Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1893, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY. DECEMBER 11, 1893—TWELVE PAGES. LATE. NEWS BY WIRE: >——_—_ The Cruiser New York Starts on Her Final Trial. FOR TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AT SEA The Purpose is to Ascertain the Vessel’s Stability. IMPORTANCE OF THE TEST. Cee ee NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—The cruiser New York left the Brooklyn navy yard at 11 a. n. for a forty-eight hours trial at sea. She! has on board six naval officers, composing the final inspection board, and if their re- port is satisfactory, Messrs. Cramps, puild- ers, will be paid $50,000 still due on the ves- wel The board was headed by Rear Admiral George C. Betknap, with the following staff: Commodore P. H. Cooper, Commander R. H. Bradford, Chief Engineer R. W. Milii- gan, Assistant Naval Constructor G. W. Street and Lieut. L. L. Reamey. The ves- Bel has been in commission six months. The purpose of the trip, as outlined in the secretary's instructions, is to determine the stability of the vessel, to ascertain her “tac- tical diameter,” which, in plain English, means the diameter of the circle in which she can turn, and to test the actual shock of explosion, whether the gun mounts are as strong as they should be. The guns will be fired singly and in pairs and at various angles and elevations. The crew will be put through the various arills and evolutions, and a report upon their discipline made. auc STATE BANKS IN VIRGINIA. Provisions of a Bill Introduced in the Legislature Today. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 11.—A bill was in- troduced in the house of representatives to- @ay providing for the organization of state banks of circulation. The bill provides for the organization of state tanks of circulation, the circulation to be secured by a deposit of state bonds with the treasurer of the state of Virginia, and the act is to take effect when the United States statute imposing a tax of 10 per cent on the circulation of state banks is repealed. The act provides in detail for the organization and conduct of the state banks and the circulation is so well guarded and protected that it is believed that it will) answer two purposes; first, it will provide a local circulating medium and supplement the present currency, and second, provide a market for Virginia state bonds, and en- hance their value, and cause the interest to be paid and kept within the state instead of going, as at present, to parties outside of the state. —$_ WELCOMED BY THE SOUTH. Reception of Vice President Steven- son, Secretaries Sm: and Herbert. CHARLOTTE, N. <., Dee. 11.—Vice Presi- dent Stevenson, Secretaries Smith and Her- bert and the party for the Augusta exposi- tion have been enthusiastically received all along the line since early morning. Indica- ons point to an assemblage of 30,000 peo- ple in Augusta tomorrow > + Jadge Hinton of Virginia Il. Special Dispatch to Tac Evening Star. PETERSBURG, Va., Dec. 11.—Judge D. A. Hinton of the supreme court of appeals of Virginia was taken suddenly ill last night at his residence on Washington street. He fainted and remained unconscious for some time. In falling he knocked out two of his teeth and received a painful cut on the head. He had been complaining for some @ays. His condition today is thought some- what improved. It was currently reported on the streets this forenoon that Judge Hin- fon was dead. —_>__. PRESIDENTI*L NOMINATIONS. Beveral New C: tes for Office Some Recess Appointments. The President today sent to the Senate the fullowing nominations: Charles H. Simonton of South Carolina, to be United States circuit judge for the fourth judicial district. Charles Parlange of Louisiana, United States district judge for the eastern district of Louisiana. Charles D. Fullen of Iowa, United States atturney for the southern district of Iowa. Carl M. Green of New York and John J. Herrick of Virginia, second assistant en- gineers in the revenue cutter service. Commodore Francis M. Ramsay, chief of the bureau of navigation in the department of the navy. Postmasters: lilinois—M. J. Howley, Cairo; Wm. B. Davis, Mount Sterling; Edward S. Bryan, Maywood; Wm. Bush, Pittsfield; Samuel L. Day, Paxton. Nebraska—Geo. C. Agnew, Central City; Frederick E. Roher, Hebron: Wm. R. Boughn, Randolph; Hugh L. Coop- er, Tecumseh; Isaac F. Travis, Weeping Water. : G. Wilcox, Depere; A. O. Wilson, Janes’ ; John H. Rooney, Kewaunee; George W. Ports, Milwaukee; James M. Keys, Richland Center; Gustav A. Altenberg, Tomah. Daniel Carpenter, pension agent at Knox- ville, Tenn. Henry W. Mellen of Indiana to be commissioner in and for the district of Alaska, to reside at Juneau City. Registers of land offices: Henry D. Ross, Prescott, Ariz; Wm. H. Wooten, Dardanelle, Ark.; John’ P. Clen- denin, Harrison, Ark.; Jesse Ross, Camden, —_ Andrew F. Snelling, North Yakima, ‘ash. “ Receivers of public moneys—Edwatd R! Monk, Ariz.; Benj. H. Crowley, Little Rock, Ark.; John A. Bunch, Harrison, Ark.; Da- vid Dixon, Camden, Ark.; Terence Martin, Fargo, N. D.; John F. Hughes, Pierre, 8. D. George S. Doane of the District of C Jumbia, agent for the Indians at Quapaw agency, I. T. The foto the recess: Charles D. Rogers of Alaska, clerk of the istrict court for the district of Alaska. Registers of iand offices—Frank W.Walls, ing appointments made during THE AQUEDUCT PIERS. Citizens Want Street Railways to Be Al- lowed Their Use, A Committee Calls the Commis- stoners Today—The Strength of the Bridge Piers. A special meeting of the board of commis- sioners was held this morning to receive a committee composed of Messrs. F. L. Moore, John Marbury, jr., arif@ Dr. L. W. Ritchie, representing the citizens of George- town, and a number of residents and prop- erty holders in the surrounding counties of Virginia. The object of the hearing was set forth in the following petition which Mr. F. L. Moore Tead: THE TARIFF BILL. Changes in the Revised Measure Now Made Public. THE WOOL AND CARPET SCHEDULES. ————_— ee Quite a Number of Modifications as to China. INTERNAL REVENUE FEATURE a The ways and means committee today made public the revised print of the tariff bill. It contains a number of changes in “We are convinced that the cost of