Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1894, Page 7

THE EVE NING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. STARTLING REVELATIONS. ‘Washington Shaken to Its Foundation by the Marvelous Manifestations Ex- bited. GUILPERS EXCHANGE HALL FILLED WITH LADIES TO WITNESS THE GRANDEST POWER EVER KNOWN. ‘We are indeed living in an aze of marvels, and ove cam believe thelr own senses they can no have any dots, or misgivings about the work of healing the sick that is now going daily at the above hall. Scores of hitherto helpless sufferers have been made sound by, this greaiest of living magnetic Dr. Damon. The greatest interest iu method of curing disease has been mant- the start, yet those who have never made at these public clinics could the tude of the wonderful power Several cases of rheumatism were é i lay before the eyes of the while one or two treated for blindness benefit thus obtained was marvelous. lectures and clinics are given at the day but Wednesday and Saturday at , and the doctor also bas an office at 736 12th ove may consult him at such is not at the hall. a E : a special lecture and clinfe res, {2 ladies, and ‘although it was adver- t ttle the hall was -rowded with the elite of Tk doctor spoke about of waothers to ther daughters: also upon the necessity of watc3f:l care of the first symp- disease. The lecture was illustrated by rod was well received, many him at che close. The most in- was shown in the clinic when one poor cripple was taken to the staj _— the use of their limbs. A Mrs. Martin m again. A case that attracted great attention was that of @ lady who had been troubled with a tumor twelve years. The doctor from the audience to examine it before he touched it. He then treated it three or four minutes, and called several ladies not half that wanted treatment could yet up to the doctor or bis associate at all. Surely has ever attracted the attention of our have these remarkable exhibitions, and wonder ts how the or’s strength will be Wi c nessed ures, and yet the crowds are in- creasing dati. And no worder. for it is the most interesting exhibition ever witnessed in Washing- tou. It CAUTION.—Ir a dealer offers W. L, Shoes at a reduced price, or says he hasthem without name stamped on bottom, put him down as a fraud. SHOE witiom ‘THE WORLD. W. L. DOUGLAS Shoes are stylish, easy fit i ive better satisfaction at the prices ad- many other make. 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They Will be restored as fresh and unwrinkled as they were originally. Mme. Taulelle, i217 G St. mis MISSED A TREAT. | A Sal Congressional Audience Listens \ to Last Night’s Debate Clever Speeches at the Afternoon and Evening Sessions of the House —The Tarif. The Congressmen who failed to attend last night's session missed a treat. They should have been on hand to hear the most exuberant English that has been poured forth on the tariff question since the gas was turned on. Mr. Arnold of Missouri was the pourer. minutes before him, he talked just as he liked. He tore through the republican ranks like a whirlwind and told what he termed the “unblushing veracity” about those monsters of iniquity, the advocates of | protection. Again quoting him, Utica contracted his powers.” caped him. He denounced civil service re- 10 pent-up about everything else on earth. But he had a poor audience. top-heavy house again. and fifteen democrats listened to Mr. Ar- nold and the other speakers of the evening. Mr. Lane of Indiana was in the chair. He had a sinecure, except that he had to pre- gent the appearance of listening. Yet the galleries suffered the customary pressure, and every seat in the public sec- tions was taken. Those who made the jeurney were amply repaid for their efforts, for Mr. Arnold was in fine form. He scat- tered picturesque metaphors throughout his diction as thick as raisins in a pudding. Finding dull prose too confined to express his long-pent silverite beliefs he emulated the shining example of Mr. Wegg and | dropped into poetry. He quoted Shelley at some length, and won his first round of ap- plause. ecy of the fate of the men who slipped a It was a | metal last autumn, and made even Repre- sentative Blair join in the general laugh | that followed his climax, when he spoke of the democratic monometallists and told jof the day “when presidential bees are humming and tickling their ears with sweet music a cold wind will creep out of the northwest to chill these tiny winged mes- | sengers into silence. No man can ever De elected President who will disregard the Chicago platform. