upon what proved, with | some interval, the occupation of his life, | namely, active newspaper work. He be. came connected with the Philadelphia North American newspaper and continued with that journal for a period of twenty years. During that time he spent the greater part of each year in this city attending the ses- sions of Congress. Whig in Politics. Politically Mr. Harvey was a whig, and in the troublous periods before and after the outbreak of the war he was a Union man and opposed to the war. In the early years of Lincoln’s first administration he was ap- pointed minister to Portugal, a position which he held for eight years, although at the outset the appointment evoked bitter criticism and hostility. He returned to this country after the close of the war and, in connection with Col. Jas. Barret and oth- ers, he started the Patriot, a daily news- paper, in this city in the interests of the democratic party. The publication of the paper was discontinued after a time. Mr. Harvey, however, still continued his new: Paper work. He was secretary of the con- | gressional campaign committee {nthe Tilden campaign and was the secretary of the citizens’ inaugural committee in 1884. As long as his health permitted Mr. Harvey continued to be a contributor to the dally press. He leaves a wife to mourn his loss as well as a circle of devoted friends, ee FREDERICK SCHNEIDER DEAD. The Career of a M: wi Lived a Long a Honorable Life. Mr. Frederick Schneider, who died sud- denly last evening at his residence, No, 1821 H street northwest, might almost be considered one of the pioneer citizens of | ‘Washington. Certainly for many years of the early history of the capital he was one of its most prominent citizens. Nearly six- ty years ago, with his father, four brothers and three sisters, he came to this city from their home at Lauffen, in the province of Wurtemburg, Germany, and commenced active business life. His father opened a store in the old West End, down where the old glass house used to stand—a store char- acteristic of those early days—wherein were | sold groceries, hardware, dry goods, and, in | fact, all the necessary articles of daily life, and prospered as only thrifty Germans of industry and integrity can. Frederick, who | Was the eldest son, with his brother, Charles A., who died suddenly on Monday evening last, established a blacksmith shop on 18th street between Pennsylvania avenue and H street northwest, which finally grew into the proportions of a foundry for the manu- facture of iron work of every description. Under the firm name of F. & A. Schneider, familiar to most of our citizens, this foundry, together with a hardware store ad- joining and conducted in conjunction there- with, flourished for many years, during which time it did extensive work for the United States government, one of the larg- est contracts being the erection of the big iron fence inclosing the Soldiers’ Home. Meanwhile the male members of their sepa- rate families having grown to manhood it was thought advisable to divide the busi- ness, Mr. Charles Augustus Schneider tak- ing individual charge of the iron works and Mr. Frederick Schneider the hardware bi ness and other interests connected with the former partnership. Some years ago both brothers retired from active business Ife, leaving their respective interests in the hands of their sons. Strong Literary Tastes. Mr. Frederick Schneider was in many re- spects a remarkable man. His tastes were distinctively literary, and having by force of circumstances entered business at an early age, he utilized the spare moments of his busy life in the study of literature. He became an acknowledged linguist and for many years has possessed what is now prebatly the most valuable private lMbrary in the city. During the latter part of his life, until within a few years past, when his eyesight became impaired, his books were his constant companions. Mr. Schneider was eighty-two year of age, and up to the time of his death had enjoyed unusually good health. On Thursday last he attended the funeral of his brother, Mr. Charles A. Schneider, and his sudden death last night was a great shock to his family and friends. Mr. Schneider has been a wid- ower for about eighteen years. The mem. bers of his immediate family who survive him are his two sons. Frederick A. and Charles B., and Mrs. Mary Trego. Of his brothers and ers his death con- stitutes the third break in the faiaily of eight. About two years ago the first oc- curred in the death of Mrs. Caroline Acke-, at which time the agzregate ages of t! eight brothers and sisters was about 575 years. The death of Mr. Charles A. Schnei- der, few days ago, w the second break in the family. The surviving members of the original family are Mr. Louis H. Schnei- der, Mr. Gottleib C. Schneider, Mr. Chris. tian G. Schneider, Miss Louise R. Schne.. der and Mrs. Catherine G. Rheem. The Rev. Benjamin Gaston, the colored Baptist minister who figured as the prose- cutor of a man and wife here recently for robbing him, passed through the city last night tn the company of an officer from Atlanta, Ga., to answer there a charge of