the } lent j the schedules which the committee peepee ape Gee ove, fee| made since the bili was first made public. Georgetown Citizens’ Association. the use of the ordinary suburban railway, | The following are the more important: and to afford access to the city would be so great, that no company or companies hav- ing for its. or their object the building of such railways to Arlington cemetery, and other points on the Virginia side, in the vicinity of the city could or would be justi- fied in undertaking the erection of such a bridge, by any patronage possible for them to receive. “The general utility and advantage of cheap and convenient communication with such points, by means of such railways is manifest, but we fear that so long as their construction and operation is coupled with @ requirement for the construction of such @ bridge, capital will not be available for such enterprises; that in our opinion {s suff- ciently indicated by the fact that companies incorporated in the past for the purpose of building such railways have failed to effect the object of their incorporation. “We believe, however, that if authority Were granted such company and compa- nies to use the portions of the piers of the Present Aqueduct or Free bridge, which project on either side of the present viaduct and at a point - feet below its level. the construction of such railways would be at once stimulated, and that a number of them would soon be in operation, to the | great benefit of the District and the neigh- | boring part of Virginia; such use under Proper regulation, we are assured by those capable of judging, would materially strengthen the bridge and in no way inter- fere with existing methods of travel. “The undersigned property owners and residents of Washington, Georgetown and the neighboring part of Virginia, in view of the premises, respectfully recommend, if control in the matter rests with your honor- able body, that such permission to use sa‘d portions of said piers be granted to any and every company which constructs a line of railway (other than are to be operated by steam) to the Virginia end of said bridge.” The petition contains a number of signa- tures of prominent citizens and business men of Washington, Georgetown and Vir- ginia, together with the indorsement of the 2 af pets from 2) to 25 per cent, an o d felt carpetings. e Ruvance is made in other carpets ‘NOt Spe cially provided for. duty of 40 cent to a specific Cents per pound, and the reduction 1s not to take effect until October 1 next. unitorm rate of 45 per cent. t Mine measurement, at the rate of 1 cen per line, and the ad valorem duty changed irom 40 pei amended so as to read, sawed or cut into logs instead of simply sawed or cut. the rate of 50 cents per 1,000 feet for each side planed; $1 for planed, grooved on one side, and $1.50 when planed, tongued and grooved on both sides. china schedule, but are more in the nature The schedule of cotton yarns is raised on an average of about 5 per cent. A new class is created, not exceeding 12 cents per pound in value, on which the rate is 20 per cent. Yarns valued at over 12 and not ex- ceeding 20 cents per pound are put at 25 per cent; up to 30 cents per pound, 30 per cent; up to 40 cents per pound, 35 per cent; over 40 cents, 40 per cent. All laces and em- broideries in which flax, jute, cotton and other vegetable fibers are used are raised 40 pen cent. “preted Wilton and velvet carpets are advanced from ‘10 to 35 per cent, velvet sna tapestry carpets are advanced from rates ve per cent, and the same advance is made tapestry Brussels, treble ingrain and Vene- tian carpets. - tch car- An advance is made in wool Dutch car” A like valorem ‘Tin plate is changed from pe eee Pocket knives and razors are fixed at a The duty on pearl buttons is again fixed cent to 15 per cent. ion for ivory in the free list is Ihe prov Duties are restored on planed lumber at tongued and ‘The limit of value of wearing apparel which can be brought in free is reduced from $500 to $250. The China Schedule. A number of changes are made in the of readjustments of classification than struck natural rock. The people believe the bridge is strong enough, and he believed there were no better constructed or stronger piers in the United States. Strengthened, however, if upon further in- vesUgation they were found insufficient to carry additional weight in the shape of a railroad. be derived, and invited the Commissioners to visit the locality and examine the situa- tion. imspect the bridge and do whatever they could. To Take Charge of the Affairs of the Lowndes, filed a bill against the National Sanitary Company for the establishment of claim inju: promissory notes of the company for $5,000 each, and there is a judgment for $1,222.65 of the Cranford Paving Company, It states that defendant has a contract with the Dis- trict for the removal of garbage at $1,033. ber month, and is entitled to receive bu cents per ton from the United States, and it was doing a profitable business until De- cember I, when the factory was destroyed by fire, and he states that if the assets were sold they would bring less than the debts, but if the property is administered as a trust fund much more can be realized, etc. it would be to the interests of all to appoint a@ receiver. J. Adams were appointed by Justice Cole the receivers. Looks as if There W cable dispatch from Rio Janeiro that indi- cates prepirations by President Peixoto for a big battle between his forces and those of Admiral Mello. The dispatch is from Capt. Picking, commanding the United States naval force at Rio, and in substance foreign drawn a line within which it will be danger- ous to venture. This will ing and unloading of cargoes.’ To the Editor of The Evening Star: changes of rates. The schedule now reads as follows: Commoa yellow and brown earthen ware, plain or embossed, common stoneware and crucibles, not decorated in any manner, 20 per centum ad valcrem. China, porcelain, parian, bisque, earthen, stone and crockery ware, including qiaques, ornaments, toys, charms, vases and sta!