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, no political tall can ever wag the dog.” Mr. Arnold closed his speech with a burst of figure that evoked wiid applause from the other three Representatives who were booked to speak during the evening, and the others who were there to write let- ters. There was a sentiment of general re- ciprocity to be noted on the floor. The gal- leries, too, joined in the hand-clapping, and Mr. Arnold received quite an ovation, which he richly deserved. Mr. El Follows. He is more somber and sedate, and adheres usual tariff debate. He is a mintsterial- looking man with a long, black beard, and not a ray of humor is allowed to escape from him. The result was, that though he held the close attention of the stenograph- ers and the polite notice of the chair, and of the remaining two speakers on the night's bill, the galleries began to scatter at the commencement of his tenth period, and soon the beautiful crowd that had been held by Mr. Arnold's adjectives had dwin- died down to half the number. Mr. Ellis told the republican tale of pro- tection. He spoke for forty-five minutes, and had the field all to himself for the en- tremely sectional in its provisions, and the Pacific coast had been particularly harshl. treated. Every article produced on the Pa- cific coast, he said, had been placed on the free list. Wool growing being an_import- ant industry in his district, Mr. Ellis in- veighed against that article being placed on the free list. ‘Tennessee Next. Then followed fifty minutes more of With fifty uninterrupted | Nothing es-_ fcrm, anti-silver legislation, war taxes and | Four republicans | He then began to unfold a proph- | keen blade under the ribs of the white He was followed by Mr. Ellis of Oregon. | more strictly to the plain grain of “the | tire period. He held that the bill was ex- | democratic oratory, from the lips of Mr. | McDearmon of Tennessee, who refuted the | TO BE DECIDED TONIGHT. j Le Contest for the Judgeship of the { Eleventh Virginia Circuit. | Special Correspondence of the Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 17, 1894. ‘The contest for the judgeship of the elev- | enth circuit, made vacant by the election of Judge Jas. Keith to the Supreme Court, will be decided by the democratic legislative cau- | cus tonight. All of the circuits in which there were contests were disposed of by the cau- cus last Friday night except the eleventh, | which was postponed until tonight, at the | instance of friends of Judge Norton of | Alexandria, who is opposing Mr. Charles | E. Nicol, the member of the House of Rep- resentatives from Prince Willam county, j for the position. Senator Mushbach of | Alexandria, who is leading the fight for his | friend, Judge Norton, was seen by The Star, correspondent and asked for what purpose did he wish the election postponed. Mr. Mushbach said that he asked for a | postponement for several reasons, the | principal one, of course, being that he | thought the ‘support of Judge Norton for the judgeship would be increased. On the other hand, it is believed by tae friends | of Mr. Nicol that the continuance was se- cured in order to survey the fleld more fully and give Judge Norton a chance to withdraw in the event it was ascertained that his hope was a forlorn one. The lat- | ter, from present indications, seems to be the most plausible explanation of the mat- ter. |. The concensus of opinion today seems to ‘be that Mr. Nicol is almost certain to be elected, and some go so far as to say that the name of Judge Norton will not be pre- sented to the caucus tonight. While it Is conceded that Judge Norton is eminently qualified to fill the office, it is believed that Mr. Nicol has got the inside track on the | Judge In the race and has two-thirds of the members of the caucus pledged to him. The friends of Judge Norton deny that he has any idea of withdrawing from the con- test, and say he has a good fighting chance of success. In the Legislature. The legislature has at last gotten down | to active legislative work, nearly all of the elective business, of which there was a great volume before it at the beginning of the session, having been disposed of. Meas- ures embracing the oyster question, elec- tion laws, the financial problem and the railroad question are now before the body and are being discussed and advanced with vigor and earnestness. |. The most recent bill of importance be- fore the body is one introduced in the house Monday by Mr. Saunders of Frank- | lin “to prohibit the formation and opera- tion of pools, trusts, combinations and con- spiracies in the state and to provide for the punishment of persons connected with | same.” | This measure, which is framed after the Missouri law, is one of the most rigid of the kind ever created, being very wide in its scope and most stringent in its provis- jons. A_ similar measure was introduced in the House at the session two years ago, but failed cf passage, and the Mushbach bill became a law in its stead, under which frequent raids have been made upon Jack- son City, near Washington, D. C., and other resorts of like nature in this state. For a time, under this law, bookmaking was prohibited, all of the “turf exchange: in this city being closed. A gigantic policy organization, With a branch in Norfolk, Va., was also broken up under this law. Subsequently it was learned that the law could be evaded under conditions, and books were again opened in this city, and | Jackson City’s existence was spared. If the Saunders bill becomes a law, evasions | and treacherous dodges will be impossible, jand legal “gaming” in Virginia will be wiped out, and the places that used to know such establishments will know them | no more forever. | This is what Mr. Franklin hopes to ac- complish, and he professes to believe that the bill will become a law at this session. H Fourth Congressional District. | ‘The report that Representative James