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ETE — bt TOP» ‘824 7th St. i; THE BOND BIDDERS Secretary Oarlisle Responds to the Senate Resolution of Inquiry. List of Those to Whom Allotments Were Made and the Amounts Awarded to Each. Responding to the resolution which pass- ed the Senate on the 2d Instant, the Sec- retary of the Treasury today sent to the Senate a statement showing the names of the bond subscribers offering 117.223 whose subscriptions were accepted, together with the amount subscribed for and the amount allotted at that price. The statement also gives a list of ‘hose offering to purchase at a higher price, and a list of those not con- sidered. Among the latter, amounting in the ag- gregate to $0,000,000, was that received from C. L. Riker, whose offer the Secretary has not considered because his financial standing, as stated to the department, did not warrant the bellef that ne was able to complete his subscription. The offer of Clarence T. Walker for $3,000,000 was jaid aside because he gave only a teniporary ad- The bid of the Central Trust Company of. New York was conditional. Proposals re- ceived later than the Ist instant are not included in any of these statements. Al- lotments were made as follows on the 117,223 bids: Allotments Made. B, E. Tilden, Chicago, $11,350; Townsend, Desmond & Voorhis, New York, $050; Fanny Nolan, New York, $380; D. B. Free- man, East Saginaw, Mich., $9,450; J. A. Jones, Washington, D. C., $300; American Exchange National Bank, New York, $2,- 366,700; Stanley & Hume, Wichita, Kan., 99,450; H. Y. Trevor, New York, $47,350; A. H. Ainsworth, Larned, Kan., $050; Inde- pendence National Bank, Philadelphia, $189,350. Wm. Wagner, Philadelphia, $950; Evening Post Publishing Company, New York, $23,- H. Bright, Tamaqua, Pa., $20; National Bank, Lowell, Mass. Russell, Washington, D. C. Mass., $04,650; Virginia Erwin,’ Painted ew York, $4,750; H. H. White, North Bennington, Vt., $4,760; Merchants’ N. tional Bank, San Diego, Cal., $47,; | Hazeltine, Prescott, Ariz. $v, Townsend, Solemon Falls, | White, North Bennington, Vt., $475. | German-American Savings Bank, Burling- ton, Iowa, $9,450; Silas Werner, East 650; I. Greenwich, R. L., $18,950; Chase National ‘ tloral Bank, New York, $378,700; National Park Bank, New York, $046,700; Manhattan ‘Trust Company, New York, $236,000; Na- uonal City Bank, N. Y., $046,700; Drovers’ and Mechanics’ National Bank, Baltimore, $47,350. Seaboard National Bank, New York, $189,350; B. E. Tilden, Chicago, $9,450; J. W. Free, New York, $950; C. F. Spurgin, Kir gsbury, ; Hanover National Bank, New York, $1,420,030; Bank of Man- hattan Company, New York, $473,350; Im- | porters and Traders’ National Bank, New York, $046,700; Merchants’ National Bank, | New York, $473,350; Kuhn, Loeb & Co., New York, $1,420,050; Naumberg, Lauer & Co., New York, 304,650. Bank of America, New York, $473,350; Vermillye & Co., New York, $473,350; L. Von Hoffman & Co., New York, $622,700; Continental National Bank, New York, $235,650; A. Grover, New York, $23,650; J. and W. Seligman & Co., New York, $346,- 7qu0; Mechanics’ National Bank, New York, $473,350; Muller, Schull & Co., New _ ork, $04," Unger, Smithers & Co., New $473,350; Sperger & Co., New York, $046, 700. Heidelback, Ickelheimer & Co., N. Y., $248,000; White & Hartshorne, New York, $198,350; Morton, Bliss & Co., New York, $473,350; Chemical National Bank, New York, $946,700; Baring, M: & Co., New York, $236,00;; Hallgarten & Co., New York, $236,650; W. H. Stuart, Richmond, Maine, $950; New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, New York, $946,700; Lazard Free- res, New York, $946,700; Metropolitan Trust Company, New York, $230,050; S. R. Mc- Lean, New York, $136,300. Bros. and Co., New York, $946,700: . 