- uettes, plain white, and not decorated in any manner, 35 per contum ad valorem. { China, porcelain, parian, bisque, earthen, stone and crockery ware, including plaques, ornaments, toys, charms, vases, statuettes, painted, tinted, stained, enameled, printed, gilded, or otherwise decorated in any man- ner, 40 per centum ad valorem. All other china, porcelain, parian, bisque, earthen, stone and crockery ware, including lava tips for burners, not specially provided for in this act, if decorated in any manner, 40 per centum ad valorem; if not decorated, 35 per centum ad valorem. The duties on lead products are changed from ad valorem to specitic duties, and are made one-half of the rates of the present law. Everything relating to the paragraph in linen laces ng been increased from 35 to 40 per cent ad valorem. Barley mal. has been increased from 20 to 25 per cent ad valorem. A change was also made in the admints- trative clause of the woolen schedule, mak- ing that clause read as follows: ‘The reduc- tion of rates herein provided for manufac- tures of wool shall take effect July 1, 1894, and on all rates of duty in the woolen schedule, except on carpets, there shall be a reduction of 1 per cent ad valorem, to take effect on July 1, 1896, and thereafter of a like amount on July 1, 1897, "98, ‘99 and 1900, respectively.” The effect of this paragraph is to make the reduction on manufactures of wool take effect two years earlicr than was at first in- tended. Question of Piers. Mr. Marbury said he had lived within a stone’s throw of the Aqueduct and witness- ed the driving of the first pile. The piers were laid upon a foundation of rock. Cof- ferdams were built and the builders of the bridge went down many feet until they Capt. Powell said he understood that a report had been made setting forth the weakness of the piers. They could be! ’ Mr. Marbury set forth the advantages to ‘The Commissioners promised to personally —_—_>____. RECENWERS APPOINTED. Ex-Garbage Factory. Charles Shirley Carter has, by Mr. James the appointment of a receiver, an ction, ete. The complainant holds two The Morning S. jon. The committee were in session an hour this morning, when they adjourned to meet again at 1:30. The early session was de- voted mainly to the consideration of a reso- lution offered by Mr. Reed of Maine. The resolution in substance was that, trasmuch as a deficiency of $72,000,000 is shown by the committee's calculations, it is desirable to inform the committee in what way it is to be met. Chairman Wilson replied, speaking for the democratic majority, that it would be met by internal revenue taxation, but that the internal revenue schedules were not completed. Some discussion then ensued as to the advisability of considering the bill in sections and not as a whole. The resolu- tion was defeated by a strict party vote. All the members of the committee were present, with the exception of Messrs, Whit- ing and Stevens. ‘The date when the bill will go into effect has been changed from March to June 1. Considerable time was consumed in read irg the bill, and then Mr. Cobb of Alabama explained that the bill does not provide for any new office, but the only subject to re- form certain abuses which have grown up here by unscrupulous persons who sell by short measures and weights and swindle the people. Some questions were raised by Mr. Kilgore as to the fees collected under the bill, and Mr. Cobb explained that the Tate was recommended by the District Com- missioners. The bill was then passed, but it does not affect the large railroad scale. Mr. Heard then called up the bill authoriz- ing the Commissioners to make service con- nections with the water mains and sewers and to assess the cost against the abutting Property. The company files an answer stating that J. Middieton and M. W. ———_—. PREPARING TO FIGHT. id Be a Battle in Rio Harbor. The Navy Department has received a is as follows: “The Brazilian gov ‘nment has requested consuls to warn vessels to move from their present anchorage and has prevent the load- ——————-e A Plan for Relief. In reading an article in The Star headed ““Cold and Hungry,” my attention was at- tracted particularly to the statement of Col. Moore, and I am prompted to make a sug- gestion through your valuable paper, which, at Tucson, Ariz.; Albert E. Amsbary, Mont- I think, will in part meet pressing demands, rose, Colo.: John C. Slack, Clayton, N. M. Frank M. Hopkins. Aberdeen. 8D. if our good citizens will respond to the idea. Receivers of public moneys—Joseph H. | There is no better Wey of distributing chari- Halland, at Clayton. N. M.; Frank M. | ty than through the police department. Free Broome, Alliance. Neb. of sectareanism, but full of humanitarian- Agents for Indians—Charles E. Davis of Iinots, at the Colorado river agency, Ari zon1; Isaac J. Wootten of Delaware, Ne- vada agency, Nevada; George W. Harper of Georgia, Umatilla agency, Oregon. —————_+ e+ PREPARING A STROKE. The Administration Said to Favor the Nicaragua Canal. It is currently reported that the President and the Secretary of State have in contem- plation brilliant stroke of policy in con- nection with the Nicaragua canal, which is calculated, so it is said, to offset in the Popular mind the ill effects of the adminis- tration policy toward Hawaii. According | to gossip, the proposed “stroke” is a wise and popular measure, intended to give ma- terial government in the construction of the great inter-oceanic canal across Nica Yagua in the interest of American com merce and American institutions. Credencs to the report is given by the favorable treat. Ment the canal scheme received in the; President's message to Congress. | Sovereign's General Master Workman vereign' first official utterance to the rank and file of the Knights of Labor ts made public. It is| written in a breezy style and reveals some | of the theories he entertains, and some of | the projects he has in mind. He says, among other things: “Meet the money pow- er in the middle of the road with a demand | for the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at a ratio of 16 to 1, and such| Other additions to the volume of money as the exigency of business requires, witho: the intervention of banking corporation Let there be no compromise on these | lin and we will put industry above| fdieness and elevate the servile from| groveling pursuits to the rights and| dignity of men. We will reduce the the millions of weary and wan children | from the dinzy and wu esome