F. | Epes of the fourth congressional district would probably not be a candidate for re- election has brought out already two as- pirants for the honor. Mr. D. M. Bernard, cemmonweaith's attorney of Nottoway county, would like to be Mr. Epes’ succes- sor, but will not be a candidate in opposi- | Hon to the incumbent. State Senator Thomas N. Williams of Mecklenburg is being urged by his friends in that and adjoining counties to contest | the office with Mr. Bernard in the event of Mr. Epes declining a renomination. Mr. Epes is from Nottoway, and his predece: { | | | sor, Mr. Venable, is of Petersburg, and the voters of Mecklenburg and that end of*the district claim that the next candidate should come from their section. ‘The fourth district is popularly known as the “black district,” comprising the coun- ties of Amelia, ‘Brunswick, "Dinwiddie, reenesville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway,Prince George, Powhatan,Prince Edward, Sussex, and the city of Peters- burg, which have large negro populations. | The ‘last census show that the negroes in “heresies” of the republicans and swal- | lowed the bill in its entirety. He did not Propose to be diverted by the free-silver talk of Mr. Arnold or the protectionism of Mr. Ellis, but he went straight at the doc- trine of free trade, and seemed to like it. Taken altogether, it was a liberal educa- | tion to have been at the session last even- ing. There was all sorts and conditions of talk, and the galleries were greatly edi- fled. The Afternoon Session. In the afternoon, after The Star's report had closed, there was quite a debate on a proposition advanced by the republicans to postpone the date when the free wool | clause of the bill shall take effect. Radical | free-trade talks were made by Representa- | tives Johnson, Warner, Enloe, Hutcheson and Breckinridge of Arkansas. the afternoon was made by Mr. Champ Clark of Missouri, who made one of his characteristically funny speeches, in which he scored the republicans who wanted to put off the free wool law until they could fry more fat out of the manufacturers, and so elect another republican President. They might as well try to put off the day of judgment, he said. This proposition sound- ed too much like an attempt to secure a new trial on a case that the people had al- ready decided adversely twice. It had been said on the republican side that if wool were put on the free list, there would not be a grease spot left of the democratic party in 18%. “Then,” said Mr. Clark, “if | you believe that, every man on the republi- can side will vote for this bill.” When a man was freeizng in 18%, it would be cold comfort to tell him he would have a gaod coat in 1898. And to make up the deficit which would be caused by the Wilson bill, he satd, we are going to pass such an in- come tax as will make the eyes of the mul- ti-millionaires bulge out. ‘The amendments agreed to yesterday re- duce the tariff on furs for hatters’ use calf-skins, patent and japanned leather. dressed upper leather, chamois and other | skins from 20 to 15 per cent; “all hydro- graphic charts” were placed on the free list. The rate on condensed mil: was changed from 20 per cent ad valorem to two cents per pound. Chair cane, or reeds, wrought or manufactured from rattan or reeds, were taken from the free list, and a tariff of 7 per cent ad valorem imposed. eames! emia ana Union Lodge Elects Officers. Union Lodge, No. 22, recently met and elected the following officers: For chair- ran committee, A. E. Coynard; vice chatr- man, D. S. Goumpf; prelate, A. H. Mc- Ghan; master of work, E. M. Cox; keeper | of records and seals, H. B. Brown; master ) of finance, J. F. Cunningham; master of | exchequer, John T. Clark; master-at-arms, Walter Goodwin; inner and outer guards, J. N. McIntosh and Wm. Osborne; finance committee, E. C. Gill, C. "T. Roderick, Wm. | T. Galliher; committee to Grand Lodge, J. C. Yost, E. C. Gill, J. T. Clark, M. 8S. Campbell, C. T. Roderick. Union Lodge meets every Wednesday night at K. of P. Hall, 904 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. ea Grand Bodies of Odd Fellows. At the semi-annual meeting of the Grand Encampment of the I. O. O. F. of the Dis- trict last evening the grand encampment degree was conferred on Grand Past Chief Patriarchs L. W. Sanderson, Magenenu En- campment, No. 4; David Wolf, Columbia campment, No. 1, and Charles H. Camp- bell, Frederick Stuart Encampment, No. 7. The semi-annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of the District will be held this even- ing and Grand Lodge degrees conferred on the past grand masters from the various subordinate lodges. Application will be made for a charter for a new lodge at Langdon, ages The Cattle Market. At the cattle market at the Washington Union stock yard at Benning yesterday lv2 cattle were on the market and sold as follows: Best, sold from 4 1-4c. to 4 1-Zc. per pound; good, sold from 33-4c. to 4c. per pound; medium, sold from ie. to ¥ 1-2. per pound; common, sold from 2c. to ic. per pound. Three hundred and thirty-eight | sheep and lambs up and sold as follows: Sheep, from 21-4¢. to 4c. per pound; lambs, from 4c. to 51-t¢e. per pound. Cows with calves sold from $25 to $W each. State of the market