8. Trust Co., ww York, $2,366,700; Peoples’ Bank, New_York, $19,350; Bank of Ne’ York, New York, $473,350. State Trust Company, New York, $236,650; National Citizens’ Bank, New York, $04,650; Gerard Life Insurance and Trust Company, Philadelphia, $47,35$; Kidder, Peabody & Co., Boston, $946,700; Mrs. Harriet Kelly, Baltimore,3950; German National Bank, Cin- cinnatl, $23,650; A. J. Bushler, Washing- ton, D. C., $400; Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company, New York, $1,893,400. Phoenix National Bank, N. ¥ Sixth National Bank, N. 7.350 5 tral National Bank, N. Y., $046,700; Knick- erbocker Trust Company, N. $473,000 Union Trust Company, > . ; New York Life Insurance Com] y, N. Y¥., $2,- 840,050; National Bank of Commerce, N. Y.. $046,700; New York Security and Trust | Company, N. ¥., $473,350; Fifth Avenue Bank, N. Y., $473,350; Merchants’ National Bank, Middletown, Ohjo, $189,350. J.D. Probst & Co., New York, $47 J. D. Probst & Co., New York, $189,350; R. Boston, $946,700; Hudson New York, 328,400; Bank of State of New York, New York, $04,60 Bolognes, Hartfield & Co., New York, $23, 650; Alling & Secoe, New York, $284,000. Brooklyn Trust Company, New York, $189,350; Rochester Trust Company, Roch- ester, N. Y., $04,650; W. J. Neil, Buchtel, O., $2,450; Fourth National Bank, New York, $946,700; I. and S. Wormser, New York, $046,000. The above allotments were the result of sealing to the extent of 5,331 per cent. The amount in the aggregate of this class is $40,704,000. All the bids at figures over 117,228, except as above noted, were ac- cepted. They amount in the aggregate to $9,205,300. The bids range all the way from 117,224 to 120,829. The allotments in this class were made as follows: Third National Bank, Cincinnatt, $100,000; T. M. Mosely, West Point, Miss., $11,000; Sailer & Strawson, Philadeiphia, $100,000; Eutaw Savings Bank, Baltimore, $100,000; People’s Trust Company, Brook- lyn, $500,000; A. J. Mayer, New York, $250, 000; L. Von Hoffman & Co., New York, $300,000; American Exchange National Bank, New York, $500,000; Kidder, Peabody & Co., Boston, $250,000; Higginson & Company, Central “National Bank, ringfield, Mo., Mrs. M. J. Berry, Athens, Ohio, ; E. J. Hartner, Pertner, Pineville, La., Ambrose Snow Rockland, Me., $1¢ D. W. Cosgrove, Marlboro, Mass., Boston, $250,000; $1,000. Bank, Milford, Del., $15,000; C. J. Cooper, Oxford, N. C., $100; Peopie’s Trust Com- pany, Farmington, Maine, $29,000; B. E. Tilden, trustees, Chicago. $10,000; Jos. Con- way, Harper’s Ferry, W. Va., $1,500; Morris Mark, Herkimer, N. Y., $100,000; L. J. Lederer, Baltimore, $100; Von Schaick & Co., N. Y., $5,000, a Slav War on German Dialect. From the Interlor. The revival of the national feeling of the |Slav countries of Austria has prevented |German from becoming the dominant tongue of Europe. A generation ago Ger- man had almost displaced the Bohemian language: the offictal language of the Aus- \ trian empire, it bid fair to bind that heter- ogeneous empire closely together by be- |coming its own language. But a general Slav revival has taken place. The Bo- hemians, Croats, Slovaks, Poles and other nationalities have ail begun to create a | national Mterature, and all insist that their language shail be recognized. Rather than the language of their kindred Russia, and | become part of the empire of the czar. The German language has been limited to the Tt ts spoken in the Baltic provinces of and by the Saxon colonies of Tran- sylvania. It being officially stamped out ja, and as a reward for support in the army bill, Emperor William has promised to recognize the Pol in Prussian Po'and. 000 speak Germa 3 the language is spoken does not increase. There are no German colonies except in unhealthy regions of Africa and Papua, and the natives of these regions are so un- compromisingly hostile to the harsh policy ued toward them, that they are not to adopt German. The rebellious provinces of southern Brazil are inhabited chiefly by Germans. and if they achieve independence German will probably be- come the national language. Germany has long had !ts eye on South Africa, and hopes by annexing the Boer republics to tually obtain the English colonies as The Increased English immigration t few years has strengthened the mglish influence over the Boer republics, 1 they will probably soon join fortunes h Cape Colony, ending the dream of a t German colony in South Africa, h language out 55.000, in which Schafer Bros., New York, $94,630; Brown y |until the tariff bill is reported by the finance J. E. Tower, N. Y., $50: First Nattonal | adopt German the Slav nations would adopt | confines of Germany, German Switzerland | and the arch duchies of Austria. ‘PRLBGRANS 90 THE SEAR SEEKING RECOGNITION, The Italian Government Approached by Agents of Brasilian Rebels. ROME, Feb. 8.