ms of | our factories Wo the school house on t | abolish penitentiary competition with fr labor and destroy the sweat-shop system of forever. ism, is true charity, and to an officer this feeling is irresistible, when he is brought in daily contact with the “Cold and Hungry” on his beat. Besides, it is more agreeable (an essential point in many cases) to many of the worthy poor to be able to receive as- sistance in this way. I would suggest that a subscription list be opened at The Star, Post and News’ offices, King for 5,000 subscribers who will obligate themselves to pay twenty-five cents per week, regularly. from the date of their subscriptions until the first day of April next. the same to be paid over to the chief of police for the relief of the poor of the city. Let us not be found wanting in this respect at the capital of the nation. With our 20.000 clerks and salaried officers who draw thetr nav reguiariv. tr- government, and the business men who have never failed to respond to proper calls for relief. surely this much can he done without feeling it, and to this end I will agree to furnish twentv-five smheerihere to the list. P. M. SNOWDEN. es | For the rytuina cucampment. | Senator Voorhees today called up in the oe connection bill was then The bill for the relief of Mrs. Mary O. Augusta was taken up. a gg ae The New Jersey Boy Murderer. An attorney appeared in Washington this morning for the purpose of asking the Supreme Court to advance the petition of Robert Alden Fales, the New Jersey boy murderer, for release on a writ of habeas corpus, upon the docket for an early hear- ing. But it developed that he was not a member of the bar of the court and that his motion was not in print, for either of which reasons he could not present it. So he went away and will probably return next week properly qualified, under the Tules of the court, to make the motion, ——__+«+.—_. Revenue Marine Service. Well educated young men, ambitious for marine honors, on the 18th instant will be given an opportunity of entering the reve- nue marine service with the prospect, after a two years’ course of instruction, of be- coming third lieutenants in that service. The Treasury Department has given up all idea of filling the twelve vacancies which now exist in the lower grade from the Na- val Academy graduates, and will return to Senate a resolution introduced by him last week conferring upon the Secretary of War authority to permit the Knights of Pythias to use the monument grounds for camping purposes during the annual conclave held here next August. Senator Hoar suggested that as these cases are constantly occurring the old system, abolished three years ago, of educating its own officers. The cutter Chase, which has done duty for years as a train- ing ship for revenue cadets, has been over- hauled and repaired and is now ready to re- | celve the new cadets on board. Candidates | Who desire to compete for the vacancies | | must be between eighteen and twenty-three and these annual or occasional gatherings of national organizations seem to be more and more frequent in Washington it would Te a good plan to make a general law upon -he subject and by statute confer upon the Secretary of War the authority to grant these privileges in his own discretion. Sen- tor Voorhees said that he agreed with Ser ator Hcar and he would be glad to ha not think the Senate should stop to go into the general subject and he asked that the resolution be allowed to pass without an amendment. Senator Hoar had no objec- | tion and the resolution was adopted. | School, Winston, 2ch a law enacted, but at present he did; Government Receipts Today. The receipts from internal r 35; from customs, $304,426, venue today | years of age, and must be unmarried. Military Instruction. First Lieut. Wm. E. Shipp, tenth cavalry, has been detailed to duty as professor of military science =e cues at the Davis oe Naval Orders. Surg. C. A. Siegfried has been detached from the Richmond and granted four months’ leave with permission to leave the United States; Surg. J. A. Hawke, from duty at Portsmouth, H., and ordered to the Richmond; Surg. M. H. Simons, from duty at San Francisco to duty at Ports- mouth, HL L THE NEW THEATER, The Hi ome Design of the Front and Its Spanish Features, The detailed plans of the new theater building which, as stated In Saturday's Star, will be erected by Mr. John W. Al- baugh, on the north side of H street be- tween 13th and Ith streets, will be com- pleted in the course of the next month, and then, if the weather permits, the erection of the building can be begun and pushed forward. The cut of the elevation of the front, which appears above, was prepared by the architects, Mr. W. Bruce Gray and Aristide Rodrigue. The le is that of the IN THE HOUSE, Some Little Business Trai ected and Then the District Gets a Show. That the committees of the House that furnish the grist for that great legislative mill have not yet fairly embarked upon their work was made very evident when the House began its second week's session today, for although every committee was called in order for reports there was but one response, being a bill for thé relief of a soldier who had lost his carbine and had it charged to him, which came from the com- mittee on war claims. Although defeated last week in the at- tempt to get consideration for the Utah statehood bill, the territorial committee tried again this morning, this time under the lead of Mr. Wheeler (Ala.). Because of the political effect of the measure the re- publicans have been watching it very close. ly, so that when, in the second morning | hour, the territories committee was called and Mr. Wheeler called up the Utah bill for present consideration, Mr. Reed (Me.) sug- gested mildly but firmly that the bill was too important to be rushed through in the morning hour and it should be maturely considered. Mr, Wheeler took the hint and asked that the bill be inade a special order for tomor- row and next day, and there being no ob- jection this order was made. Federal Courts in Nebraska. Mr. Culberson (Tex.), chairman of the judiciary committee, reported the bill to ix the time and place for holding the federal courts in Nebraska, Mr. Bryan (Neb.) offered an amendment providing that the time be changed from the