good. | a A dispatch from Biarritz, France, where Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone are spending a part [of the recess of the house of commons, states that Mrs. Gladstone is suffering from | the effects of erysipelas. The hit of | from 20 per cent to 10 per cent ad valorem; | this district exceed the whites by about | 5,000, and, together with the white repub- licans, make the district’ republican by about 10,000 majority. How the democrats elect their nominee in this district is a miracle! It will be remembered that the last re- publican Congress unseated the democrat, Mr. Venable, in favor of John M. Lang- ston, colored, of Petersburg. _— THROUGH FRENCH EYES. AS SEEN | Amertea and Washin | peur to } | Registered at the Ebbitt House is Mme. Therese Blanc, a Frenci woman, who, under the non de plume “T. H. Bentzon,” writes some of the most brilliant feuille- tons published in the journals and maga- zines of Pari Madame Blane came to: the United States as the special corre- | spondent of the Revue du Monde of Paris, for the purpose of presenting her views on the Chicago fair to that journal's read- (ers, but with a general commission to look over the country and what she could seo, She has already covered the ground with a good deal more thoroughness than | the average European tourist, who com- piles an elaborate volume upon the peo- ple and institutions of the country after | |a visitation of a month or so in “the states.” Above and beyond ali else, Mme. anc, who was seen by a Star reporter this morning, has been impressed by three joverwhelming facts since her arrival in this country, viz., (1) that the world’s fair | at Chicago was an inconceivably finer af- \fair than the exposition at Paris; that, | Notwithstanding the fact the United States |is an enormous country as to distances, it is possible to travel from end to end of {t |W restful comfort, and (3) that the city of ton as They Ap- me Blane, Washington is more like her beloved Paris than any other city she has ever seen in | Europe or America. | “I have not seen Washington as_thor- oughly as I intend to,” said Mme. Blanc, | with a delightful accent not unlike that of Mme. Bernhardt, the great French |actress attempts to wrestle with English, ‘but I have seen sufficient to be amazed with the city’s marvelous resemblance to Paris. The Sam> broad, spacious streets— |the same beautiful massiveness in the ar- |ehitecture of the grand white public build- jings—the same elegance and richness of |the mansions in the residence portion of |the city. 1 can almost imagine as I drive |through the streets of your lovely city that I am at home in Paris, and that all of the wonderful, stirring, I might afmost say miraculous, that 1 have seen in this jcountry, are but the fragmentary memor- |fes of a dream. One can scarcely grasp |it all. I have been sent over half the world during my literary life, and have usually |been mildly interested, sometimes a trifle | surprised, often shocked, at what I have |seen. But America! I am fascinated with lit. [find it hard to leave. I have long ago jov rstayed my time. I met M. Paul Bour- get—the best writer of France—in Chicago. He ridiculed himself, abused himself. ‘And we Frenchmen have been laughing at America all our liv was all he could say. He was as much electrified by all that he saw as I am. I think he will write | the truest book of America and the Amer- icans that has ever been published in rope. One is proud of the close relation- ship that has always existed between the United States and France—one rejoices to \iive in a republic when the earth holds |such a sister republic as the United States!” —-+e- when | Dispute Over a Million. | ‘The San Francisco Examiner prints a dis- patch from New York siating that it is ru- | mored on Wall street that on account of | | the trouble between Mrs. Leland Stanford | jand ©. P. H. Huntington there was some | question as to the later’s ability to control the Galveston, Houston and Texas railroad and other lines in which Stanford is said |to have held large interests with Hunting- j ton. According to the story, Mrs. Stanford | discovered that Hurtington withheld from her knowledg> large blocks of securities held by himself and Stanford in common, and that there is a possibility of suit, st Huntington for over a million of | | dollars. | | | THE ORIGINAL EXPOSITION. Great Success of the Food Exhibit at, the Infantry Armory. ‘The Exhibits Attractively Displayed and Crowds Listen to Mrs. Rorer's Lectures Each Afternoon. The “Origiral” Food Exposition at the Washington Light Infantry Armory is prov- ing to be a great attraction for the ladies of the city, who are more than a little inter- ested in the wonderful display of articles of food and of housekeeping aids. The exposi- tion is open every day from 2 o'clock until 10:30 p.m., and is attended by large crowds of people who are attracted partly by the convenient location of the show. There are in all sixty-one exhibitors in the exposition, and there might have been twice that many if Manager Maguire had not been so careful to decline offers from all but those that he was sure had some- thing to show that was worth seeing. The decorations of the hall are parttcularly elaborate and