—The government has been approached by agents of the Drazilian in- surgents, who have suggested that it was | highly important that Italy should recog- nize the insurgents as belligerents, on the in power invthe House at any time, if Wile ground that they had established an inde- | Pendent government, that they controlled | the greater portion of southern Brazil against Peixoto, whom they classed as a military dictator, since September last. The reply of the government was to the effect that Italy was not disposed to recog- nize the insurgents of Brazil as belliger- ents. —_—_—_ WRECKED AT SUGAR NOTCH. A Lehigh Valley Brakeman Burned to Death. WILKESBARRE,Pa.,Feb. 8.—Two freight trains collided on the- Lehigh Valley rail- Toad today at Sugar Notch, making a big | Wreck. A stove in one of the cabooses set ; fire to the wreckage, and before it could be extinguished Christopher Curtis, a brake- man, was burned to death. ———_—_ ATTACKED NEAR TIMBUCTOO. Surprise of a French Flying Co! in Africa. PARIS, Feb. 8.—A dispatch received here from the governor of Senagal states that a French flying column is reported to have been surprised by the Taureges, near Tim- buctoo. No further details are given. ——__ England Hopes for Better Times Here. LONDON, February 8. The Times commenting on the returns of the board of trade for January says they point to indications of returning prosperity. The increase in imports amounted to £5,- 332,143, mostly in raw materials, and this shows, says the Times, that manufacturers venture to anticipate an increase of demand for finished products. The article says further: “We are special- ly sensitive to changes in the economic condition of the United States, but beyond a return of a healthy appetite for the best class of securities no very decided symp- toms of improvement have heen reported from that country. Still there is undoubt- edly a feeling of hope, and with the settle- ment of the tariff question, there may come a general revival of trade in the United perp ene Ui lage o to strengthen e tendenc: ; exhibited in the board Meade rece es Panicky Indications tn Wheat. CHICAGO, Feb. 8.—After a record-break- ing opening, with May at 61 7-8 today, wheat firmed up on heavy buying. Heavy northwestern receipts and discouraging ca- bles caused the weakness at the opening, and indications were panicky. Bat Lester bought 500,000 bushels. Armour and other traders bought freely, and after going 1-8 under the opening price May advanced to @2 1-4, the price at which it prt ich it closed last —— PRINTING OFFICE SITE. A Substitute Introduced in the Senate by Mr. Vest. Senator Vest of the committee on public buildings and grounds today introduced a substitute for the bill presented by him some days ago, designating a site for a new printing office. The substitute makes two important changes in the bill. The changes are all in section four, The effect of the first is to provide for a large building, to be erected in the future, covering the entire area now owned by the government on the present site. The other change consists in placing the construction of the building under the care of “the officer in charge of the construc- tion of the building of the Library of Con- gress” instead of “the chief of engineers of the army.” The most important change, however, is in the last amendment, which is in the form of a proviso to section 4, “That while said officer is engaged upon the actual duty of the construction of pub- Uc buildings his army pay and allowances shall be the same as for an officer of his grade upon the active list.” This provision will enable Congress to employ Gen. Casey on public building after his retirement without reducing his compensation. —_-e-______ HAWAII IN THE SENATE. Next Week the Debate Will Be Mainly on This Subject. The Senate will adjourn today until Mon- day, and it is probable that from that day committee the Senate will be occupied main- ly by the Hawaiian question. Senator Gray today gave notice that on Monday he would address the Senate on the subject of the Turple resolutions declaring against annexation and Mr. Daniel said he