first Monday in June to the third Mon- day in September. The committee had already given its con- sent to the amendment, and it was agreed to by the House and the bill passed. Mr. Wise (Va.) reported from the commit- tee on interstate and foreign commerce a bill to establish a light and fog signal sta- tion near Butler Flats, New Bedford, Mass. In committee of the whole the bill was agreed to, and when the committee rose the bill was passed by the House. The Southern Claims, Mr. Culberson, on behalf of the committee ! on judiciary, called up the House bill to re- vise and amend an act to provide for the collection of abandoned property and the prevention of frauds in insurrectionary dis- tricts within the United States and acts amendatory, The biil contains a clause allowing claims rejected on account of the disloyaity of the claimants to be reo} ned and allowed. Therefore it was destined to arouse party jealousy. Mr. Reed and Mr. Burrows objected to its present consideration, on the ground that it was too important to be considered in the morning hour. Mr. Culberson thereupon asked unani- mous consent that Tuesday of next week be set aside for its consideration, but again Mr. Reed objected. ee HE HAS SAVED 887 LIVES. Manchester,England,Honors the Hero of Many Battles With the Waves. ‘There was a very interesting meeting at the ‘Town Hall in Manchester, England, of the Saturday Lifeboat Fund, in view of the demonstration which took place on the 21st, at which Mr, Charles E. Fish was present, says “Lady's Pictorial.” This brave man has served as coxswain of the lifeboats sup- plied by the town of Bradford, and sta- tioned by the Royal National Lifeboat In- stitution at Ramsgate for nearly twenty- seven years. He has practically worn out two boats named Bradford, and was cox- swain of the third of this name when he Was compelled to retire on account of fail- ing health through the terrible hardships he had endured. Mr. Fish has been out hundreds of times on the work of rescue, and has helped to save no fewer than 387 lives. After seven years’ service he was presented with the silver medal of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. A few years later he received the medal of the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, The next medal presented to him was the silver medal of the board of trade for gallantry in saving life at sea, For the part he played in the heroic rescue of part of the crew of the Indian Chief, on January 6, 1881, when he was out twenty- six consecutive hours without anything elther to eat or drink, ii a heavy gale. freezing hard the whole time, and the sea continually breaking over the boat, the crew suffering inost severely both ‘from cold and hunger, he received the yold medal of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, which was presented to him by H. R. H. the Duke of Edinburgh, and he ts the only cox- swain who holds this medal. For the same rescue the town of Ramsgate presented him with a silver medal, which he values very highly as a token of esteem from his fellow- townsmen, On his retirement from the service in De- cember, 1491, he was presented with the gold second service clasp of the institution, the only one that has ever been presented by the institution, along with a small pecu- niary grant. He also holds a diplorat from the King of the Netherlands for a service rendered to a vessel belonging to that coun- try, and various other votes of thanks, Mr. Fish was selected as one of the four coxswain judges at the recent lifeboat trials at Lowestoft. ————+e+____ Mixed Up Those Envelopes. From the Philadelphia Record. An amusing incident has just come to light anent the marriage of a prominent young railroad man to an up-town belle. As is usual on such occasions, the arrange- ments, including the financial end of the} transaction in hearts, were left to the best man, himself a well known club man and a cricketer of local repute. The story that is now going the rounds and creating con- siderable merriment deals wholly with the part played by the latter young man, By some “unaccountable contretemps the youth in question delivered to the or- ganist the magnificent sum of $50, while the shock-headed youngster who supplied | the wind for the instrument was gladdened | by the gift of $10. When it came to the clergyman, however, the lavish expenditure previously made had so depleted the nup- tial funds that only $2 remained. With unblushing effrontery and perfect sang froid the best man tendered the two plunks to the dominie, whose feelings can better be imagined than described. The organist says the wedding was the most brilliant of the season, while the shock-headed boy who supplied the wind characterizes it as “hot stuff.” Jt would be interesting to know what the clergyman who tied the knot thinks about it, | avenue between 3d and 41-2 streets Satur- | owner, appear on the wi |of the bill is a reduction of ti | hi | Urday night at 7th street and Rhode Island Spanish renaissance, which will be worked cut with buff brick and light stone. The building when completed promises to be a handsome addition to the architecture of the city. Owing to the roof theater, which will be one of the features of the new build- ing, it wi!l be apt to be looked upon as one of the sights of the city. It is stated by Mr. G. Carlyle Whiting, with Ellerson and Wemple, real estate brokers, who negoti- ated the sale, that the exact price paid for the property was $106,250. There were two other sites prominently considered in con- nection with this new enterprise. One was | the ground at the southwest corner of New York avenue and 14th street and the other was the Kennedy property on the north side of H street between 14th and 15th THE HORSES RAN. Bat the Coachman Finally Succeeded in Pulling Them tn, A plucky colored coachman today pre- vented what had all the appearance of be- ing destined to be @ serious runaway acci- dent. The team of horses, which was at- tached to a closed carriage, started to run away near Willard’s Hotel. They dashed up 15th street, and the only occupant, a man, retained his seat, although he appeared to be not at all satistied with the rate of speed. On the box with the coachman was a col- cred footman. The coachman pulled on the lines, but did not