embezzlement. Gaston claimed to have been an agent of the National Emigration Steam- ship Company, organized for the purpose of colonizing colored people in Liberia, and the alleged embezzlement is said to have been | committed in connection with Gaston's agency of the company. ‘The accused man | expresses himself as being fully able to show his innocence. ee Dropped Three Stories. Frank White, a fireman in the engineer department of the Interior, fell down the cylinder hole last evening while adjusting the gearing of the elevator. He dropped | three stories, and as the door at the bottom | of the shaft was locked, Mr. White had to climb up to the opening from which he fell. He was not much injured and traveled home unattended. —— Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the ther- mometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a. m., 31; 2 p.m., 37; maximum, 87; minimum, 25. JUSTICE HARLAN TALKS. Mr. Justice Harlan delivered a most inter- esting lecture in the hall of Columbian Law School last evening on the subject of the Bering sea arbitration tribunal, which met in Paris this year, and of which the justice ‘was a member. Mr. Harlan referred at the outset to the pleasant character of the personal relations which existed between the members of that tribunal and referred in most complimentary terms to the other members of that body. He then proceeded to explain that the members of the arbi- tration board from this country and Eng- land were not sent there for the purpose of upholding their respective nations in the positions which their governments had taken, but to act simply as judges and to render their decision conscientiously and in a manner justified by the evidence and Jaw in the case. The members of the tribunal were most cordially entertained by the French peo- ple and made to feel perfectly at home during the progress of their important work. The tribunal was given the courtesy | of a place of meeting in the office of the minister of foreign affairs. The speaker's allusion to the friendly feel- ing which has always existed between this mation and France since that nation as- sisted us in gaining our independence was greeted with applause. Mr. Harian then proceeded to give a ge- scription of the home of the seal and a his- tory of the sealing industry. He explained the habits of the fur seal at some leagth and showed very plainly how the methods adopted of late years, of killing seals on the high seas would in a short time result in the extermination of the species. The great question, said the speaker, which the tribunal was to decide was wheth- er the United States had a right to pro- tect these animals which were born on American soil, namely the Pribiloff Islands, and whose custom was to return every summer io ihese islands. Mr. Harlan then presented the questions which were submitted to the tribunal for decision. He touched lightly upon the consideration of the first four and then took up the di cussion of the fifth. This question was a: to whether or no the seals were the prop- erty of the United States. The speaker held that according to a principal of law wild animals which were homed and protected and which were in the nabjt of going and returning were the property of the individual or nation which thus cared for them. He further held that where it is possible for one to get the in- crease of wild imals without destroying their stock that person becomes the own- er. And aside from their property in the seals the speaker held that the United States had a right to go on the high seas and protect its industries. The lecture was listened to by an inter- ested and appreciative audience of the law students and their friends and the plat- form was occupied by members of the fae- ulty of the university. — Treasury Changes. The following changes have been made in the classified service of the Treasury De- partment: Appointments—H. M. Dean of Pennsyl- vania, clerk, $1,200, office of the sixth audi- tor. C. J, Gates, Arkansas, clerk, #0), of- fice United States treasurer. Ralph Bam- berger, Utah, clerk, $61), office second con- troller. Promotions—office sixth auditor—O. P. Woolf, Ohio, from $1,400 to $1,600; L. G.War- field, Maryland, from $1,400 to $1,000; David Hyer, Ohio, from $1,400 to $1,000; J. J. Hor- gan, Massachusetts, from $1,2W to $1,400: Geo. F. Spencer, Ohio, from $1,200 to $1,400; D. C, Shea, Maine, from $1,200 to $1,400; M. L. Marks, Missourt,from $1,200 to $1,400; J. F. Smith, New Yor, from $1,200 to $1,400; Miss C. M. Croft, South Carolina, from $1,000 to $1,200; Miss A. M, Polk, Georgia, from $00 to $1,200, Office second controller —P. J. Meehan, Pennsylvania, from $1,400 to $1.60; C. T. Miller, Kentucky, from $1,200 to $1,400; O. F. Wells, Nebraska, from $900 to $1,200; Mra. A. E. Burns, Missouri, from $600 to $#00. Treasurer's office—Mrs. 8. F. Boag, South Carolina, from §&”) to $1,000. Bureau of statistics—G. H. Thom- son, Ohio, from $1,600 to $1,800; S. B, Gal- loway, Illinois, from $1,400 ‘to $1,600; John W. Daniel, Texas, from $1,200 to $1,400; W. J. Coite, North ‘Carolina, from $1,000 to $1,200; A. S. Gray, Kansas, from $720 to $1,000; J. G. Thrall, Vermont, from $720 to UU ee Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Dec. 9.