would follow Mr. Gray on Monday unless some republican desired to speak. - oe Changes by the Mar 5 Col. A. A. Holt, acting clerk in the office of the marshal of the District; J. B. Me- Caffrey, in charge at the Police Court; A. G. Hall, Arthur McDermott, J, Clay Hewes, M. McCully, C. H. Doing, George O. Bar- ker ard T. J. Stewart, deputies and bailiffs of the marshal’s office, were yesterday re- | quested to resign. Some of them have j complied, and doubtless the others will hand in theirs by the time stated—15th instant. As soon as the appointments which are made by the Department of Justice on the recommendation of the marshal are sent down they will be announced. > Death of Mr. Robert T. Bassett. Another one of the oldest residents of Washington died this morning in the per- son of Mr, Robert T. Bassett of the coast survey office. Mr. Bassett was the brother of Capt. Isaac Bassett of the United States | | Senate, and spent the greater portion of his life in this city. He was born in 1822, | near the place where the United States | treasury now stands. At the age of twenty- |five he entered the service of the United | States coast survey, remaining in that serv-| jice until his death, about forty-eight years. |For many years he was stationed along the | | Coast at various points from Maine to the | Gulf of Mexico. About 1878 he was called in from the field and assigned to duty in| |the map mounting division of the office, | where he remained until his death. During |all his long years of service of forty-eight | Yeers he was never known to apply for a| | leave of absence on account of sickness un- | | as Steam \til his last ilimess. He was a generous- | hearted, faithful and conscientious officer, | always attentive to duty and kind and) | thoughtful of others. About a year ago he | had a slight stroke of paralysis, but recoy- ered suffictently to resume his duties, Since that time he has been subject to sudden at- tacks of vertigo, and had several bad falls, |in one of which, occurring in his bed room, he broke his arm at the shoulder, and while | coafired to the house from that cause he | was stricken on Monday last with cerebral | apoplexy and immediately lost the power of speech, although remaining conscious un- til the last. He leaves a wife and three | children—Mr, Robert S. Bassett of Falcon, 'Col.; Mrs. H. O. Hall and Miss Marguerite Bassett of this city. His funeral will take place on Saturday at 3 p.m. from his late | residence, 1 East Capitol street. —— Went Point Cadets, The following named persons have re- ceived cadet appointments to West Point: |George B. Dandy, jr. Omaha, Neb., |large; Gwynn R. Hancock, of Maryland, at large; Lewis H. Foley, Brooklyn, N. Y.; | George B. Serenhetz (alt.), Brooklyn, N. Y. - | Alfred A. Case, Jersey City, N. J.; John F | Olver, Parts, Tenn.; David P.''Wheeler, ‘Zanesville, Ohlo; Otto K, Parker (alt.); Keith, Ohio; Edward W. Klein (alt), Mar- quette, Mich., and N. Allan Merritt, Lock- port, N. Y. The Warden's Reply. Maj. Burke was at the court house today, but delined to be interviewed, for the pres- ent at least, on the charges preferred against him by the Attorney General. It is known, however, that he has prepared an answer to them, and his friends state that they have no fears but that he will be able to show that for any derelictions he is not chargeable. —_— The case of John Vigal agt. Rebecca Vigal for divorce, filed on August 28 last, has been dismissed. Richard Meaney was tried in Justice Cole's court yesterday for larceny from the person and was found not guilty. OF WIDER INTEREST. The Political Bearing of a Decision in a Contested Election. The Hilborn-Fnglish contested election case of California, which has been pro- ceeded with in the elections committee without attracting much attention, is liable to become the most interestiag contest of this Congress. According to the republican view of the decision, if the democratic po- sition is maintained a precedent will be furnished hy which the republicans, being ing to avail themselves of it, might oust @ very large number of southern demo- crats. After sifting the case to the bottom the decision qurned upon one precinct of about 7 legal voters. According to the returns Mr. Hilborn