seem to be able to regain control over the frightened animals until the flying carriage neared H street, when he spoke to the footman, who removed the high hat which the coachman wore. ‘Then the latter braced himself firmly, and exert- ing his strength, he fairly pulled the team down on their haunches and ther tight w: at anend. A great crowd gathered, but the coachman seemed: to be the coolest man in the party, and to all questions he said that he had never let his horses get away from him and that he had no id@i of doing so at this time. — Sues John R. McLea Katharine Misker has, by Mr. Oo. B. Hallam, filed a sult for $50,000 damages against John R. McLean for libel. The papers set forth that she is a r- son of good repute of Covington, Yes yet to vex, harass and oppress her, on December 13, 1892, he Published in the Cin- cinnati Enquirer an article referring to John McCourt and a handsome blonde. sister of Mrs. L. Myers, as being too inti- mate. ——_ Robberies Reported. Henry Hime of 1008 E street is out two Suits of clothes and other articies. On Fri- day night at the Central Union Mission he found a young man in need and took him to his room, giving him a part of his bed and the promise of a breakfast. When he awoke he found that the man had gone with clothing, &c., worth $80, One of the suits was recovered by Detective Proctor, it having been pawned with a second-hand dealer tor $2. Mr. Campbell Carrington on Saturday was relieved of his $10 umbrella while engaged in the Police Court. Charles Russell of No. 50 Pierce street re- Ports the theft of two gold framed pictures, a brown plush coat and a book called “The IMPEACHMENT HINTED In the Speech of Mr. Hoar in the Senate Today. The Administration Severely Scored— Many Bitter Speeches on Both Anticipated—A Weak Defense. | Five Senators heretofore on the absentee | list for this session were present today. They were Messrs. Colquitt (Ga.), Irby (S. C.), Lindsay (Ky.), Morgan (Ala.) and Per- | kins (Cal.). In the absence of the Vice Pres- | ident in Augusta, Ga., the Senate was pre- | sided over by Mr. Harris (Tenn.). 1 House joint resolution for the protection of those parties heretofore allowed to make | entries of land within the former Mille Lacs Indian reservation in Minnesota was FINANCE AND TRADE. Sugar and Whisky Trust Fall on Tariff Rumors, TRADERS LOOK FOR LOWER PRICES. Western Union an Easy Mark for the Bears. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS —_———— ‘Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Dee. 11.—Today’s stock reported back favorably from the commit- market opened irregular with no noticeable tee on public lands by Mr. Berry (Ark.), was improvement in the general character of explained by Mr. Washburn (Minn.) and speculation ‘Traders were disposed to sell Civil War.” —o_. Ladies’ A Society Anniversary, The Ladics’ Aid Society of Mt. Vernon Place Church, corner of 9th and K streets northwest, celebrated thefr silver anni- versary last Thursday evening at their church. Out of five ladies who have served the society as president for the past twen- ty-five years four are living and were pres- ent—Mrs. Zimmerman, Mrs. I. L. Johnson, Mrs. Jesse B. Wilson and the present pres- ident, Mrs. R. J. Beall. Mrs. A. Barker, the fifth, died a few years ago. Miss Sallie Dalton has prepared a report covering all these years, showing that nearly $10,000 had been raised by the so- ciety to aid in the church work, which was read by Mrs. Beehler. A fine musical and literary program was rendered. Mr. Bulla also gave a very interesting descrip- tion of his trip to the late world’s fair. The first officers, elected in 1868, were: President, Mrs. A. C. Barker; vice presi- dent, Mrs. Benjamin Thorn: secretary, Mrs. J. L. Johnson; assistant secretary, Mrs. Dr. Howard, and treasurer, Mrs. F. A. Lutz. The present officers, elected for 18%, are: President, Mrs. R. J. Beall; vice president, Mrs. Clarendon Smith: treas- urer, Mrs, John Williams, and secretary, Mrs. A. L, Johnson. — Change of Stations, Passed Assistant Paymaster 'fhomas J. Cowie has been ordered to tne Monocacy, Asiatic station, relieving Passed Assistant Paymaster Arthur Peterson, who is or- dered home, —___ WARRANT FOR A CONGRESSMAN. Charged With an Assault on Marcel- lus West. There is a warrant out for the arrest of Congressman Clark of the ninth Missouri district on a charge of simple assault, al- though the injured party wanted the war- rant for assault with intent to kill. Mar- cellus West, a well-known colored republi- can politician, who resides in this city, is the man who claims to have been assaulted. He exhibited at the Police Court a slight wound on his neck, which, he says, was given him by the Congressman with a knife in Neuland’s saloon on Pennsylvania day night. He says that not a word passed between them before the cutting was done. «The names of Wm. Neuland, the saloon- keeper, and Daniel Toumey, who is under bonds for cutting Jennings, the race horse arrant as witnesses to the affair. ————__ Rates on Money Orders. Mr. Dockery of Missouri today introduced a bill to carry out certain recommendations of the experts who are assisting the de- partment joint commission. These recom- mendations relate to the postal service and have been forecast in The Star. The bill makes a number of changes in the conduct of business in the handling of money orders, and the auditing and settle- ment of accounts. The principal feature he rates on money orders, —- 2+ On Saturday night Charles 0° Intoxicated, fell in front of 911 2 and striking his forehead, recetv ‘wound, John Higley received a severe cut on the ead by falling at Pennsylvania avenue and 12th street last evening, and was treated at the Emergency Hospi Willis Smith, colore: len, while st street, ed a scalp |, Was found sick Sat- avenue, and taken to his home, at 1210 Blagden's alley northwest. One of J. F. Oyster’s delivery teams ran away at Dupont Circle and at lith and Q streets struck srip car 19, when the horse was badly hurt. A slight fire from waste paper took place at 927 Westminster street northwest Satur- day afternoon. A live colored infant about four months old was found by Officer Newkirk in the| vestibule of the Mt. Vernon Hotel yester- day morning, and sent to St. Ann’s Asylum. Dead infants were