—Flour dull nged — ceipts, 12,822 ‘barrel: Frau 10.888 Carrels; gales, 300 barrels. Wheat quiet’ and steady— No. 2 red. spot, 66x66%; December, 66a0s%,; January 87; May, T2a72%4; steamer No. 2 red, €3a63%: milling ‘wheat by sample, @5a 10,630 bushels; stock, | 1,299,916 3 ss bushels. Corn” frm—mixed, "opors 4Sncay > oe AB gad cember, 43a43%4: January, 4200125 4 se “3 bid; May, 42%a42%; steamer mixed, 42 bid: white corn by sample, 40245; yellow corm by sample, 40a 44—recel 38.320 bushels; shipments, 17,143 tock, 460,302 bushels; sales, 16.000 bush- Oats firm—No. 2 white west Siya88: Ni 2 mixed western, raga god Rre dull—No. 2 ders, Butter trm— fair to choice, 2a27; . fair to good, store packed, I5al7. ‘Exes steaty— 25. Cooper, firm—refined, @yal0. Other arti les un- a RALTIMORE, Dec. 9.—Virginia conscle, 10.408, 37%a40; do. threes, 68% bid; Baltimore and Ohio stock, 72,74: Baltimore and Oblo Southwesters firsts, 104% bid: do. third incomes, 9 asked: Con. solidated Gas Bonds, 114; do. stocks, 53%a54\. Pena at ea MRS. GRANT'S NEW HOME. From the San Francisco Chronicle. The magnificent residence on 8th and Ash streets, San Diego, built by Ora Hubbell and later owned by S. G. Havermale, was sold recently by Ralph Granger to Mrs. U. 8. Grant, jr. The contract gives the building and site, which commands a view of the entire city and harbor of San Diego, with Coronado and the ocean beyond. From its accessi- bility and extensive views it is probably the best location for a residence in the city, The building upon this superb site is worthy of the ground, having been erected at a cost of $02,0U0. It is not excelled for comfort and elegance by any home in south- ern California, Finest of woods were used in its construction, and as the builder in- tended it for his home the best of mate- rial and workmanship was called for. The fireplaces are of Tennessee marble and Mexican onyx, and the spacious rooms are finished in cherry, mahogany, two Kinds of oak, bird's-eye maple, &c. The furnishings are luxurious in the extreme, and nothing is wanted for comfort or ele- gance. The house and grounds were acquired by E. Ivanson and Maj. Levi Chase from the Havermale estate, and were sold to Ralph Granger, who has just transferred them to the Grant family. Mr. Grant left yester- day for Santa Barbara to see his mother, and it is understood that the magnificent residence will become the home of Mrs. Gen. Grant. U. S. Grant, jr, has been in San Diego before this present visit to his brother Jesse. He told a friend the other day that he was thoroughly in love with San Diego, and was confident of its future greatness, and had decided to make his home there. Jesse Grant has already leased a home there for the winter, with the intention of remaining permanently if the climate suits, It is more than probable that the fine home just acavired will be the home of Gen. Grant's widow and her children. Mrs. Jennie C. Grant. in whose name the property stands, is the daughter of ex- Senator Chaffee of Colorado. and is very wealthy in her own right. She will refur- nish the new home in a luxurious manner. and the place may be expected to become a center of social brilliancy. It Is needless to note that the welc extended to the wife of Grant and me ‘omg ilv is unanimous and corMal in the ex. treme. San Dieeans, with one accord. learned of the news with great satisface tion. The fact that the Grants have cho. sen San Diego in preference to all other cittes for an abiding place, it is believed, will draw attention to the exceptional aa- vantages of the city as a place of reals fence, and attract others to seek homes there also. The curious “traveling stones” of Aus- tralia are paralleled in Nevada. They are described as being perfectly round, about as large as a walnut and of an ivory nature. When distributed about on the floor, table, or any smooth surface within two or three feet of each other they immediately com- mence traveling toward each other and meet at a common center and there lie hud- died in @ bunch like eggs in a nest. A sin- gle stone removed to a distance of four feet upon being released returns to the heap, but if taken away as much as five feet re- mains motionless. It is needless to say that they are largely composed of magnetic tron ore. FINANCE AND TRADE. Values in the Stock Market Prac- SPECIALTIES ABSORB ALL THE INTEREST Facts in the Weekly Bank State- ment. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. ee Special Dispatch to The Prening Star. NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Speculation has dwindled into a monotonous interchanging of securities by professional traders and values in the regular list are practically Stationary. Commission houses are doing |little or nothing outside of the specialties and many operators attend the sessions of the board in the capacity of spectators. After a dull and indifferent opening at a slight improvement over closing figures prices were permitted to gravitate slowly toward a lower level. London was dull at oe our closing and had no orders on this side. Distillers, which was advanced yesterday on good ber cent on the non-confirma- tion of Washington advices relating to the Proposed increase in tax on imported spirits. The report of the ways and means committee is expected to put an end to the prevailing doubt on this subject not later than Monday, which will in all probability lead to some activity in this property. Sugar was dull at a decline of 3-4 per cent and General Electric advanced 3-2 per cent to 34 on a limited volume of business. The Grangers are still the subject of pes- simistic gossip, occasioned by decreased earnings and a general falling off in freight traffic. St. Paul declined 1 per cent to 6% 1-2. Rock Island lost 3-4 per cent to @& 1-2, and North- West lost 3-4 per cent to 104 1-4. Western Union sold down 7-5 per cent to 89 1-8 for — of support, and closed weak at the de- cline. The clearing house statement shows: Ex- changes, $81,407,350; balances, $4,546,451,and the subtreasury’s debit balance, $454,725. Sterling rates were unchanged at yester- day's quotations, and no additional gold has been ordered for export. Bankers are in doubt as to the probable extent of the out- flow begun by today’s shipment of $500,006, but consider it unimportant because not oc- casioned by ge conditions or other cus- tomary causes. The gold shipped today came directly from the vaults of one of the national banks and not, as is usually the case, from the subtreasury. The bulk of this consignment goes to Germany, for the reason that money in that country has, at the present time, nearly double the earning capacity it would have in our own over- stocked market. The market took the announcement of these exports without the slightest indica- tion of apprehension or disapproval, and rendered another bear weapon harmless. The bank statement today did not show as great an mcrease in reserve as was ex- pected, although the report, as a whole, is very satisfactory. The legal reserve is now $76,555,425 in excess of actual requirements. As has always been the case since the ac- cumulation of this reserve begun last Sep- tember, the increase in loans has not showed satisfactory improvement. One of the surest signs of complete recovery from last summer's panic will be presented by this item in the weekly statement, and will be indicated by frequent and rapid in- creases. A summary of the statement follews: Re- serve increased $408,525, $2,853,500, specie increased $540,700, legals increased $1,292,100, deposits increased 457,100, and circulation decreased $56,100. ‘The market closed dull at concessions ranging from 3-8 to 2 per cent. ——. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ‘The following the opening, the lowest andthe closine’ prices of the Sow Tork tage, market toxay. ge Trported by Corson © Macartuey: members N. York stock Mesars. Moore & Schiey. No: 80 Broadway” ay 9 ~q Bich. pid. Jersey Central. York Centra? &N. Eas! Government Bonds.—U, 8. 48, registered, 1907, 114 bid, 114% asked. U.S. 48, coupou, 1907, 115 bid, 115% asked. a District of Columbia Bonds.—20- Md. Water stock 7s, 1901, currency, 116 year fand Gs, gold, 115 bid. Water stock Ta, 1 3.058, funding, currency, 125 bid. » 107 and - a, RR 414g bid. Masonic Hall Association 109 “asked. Washington Market Company 105 bid. Wexhington | Market iugton Mat Wi conv. Gs, Ist, 141 105 bid. ‘American Security and Trust A. and 0., 100 bid. American Security Trust 6s, 1905, F. and A., 100 bid. American curity and Trust Se, 1900, A. and 0., 100 bid. Washington Light Infantry Ist Gs, 100 bid. Wash- ington Light Infantry 2d 7s, 98 bid. Wi Gas Company Gs, series A, 118 bid. Washington Gas Company Gs, series B, 11% bid. Wi oat Gas Company conv. Gs, 125 bid, 140 asked. Bek ington R. R. @s, 100 asked. Chenapeake and Mo- tomac Telephone 5x, 108 asked. Capitol and North © Street R. R. 5s, 200 asked. | Met an i. conv. G4, 100 bid, 105 asked. U. 8. Electric Light Sa, 100 tid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, uo bid. Rank of the Republic, 280 bid, 250 asked. Metropolitan, 259 bid. Central, 280 id. Second, 122 bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 170 bid, Citi: zens’, 135 bid, 175 asked. ital, 112 bid. "West End, 110 asked. Capltol and k ington and. ioe ome, 30 asked. Georgetown and Tenallytown, 30 # Insurance Stock. Firresen's, 38, bia, s asked bid, 52 asked. National Talon Freakin, (<6 08, 98 ocel, metned Stam. 5s 150 wid. Pon iges, 7 Wid, Lincoln, 7% bid. naked. Title Insurance Stocks. Real Estate ‘Title, 112 bid. Columbia Title, 7 bid, Ti asked. Washing- . 6 bid. whan and Bletrie Telut Stocks. Wrasiington Gas, 50 Wid, Dig asked. Georgetown Gan, 50 bid. T. 8. Blectrie Light, 118% Sid, 121 asked. ‘Telephone Stocks. Pennxytvanin, 4% avked. Chee apeake and Potomac, 45 bid, 48 asked. American Graphophone, 2 bid ee Stocks. Washington Market, Bull Ren « Safe Dep r Depestt a -_-—g : nn nd % ny pene) ‘Trost, 108 bid, » asked. Ameri. can Security and Trust, 127 bid, 130 asked. tad Chicago Grain and Provision Markets. Reported by Silsby & Co., bankers an¢ brokers, Metropolitan Rank building. CHICAGO, Deo. 9, 189%