received in this precinct 37 votes and Mr. English received 15. The precinct had been before a democratic pre- cinct, and the supposition advanced w: that the votes had been transposed, and that as a matter of fact 37 had been cast for Wnglish and 15 for Hilborn. Mr. English got the sworn testimony of thirty-seven men in the precinct that they had voted for him, and this was presented to sustain the supposition. Mr. Hilborn claimed that the best evidence would be the ballots themselves, The ballots had been preserved, in accordance with law, and as the republican members of the com- mittee claim, they were intact and beyond the possible suspicion of having been tam-} Pered with. On examination it was found that the re- turns of the board, whick was strongly democratic, were incorrect ‘and there was no dispute upon this point. This, bhow- ever, did not establish Mr. English’s claim, since the ballots themselves, the highest evidence, showed that Mr. Hilborn had re- ceived 2 votes and Mr. English 22, which in the whole district would give Mr. Hil- born a majority of three. The legal qnes-} tion was then presented as to whether the affidavits of men as to how they had voted should be regarded as better evidence than the ballots themselves, The Effect in the South. The republicans contend that this ques- tion, and no other, was presented, and that the decision against Mr. Hilborn is an in- dorsement of the proposition that affidavits taken after the electién shall be accepted in preference to the testimony of the bal- lots themselves, and it is contended that such a principle applied to the black dis- trict in the south would inevitably result in the overthrow of a very large number of returns which place democrats in Congress. ‘The democrats of the committee, however, contend that there was more in the propo- sition than that, and that their decision as based upon the asumption that inas- much as the returns of the democratic election officials were found to be incorrect, that the baliots themselves might have been tampered with, and that it was upon @ very strong belief that the ballots had been tampered with that they decided to accept the affidavits rather than the ballots as superior testimony. One of the democrats of the committee stated that the seal on the envelope in} which the ballots were preserved had been slightly broken and that the stubs from} which the ballots were torn were not put in| testimony to show whether the exact num- ber of ballots issued were accounted for.) Another democratic member of the commit- | tee, however, seems to have voted for Mr. | English with an entirely different appre- hension of the case. This member stated that while he sus- pected fraud, that the decision was based upon the ballots themselves, whic h he sald, showed 29 for English and 22 for Hilborn. This appears to be a misapprehension on his part since other members of the com- mittee of both parties agreed that the bal- lots showed that it was Hilborn who had the 2 votes. This indicates merely that one member of the majority may have voted under a misapprehension. ~ eee __ THE BOARD OF TRADE. Additions to the Membership—Topics to Be Discussed. The progress of the board of trade toward becoming a thoroughly representative body of all classes of our people fs still continu- ing at a rate that is very gratifying to those who believe that this organization has a great future for the good of the national capital. The following well-known names have been added to the list of members of the board: Col. Marshall McDonald, United States fish commissioner; Messrs. Henry Wells, general manager of the Washington Hy- draulic Press Brick Company; Lewis Cle- phane, Theophile Felter, proprietor of Welcker’s Hotel; L. M. Saunders & Co., To-Kalon Wine Company, Craig & Harding, | Thomas Dowling, William E. Chandiee, | Frank N. Carver, Charles H. Burgess, Kobert N. Harper, Charles W. Darr, John L. Prosise, J. Edward Chapman, Somerset R. Waters and George M. Sothoron. At the meeting of the board of trade to be held in the parlors of Wormley’s Hotel | Wednesday evening next, the 14th instant, | several subjects of great importance to the | District will be considered. — Foremost | among these will be the bill