found at h and U passed. | MrgHoar (Mass.) offered a resolution (print in full elsewhere) and asked for its — immediate consideration, calling upon the | President for a statement touching the ap-| pointment by him, without submission to the Senate, of the Hawaiian commissioner, and the exact functions of that official, and for other matters of information. The resolution having been read, Mr. Gray (Del.) objected to its discussion today, and asked that the resolfftion go over till temorrow. It was of sufficient impor- tance, he said, to lie over. | Mr. Hoar claimed that it was the unvary- ing custom of the Senate to allow a Sena- tor to explain a bill or resolution offered by him; and that was all that he proposed | to do. Mr. Gray withdrew his objection, and Mr. Hoar proceeded with his remark: Senator Hoar on Hawa! Mr. Hoar commented upon the fact that the information communicated by the Pres- ident to the Senate, under the seal of con- fidence, had been freely given out to the | representatives of four newspapers that | were known to be zealous, thorough-going, he had almost said unscrupulous, support- ers of the administration. One of the allegations made was that the President on the 7th of March, TSus' (the Senate being then in session), commissioned @ person tf proceed to the Hawatian Isi- ands, accrediting him by a letter as a com- missioner from this government to that government, and said, in the letter of in- | structions, that he was to be paramount as a representative of the United States in| those islands. A Gross Violation of the Constitution. If that allegation, said Mr. Hoar, were true it seemed to him as gross violation. of the Constitution of the United States as was ever charged upon or imputed to any public official. It was not necessary to say to the | Senate or to the American people that an attempt to usurp the power of appointing and commissioning such an officer, without the consent of the Senate, was an attempt to usurp all the diplomatic relations of the government. Mr. Hoar went on to say that this diplo- matic office> (Mr. Blount) had proceeded to theHawalian isiands,opened correspondence with persons there in relation to public af- fairs in those islands, cailed before him cer- tain citizens and addressed letters to other citizens, taken their replies orally, and had requested them to reduce their oral commu- nications to writing, and had transmitted that private correspondence to the President | of the United States. What Mr. Bayard’s Statem ed. Mr. Hoar alluded to the dispatches from London attributing to Mr. Bayard the state- ment that there could be no reversal of a policy based simply on justice and magna- nimity, and that no advantage would be taken of the weakness of the Hawaiian queen’s party; and he said that if the dis- | Patches were true it was also true that | great Britain had been taken into a confi- dence which the American Senate or people had not shared. ——~___ EN HE DID. The Old Gentleman Should Not Have Questioned the Tramp so Much. From the Detroit Free Press. The benevolent person had put five cents into the hands of the tramp, and feeling a kind of proprietary interest in him there- after, proceeded to question him bit “You're a pretty hard citizen, aren't you?” he asked. the industrials at opening figures and found little resistance to their efforts in the direction of lower prices. London was with- out special feature and bought back later in the day the stocks sold at the opening. Foreign operations are still largely confined to Atchison and St. Paul securities. Sugar was attacked at the beginning of the session on a revival of tariff rumors which resulted in a subsequent decline .to Sl 3-4, 2 loss of 1 3-8 per cent. Distillers was sold during the first hour on rumors of a postponement of definite ac- tion on the imported spirit tax, but rallied sharply to 20, a gain of 1 1-2 per cent from initial figures. Chicago Gas lost 1 1-8 per cent to 65 3-4 on selling by the room. — ee, . FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. i Bs ze wt = eet ~ $s wee Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.— Se, a $1,000 at = 100 Masonic 102%. U. 8. Blectric Light iwi, UC. 3. 4s, registered, U.S. 4s, coupon, 1907, 115 bid) currency, Bouds.— Washington and town 140" bid, 150 “ase. Washington and Georgetown R. R. ‘cour. Os. 2d. Tory hid ington Market Compent ier oe, bid. ‘as on jarket © st 106 ‘bid. Washington Market Company’ tug’ Set 105 bid. Washington Market Company ext. Ge, 100 Did. 105 asked. American Security and Trust Os, 1905, A. and U.. 100 bid. “American Security: and ‘Trost 5s, . FP. and A.. 100 bid. American Se- curity and Trust Ss, 1906, Wash: A - and 0, jon Light Infantry ‘ist Ge, 100 “Rather difficult at times, sir,” replied | ington Light Infantry 24 Ts, 97 bid. Washi the peripatetic, frankly. | Gas Company Gs, series A,'120 bid. Washington “I presume you steal when you get a | (as Company Gs, series Is. 120 bid. eo auueere Gas Company cuir: Ge. 135 bid, 140 asked. Eck monly in very necessttous cases, str, and | Some EE Os. 500 a ee ; «° Telephoue cd. tol and then only in a small way. 7 O Street RR ba, 200 aceds Mee ‘And lie? conv. 6s, 100 bid, "105 asked. U.S. Yes, it's part of our profession, sir.” “And use tobacco?” “When I can get it, sir. The benevolent person oegan to be sorry he had invested in such stock, but he was going now to the bitter end. “Of course,” he went on, ‘you drink, too?” | The tramp hesitated for the first tine, as | if in doubt, and looked at the nickel in his | hand. j “Well, yes, sir,” he replied, slowly, “I | drink two when I've got the price; but | under the present circumstances I'll only | drink one, unless you—" | But the benevolent person could not stand | it any longer and he made a rush for the | visitor, which resulted in a suddea disap- | pearance. ——---cee_______ THE OMNIPRESENT HAIRPIN. Men Look at It Askance, W! man Applies It to Many Uses. From the Philadelphia Times. A hairpin is an object which possesses a strange interest for the masculine mind. A woman regards a hairpin with as little re- spect ordinarily as a common pin. Indeed, she is even less careful of its acquisition, for there is no adage offering a day's good luck as a reward for picking up a hairpin. But a man who comes acro: pin, on a car seat, for instat with an air of timid triumph, and perhaps offers it to the nearest woman from whose back hair it could possibly have fallen. And he is generally snubbed for his pains. But it is when he beholds a woman putting conv. 5s, 116 bid. Nationa! Bank Stocks.