tasteful, and everyvhing is done for the comfort and pleasure of the visitors. Many of the exhibitors have gone to special trouble to make creditable dis- plays, and a number of them have samples of their wares for gratuitous distribution. Every afternoon and evening the Koyal Hungarian Band gives a concert that is of mcre than ordinary excellence and would be well worth going to hear even if there were no pure food exposition there. Par- ticular interest attaches to the cooking lectures given by the skillful and famous Mrs. Rorer, and at 4 o'clock there is always a large crowd of ladies, who listen to her talk with the closest attention. She illus- trates her lectures with practical experi- ments that prove their actual utility. This afternoon Mrs. Rorer devotes her atten- tion to the following recipes: Boudins. Put into a saucepan one gill of stock; add two tablespoonfuls of stale bread crumbs; bring to boiling point; add tab!espoonful of butter, and one pint of finely-chopped cooked meat. Beat two eggs,without sepa- rating; take the mixture from the fire, and stir in the eggs. A teaspoonful of salt and dash of red pepper, and, if you like, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley. Put this mixture into greased custard or souflee cups; stand them in a baking pan, and half fill with boiling water, and cook in the even twenty minutes. Serve with either tomato or Sauce Bachemel. One tablespoonful of flour and one of but- ter into a saucepan; melt without brown- ing; add one gill of stock and one gill of cream; stir until boiling; then take the yolks of two eggs slightly beaten, and one- half teaspoonful of salt and one-fourth tea- spoonful of pepper. Klopps. To one pint of finely chopped cooked meat, add the unbeaten whites of two eggs, a teaspoonful of salt and a dash of red pepper. Mix thoroughly; form into balls, drop into boiling water, stand aside where it cannot possibly boil for two min- utes, lift carefully, and serve with Oynter Sauce. Boil twenty-five oysters without drain- ing: then drain and skim the liquor; turn it into a half-pint cup and pour in suffi- cient milk to fill the cup; put a tablespoon- ful of flour and one of butter into a sauce- pan and mix without browning; stir in the mixture of milk and oyster liquor; stir con- stantly until boiling, then add oysters, a half teaspoonful of salt and quarter te; spoonful of pepper. Cod a In Creme. Put into boiling water for ten minutes two pounds of fresh codfish, lift it care- fully from the water and pick into large flakes with a silver fork. Put one table- spoonful of butter and one of flour into a saucepan, mix, add one pint of milk, stir constantly until boiling, then add codfish, teaspoonful of salt and one-fourth tea- spoonful of pepper; stand over back part of fire until smoking hot. Arrange on the serving-dish a neat border of mashed pota- toes, fresh over with white of egg, run in the oven just a moment to brown, and then add to the codfish mixture the yolks of two eggs; stand over the fire until it just comes to bolling point; pour it into the eenter of border; sprinkle over some thin}, chopped parsley; garnish the dish with gherkins and radishes, and serve. _—— A GAME LESSON, Miss Johnson Explains Some Myster- les of Cookery. At the pure food exposition, Convention | Hall, Miss Helen Louise Johnson this after- noon gave what she termed a game lesson, explaining that the lesson was given not 80 much for the recipes as for the general di-| rections as to trussing, drawing and serv- ing; also as to the selection of game in the | market, and suggestions as to the time! when different game Is in season. After the lecture the teachers of the Washington cooking schools were invited | to remain and partake of the game which} was served with potato croquettes, jelly and | coffee. The table was handsomely deco-| rated in white and green, and a magnificent set of china was used. The following recipes were given: Roast Wild Duck. Wild duck should never under any cir-| cumstances be stuffed. Canvas backs stand | at the head of the list in point of delicacy | of flavor, redheads and mallards come next. Singe and draw the duck; place inside the | duck a piece of bread which has been dip-| ped in melted butter, a few pleces of cel- ery and either raw cranberries or a slice of | onion. This is to destroy the odor while, roasting. Then truss the duck and put, either salt pork or bacon and a tablespoon- ful of butter into the pan,but no hot water. Rub the breast of the duck with salt pork or bacon, and place in the oven. It should | roast not longer than thirty minutes, and | be basted not less than every ten. A’ wild duck should not be cooked beyond the point of blood running red when the bird is pierc- ed with a fork. Roast Quail. Clean, draw and truss, but do not cut off the feet. Lard the breasts of the quail with tiny lardoons. Place thin slices of bacon in the pan. Put in the quail to roast for twenty-five minutes in a moderately quick oven, Baste frequently with melted but- ter. Serve on slices of buttered toast with the crisp bacon and garnish with parsley. Broiled Woodcock. Pluck and clean, but do not draw the woodcock if you are preparing for epicures; the head should also remain on. Truss the head under