— Rank of Washington, 30¢ bid. Bank of the Repablic, 230 bid, 240 asked Metropolitan, 260 bid. Ceutral, 200 bid. Second 132 bid. Farmers and Mochanics’, 170 bid. Citt. zens’, 135 bid, 175 asked. Columba, 112 bid. Gap- ital, 110 bid. West End, 90 bid. 110 asked. ‘Tra. Gers’, 110 anked, Tancola. 100 asked, ilnoad | Stocks. Washington Georgetown, 285 bid, 835 asked. Metropolitan, 90 asked. Co lumbta, 75 asked. Capitol and North © Street, 29 asked. Eckington and Soldiers’ Home, 20 asked. Georgetown and Tenailytown, 33 asked. Tusuran‘e Stocks.—Piremen's, 38 Franklia, 45 bid, 52 asked. asked. Arlington. 15) bid. 5 ae eee kL. ‘ Ton asked. 7 bid, |. People’s, 5% asked. Lincoln, 7% bid, 8 asked. Commercial 5% asked. Title Insurance Stocks.—Real bid. Columbia Tithe, 7 bid, 7% tle, 6 Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Wasbington Gas, 50 bid, Wi, asked. Georgetown Gas, 52 bid, aeked. U.S Electric Light. 2 bid. 8 ms Miscellaneous Stocks. Washington Market, Did. Great Falls Ice, 110 bid. Bull Run Panorama, 25 asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, .80 asked Lincoln Hall, 100 asked. Inter Ocean Butlding, 100 asked, Safe Deposit and Trust Caompnics.National Sefe Deposit and Trost Company. 125 Wid, aanked. Washington Loan and Trost. 10% bid. American Security and Trust, 127 bid, 130 asked. ceases pieceae Chicago Grain and Provision Markets. Reported by Silsby & Co., bankers an¢é brokers, Metropolitan Bank building. CHICAGO, Dec. 11, 1883. 1, Estate Tithe, 116 Wheat—Dec. 3, ay Ok a hairpin to other than what he regards as its legitimate purpose that he is most im- pressed. The woman who reaches around to her back hair, deftly extracts a hairpin, bites it together, and then buttons her gloves nonchalantly as if she were using simply the fingers with which nature pro- streets and in St. Patrick's cemetery yes- terday. vided her, is an object of respectful but intense admiration to every man in sight. But if a woman wants to rivet all mascu- line eyes she has only to buy a new maga- zine and cut the leaves with a hairpin. Whole carloads of steady business men, not | easily impressed by the frivolities of wo- man, have been held spellbound by this lit- | tle act. Passengers on the elevated trains | have been unable to tear themselves from the contemplation of the process and have | sat still, with troubled but watchful eyes, as they heard their station called. ‘The other day the writer saw at least twenty men watching with breathless interest the hairpin method of magazine cutting, as practiced by a very swell young woman, who was apparently unconscious of the scrutiny which followed her every move- | ment. When she replaced the hairpin in her fluffy locks every man of the twenty | gave a sigh and then looked sheepishly at , his neighbor. As for the young woman, she turned to look out of the window, but there was a covert look of amused satisfaction in her eye which intimated that her uncon- sciousness of observation had been in ap- pearance only. os Passenger rates will be restored in the transcontinental pool on January 1. Arthur Knipe was elected captain of the University of Pennsylvania foot ball team to succed H. A. Mackey, who has com- pleted his collegiate course. Charles Cromwell murdered his wife and then killed himself im Greencastle, Ind., on | | Saturday. The couple had just agreed to articles of separation. The circular of Governor Lewelling of Kansas, instructing the police not to mo: lest tramps and declaring the vagrant law unconstitutional, has attracted an army of vagrants into the state. A collision between freight trains on the | Great Northern road at Edwall, Wash., resulted ip Engineer Joseph Shinsky and Fireman Joe Wallace being killed and En- gineer Depew fatally hurt. The Illinois conference of charities and corrections has decided to raise a million dollars to relieve the wants of the unem- ployed in Chicago. Another plot to Kill the czar has been dis- covered by the Russian police. The first annual reception of the Ameri- can Art Association was held in Paris on Saturday. The reception was followed by a ball. | | with Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Dec. 11.—Flour dull—western su- 1.85a2.15; do. extra, 2.25a2.75; do. 17,647 06%; ceipts, 18,307 ‘bushels; stock, 1.264.328 bushels; sales, $2,000 bushels; mulling wheat by sample, 66a87. Corn firm—mixed, xpot, 43}yad3%; mew and old December, 43\a4%ty: January, 42%043%; Peb- ruary, 43 bid; Max, 45% bid; steamer mixed, 42 bid—receipts, 31,773 Wushels: stock, 400,273 els; sales, 43,000 bushels: white corm by (2a 44 by sample, 42044. tewdy—No. 2 white western, ; No. 2 mined Western, 34 asked receipts, 3,000 bushels: stock, 168.605 bushels. Hay steady coed to choice timo- thy, $14.50a815.50, Grain freichts quiet and steady steam to Liv 44. asked; Cork for orders, 3s.a38.3d. Cotton quict middling, 7%. Butter firm —creamery, fancy, 25a28; do. fair to choice, 2a27; imitation, 24025; ladle, | fa 2a2t; roll, fine, 2in22: ‘store packed, 16ai7. Other ALTIMORE, Dec. 11. Virginia consols, threes, onto Rekunwe and Ohio stock, TlaT3%: Balti- more and Objo Southwestern fire incomes, 9 asked; Consolidated Oats ines, 22; good to do. fair t Sars How a Sword From the London Duily News. Capt. Amery of the schooner Origin,which has arrived at Plymouth from Labrador ih, reported that while on the out- ward voyage from England the vessel wes attacked by a sword fish, whose sword pen- etrated the hull and broke off as the fish attempted to withdraw it. The fish then turned soverst somersaults and disappeared, as if either stunned or killed by the force of the shock. The sword left in the side of the ship measured eighteen inches. Before Newfoundland was reached the vessel made over a foot of water, and the crew are of opinion that ff the fish had succeeded In withdrawing its sword the vessel would have foundered. Ob Meeene ten _ + cent dividend be paid to all cer- tificate holders of the Iron Hall, who wil le and prove their claims by December uv.