the wing, and either broll over a hot fire or fry in deep fat. Serve on but- tered toast and garnish with parsley, > The Death of B. H. Warder. At a meeting of the directors of the American Security and Trust Company, held on the 15th day of January, A. v. 1804, it was Resolved, That the death of Mr. B. H. Warder not only takes from this business community a strong and progressive friend, but it is also a personal loss to all who have been associated with him. Resolved, That the active and continuous interest which he has taken in the affairs of this company from the date of its or- ganization has contributed largely to its success, and it has made his associate di- rectors familiar with his possession to an unusual degree of those qualities of heart and of mind, which in the highest sense constitute a true man. Resolved, ‘That the sympathy of the directors and the stockholders of this com- pany be communicated to his bereaved family. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Emergency Hospital held yesterday af- ternoon a committee was appointed to take appropriate action upon the death of Mr. B. H. Warder, who was a member of the board, and a ‘generous contributor to the needs of the hospital. The committee con- sists of Mr. B. H. Warner, president of the H. Randall Webb, secretary, and Dr. Swan M. Burnett, president of the | that country was acquired by the United CONGRESSIONAL SHOE LEATHER. A Novel Idea to Save Long Tramps to the Senate. There are some reforms that Congressmen do not take kindly to, while there are oth- ers that appeal so closely to their own hearts that they are eager to press them to a fini One of the latter has just been called to attention. On Friday last the Sen- ate Went into executive session at 12:30 and remained with the doors closed for two hours and a half. For a greater part of that time a reporter for The Star sat at the front or south door of the Senate chamber watching for the President's emissary, who was expected to arrive at any moment with the special message concerning Hawaiian affairs. He did not arrive, but in that pe- riod of patience the reporter noticed a cu- rious phenomenon. At intervals of about five minutes there would come the sound of feet hurrying over the tiles with unusual briskness. From the crowd of passing tourists and office seekers there would then come the form of some member of Congress, his eyes half closed in ecstatic thought of the thrilling debate go- | ing on in the House, and his head bent to- ward the ground. He would push his way through the walkers and make a bee line for the great doorway. Then the attending functionary would step forward and inter- pose a strong arm that effectually barred the way. The single word: “Executive!” acted like the antithesis of an “open se- same.” It was as though these hurrying solons had suddenly butted their heads against a brick wall. They staggered for a moment, pondered on the full significance of the word, and then went away, without a mur- mur, without a complaint. During the two hours that the reporter sat as a vis-a-vis to the doorman, keeping one eye on the throng for the rotund form of Major Pruden, and the other on the spectacle of the Congressmen falling away from the senatorial portcullis, there were probably twenty of the latter who came skimming out of the south and went skim- ming back. They le the trip es- pecially for the purpose of getting upon the floor of the Senate, and they were sadly disappointed. The distance from door to door is about two blocks, roughly speaking, perhaps a little more. The round trip, therefore, is four blocks, or in the neigh- borhood of a third of a mile. Friday's g-ist of rebuffed statesmen therefore ited total of about seven miles of useless walking. Then a great and brilliant idea suffused the reportorial brain and brought light out of the darkness, Why not arrange something that would somehow tell the members of the House when the Senate was in a condition to re- ceive them? That settied it. After the original concep- tion there were but the details to devise. De- tails are of minor moment,nowadays. They suggest themselves. In the case in point they came readily. There is no intention on the part of The Star to boast of the in- ventive genius of its news gatherers. Suf- fice it to say that the project contemplates two dials, one of which is to be placed on the wall of the House, at the side of the north door, through which all senatorial seeking representatives are apt to pass. This dial will have three marks,equidistant, to show the three states of the upper House. A needle will serve to point to one of these marks, and thus to indicate the condition of things at the other end of the building. The mv convenient a>range- ment will be to have the finger point to the lower left-hand side for adjournment, and to the lower right for executive session. Thus only when the needle is standing straight im the air will it be profitable for the tramping solons to undertake the pil- grimage. The second dial is to be placed somewhere in the Senate, most conveniently at the right hand of Capt. Bassett, whose duty it now is to ring the bells that summon Sen- ators to their various official functions. This dial would be a miniature of the first, and provided with a switch key to be turn- ed to a contact with three projections rep- resenting the three needle points on the other plate. A simple arrangement of elec- tric currents will do the rest. It would not be a bad scheme to have the House dial large enough so that it might be distinguished from the Speaker’ desk. This would in some extreme cases facilitate the business of the Senate as well as serv- ing for the personal comfort and time econ- omy of the members. The idea has been presented to the atten- tion of some of the officials of the Senate, who are enthusiastically in favor of it,and it now rests with the architect of the Capitol to put the project, which would cost very little, into operation. —_—__-e-+—______ ALASKA‘’S APPEAL. Commander James Carroll, the master of a steamship which on its trips between Puget sound and Alaska, has on many oc- casions received the benisons of congres- sional junketing parties on dog-day excur- sions to the rocky slopes of Sitka and Juneau, is registered at the Shoreham. He is in Washington to attend the convention of masters and pilots which begins its ses- sions here on Friday. Capt. Carroll is a gentleman whom the mellifiuous W. Clark Russell would delight to meet. In the rud- diness of his skin, the speaking trumpet breadth of his voice, and the picturesque roll of his gait, he is a perfect specimen of the sea novelist’s well-known delinea- tion of the steamship master. Capt. Car- roll, who is a well-educated man, is of the opinion that the government has treated Alaska with extreme shabbiness ever since States from Russia. “The people of Alaska,” said he, “are be- | coming exceedingly weary of the lack of attention paid by Congress to their fre- | quent supplications for a territorial gov- ernment for the country, and the 5,000 United States citizens living in Alaska are outspoken in their disgust at the absolute ick of practical results which has follow- | ed the solemnly organized jaunts of con- | gressional committees. As a simple matter of fact, although the American inhabitants of Alaska are, as a class, a most peaceably inclined colony, the government of this im- | mense block of American territory is to all | intents and purposes in a condition of anarchy pure and simple. About all of the | governmental power of the country is cen-| tered in the four commissioners, who hold | their positions by appointment, and the major part of whose functions are not dis-| stmilar to those of police court justices in | the cities of the United States proper. The | country just floats along and takes care of | itself, as far as government is concerned, curiously ramshackle fashion. Alaska | may be able to patiently brook this sort of | thing for the present, but it cannot go on | for many years. In the face of a thousand natural obstacles, the resources of the country are being developed at a rapid rate, and the discoveries recently made in Alaska's interior bid fair to make the country eventually rank as one of the great gold-producing regions of the world. The magnet of gold is attracting hundreds of prospectors and miners from California and elsewhere, and it will not be long be- fore the establishment of a territorial gov- ernment will be an urgent necessity, if the avoidance of a repetition of the horrors and inequalities of the old California vigi- lance committees is worthy of considera- tion. You can't put a lot of mining men, all of them ‘looking for the best of it,’ in any one spot in North America without trouble resulting, and it will require a thor- ough governmental organization to prevent a general prevalence of Cripple Creek con- ditions up there inside of a few years. Alaska has paid into the United States treasury in taxes about $11,000,000 since its purchase from Russia, which is just $4,- 000,000 more than the purchase price, and it is difficult to understand the neglect with which it is treated by the general govern- ment.” ———_- e +_____ Granted Leave. Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt, commanding the Department of Dakota, has been grant- ed leave of absence for four months, to take effect February 5 next, with permission to go abmad. Col. Peter T. Swaine, twenty- second infantry, has been temporarily as- signed to the command of the department during the absence of Gen. Merritt. BEWARE =: GRIP Dr. Edson fears another epidem: and sounds the alarm. In lung and chest pains, coughs, colds, hoarseness and pneumonia, no other external remedy affords prompt preven- ' visiting staff, and they will report suitable resolutions for action at a future meeting of the board. ee Fire broke out last night in the drying room of the large tobacco factory of Alex- ander Cameron & Co., at Richmond, Va., but was extinguished before it had made much headway tion and quicker cure than BENSON'S POROUS PLASTER, Indorsed by over 5,000 Ph: and Chemists. sure to get the genuin Benson’s. may be had from all@reggiste SEABURY & JOHNSON, Chemists, N. Y. City Came. One “Honest” Shoe Sale, ToBegin Friday at 100’clk. We anxiously awaited the below published letter. We were afraid its contents would mean disappointment, but (as we sincerely hoped it would) it contained “good news”— good for us and for you. It explains itself. It means that beginning Friday (day after tomorrow), at 10 o’clock a. m., we shall begin selling the finest shoes made ‘ For Less Than Other Shoe Dealers Pay at Wholesale. Office of « —___—_ Shoe Manufacturers, BS =: bien XN, 8S., In 2, 1804. Ma a. bt. 900K, LYNN, MA‘ january is Washington, D. C. My Dear Si ese Our surplus stock of 6,400 pairs of shoes for which you made us an offer is yours, but upon the condition that you do wot use our mame in any advertisements or signs, for, as you know, this is the first time our shoes have ever been cut in price. You partly promised this when I was in to see you last week, so I take for grauted you will not do so. Will send the shoes by freight at once. These should bring you a great deal of new trade. We Wish you success and congratulate the Washington public upon their opportunity to share in one of the “hest things” the market has ever afforded, for, as you know, these are the best class of shoes man- ufactured. Yours very truly, The store will be closed at 2 o’clock tomor- row, Thursday, to assort, mark the shoes and otherwise prepare for this sale. | We shall not be able to open Friday morn- | ing until 10 o’clock. 7 List of Bargains in tomorrow’s “Star.” Moore Shoe Palace (Next to King's Palace), 810 7th St. N. W. ]bondsmen, has arrived in New York ready to stand trial at the time et. This person- GEN. HERNANDEZ’ ARREST. It May Give Rise to Grave to Complicath Grave international questions are in- volved in the case of Gen. Hernandez of the Venesuelan army, which will un- doubtedly be presented io the con- sideration of the Secretary of State. In the early part of November last Judge Cullen of Kings county, New York, caused the arrest of, Gen. ifernaniez in terna- | al action on the part of Gen. Hernaades will in no way fob the case of any of its international features, as Gen. Hernandes is backed by the Venesuelan goverumen' which will pay all the expenses of the }in the Kings county supreme court, end later on the Venezuelan roinister expects to ask reparation from Secretary Gresham, ——+-o+—____. The city council of Emporia, has cense tax on the sale of cigarettes that |imposed on Gen. Hernandez in :his case, | his friends declare, constitute an out Kansas, passed an ordinance placing so high a ji- New York just as he was about to em-| bark for Venezuela. The warrant for the arrest was issued upon complaint of Geo. F. Underhill for damages allezcd to have been sustained by him while a resident of Ciudad Bolivar at the time of the success- ful rising of Gen. Hernandez against Pres- ident Andueza Palacio. A mob of partisens of the general, it was alleged, prevented Underhill’s departure on cecouat of his connection with the: armament cf the steamer Nutrias for Palacio. The mob, it was asserted, compelled Uniernill and his wife to land from the boat upoa which they had embarked, and Underhill was im- prisoned in « filthy jail for several weeks. As Gen. Hernandez, was about t sage on the steamer when <he warrant his arrest was served, his frieads promptly raised the amount of his bond, and he was liberated just in time to take his departure for Venezuela, where his services were needed. Gen. Hernandez denies the charzes of Mr. Underhill. But aside from every other con- sideration, the warrant of arrest and the large bail of $15,000 cash or £30,000 in bonds sale of tobacco im that form will be in that city. Feat of lard manufacturers at the Wonderful Success of O/TOLENE isone of the strong @vidences of ifs Value to housekeepers, The TREASON of this Success is that Gfrouene is a DerTeR Shorfening for ALL Cooking purposes the has EVER before been produced, and has NONE of upon justice and a breach of international law that calls for a prompt protest from the Venezuelan government. Gen. Hernandez is now fil sponsible position of member mili- tary board of Caracas, the capital of Ven- ezuela. It is argued that even if ne were amenable for his conduct at home as en officer in the Venezuelan servire, he could not be lawfully tried for the same before judges of any foreign power without an open infringement of the fundamental principles governing the contact of inde- pendent nations. The new Veneziclan minister, Senor Jose Andrade, who was appointed last September upon the resigna. tion of Dr. Francisco E. Bustemiite, is te Pen, Hernanden, it aries tect nia] the objectionable Features indisbensably Connected CHILDREN who are Need axed With lard. The Honest weak, or scrofulous. MERIT of CofToLENne explains its gsuecess, orthis | Imitations but certify the tie her nc ei Value of the genuine, equal the “ Discovery. made only by N. K. FAIRBANK & CO, from pneu- paaale, fevers, or othe CHICAGO and ST. LOUIS. it ly and’ surely in . and builds up the whole system. » Testorative tonic, it sets ed digestion ané oes (Ua j a iver on Diseases —even Con. Over twenty-five years” ) in its earlier THIRD YEAR AT PRESENT A! Nervous Debility. Special Diseases, Practice limited to the treatment of Gentlemen Exclusively Dr. Carleton creats with the skill born If it doesn't benefit or cure, vou have your monev back. Furs in every case, Here goes for the final “mark down" in Pur Capes, Neck Scarfs, Mutts, &e. 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