drafted by the | committee cn taxation and assessments, | favorable action on which was recommend- | ed by the board of directors at their recent | meeting. Other subjects recommended by | the directors for the approval of the board are the bili (S. 871, Sid Cong., Ist sess.) | authorizing the entrance of the Norfolk and ; Western railroad into the District; the joint | resolution (H. Res. 32, 58d Cong., 1st sess.) | declaring Massachusetts avenue through the grounds of the Naval Observatory a | public street, and the resolution expressing | the regret of the board of trade at the action of the House committee on appro- priations with regard to the current Dis- trict appropriation bill. Short addresses will be made by several members of the board on topics of interest to the city. There will also be free discussion of the | question in three-minute speeches, “How | ean the Board of Trade be made most | helpful to the District?” | SSPE Plate Printers’ Controversy. Secretary Carlisle has received a letter from John R. Jones, secretary-treasurer of | the National Plate Printers’ Union of the| United States of America, dated New York, | February 6, in which he says: “My atten-| tion has been called to several articles in the dally press of recent dates in reference to the contract for printing postage stamps, now under consideration by the Post Office Department, and the fact that a committee of plate printers waited on you recently with a view of influencing the award of that contract. Misrepresentations made by that committee call for corrections on the | part of the National Plate Printers’ Union. | “The above committee do not represent! the plate printers’ industry of this city, as claimed by them. Their organization, known | nd Hund Press Plate Printers’ | Assembly 333, Knights of Labor, is com- posed of thirty members, the majority of | whom are under indictinent by the New | York Plate Printers’ Union for conduct | (during a strike) unbecoming union men, | and they are not recoi d by any plat printers’ organiza re. In some cases their members have never served any | | apprenticeship to plate printing,and arewhat are termed in trade ‘shoemakers.’ The entire force of plate printers tn Washing- |ton, Boston, Philadelphia, and 270 of the | 300' plate printers In New York, are affill- | ated with the National Plate Printers’ Union, and do not recognize the tilegiti- mate 'so-catlel union of plate printers, | Local Assembly : Knights of Labor.” = — O. V. Smith, traffic manager of the Sea- board Air Line, and well known in railroad | cireles, died yesterday morning at his home | at Portsmouth, Va Judge Grosscup of Chicago yesterday ap- pointed W. K. Sullivan receiver of the American Building, Loan and Investment Company. see The dead body of P. D. Miller of Chica was yesterday found on a Brookiyn dock, Beside it was a revolver, with which it is believed be killed himself. No reason is known, GATARRH « « IN CHILDREN For over two years my little girl's life was made miserable by a case of Catarrh. The discharge from the nose was large, constant and very offensive. Her eyes became inflamed, the lids swollen and very painful. After trying various reme- dies, I gave her, The first bot- tle ‘seemed to EOS) aggravate the disease, but the symptoms soon #.u2tc and in a short time she was cure:1. Dr. L. B. Ritcuey, Mackey. ind. Our book free. on Blood and Skin Diseases Swirt Spectric Co., ‘Aauta Gare THE SOCIAL WORLD The Guests Whom Mrs. Brice Entertained at Luncheon Today. Mr. and Mrs. Mendonca’s Dinner Last Evening—Quiet Social Events— Personal Notes. Mrs. Brice gave a luncheon today at which the ladies entertained were Mrs. Bissell, Miss Morton, Mrs. Perrine, Mrs. Harlan, Mrs. Murphy, Mrs. Guzman, Mrs. Bartlett, Mrs. Butterworth, Mrs. John Black, Mrs. Oates, Mrs. V. R. Berry, Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Ruggles, Mrs. John Gray Foster, Mrs. Slack, Mrs. Halliday, Mrs. Wlison, Mrs. Kinney, Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Weightman, Mrs. Chatard, Miss Kate Field and Miss Ellis. The table set in the large dining room of Corcoran House was decked with a service of gold. The epergne in the center was surrounded by white tapers capped with silver shades over magenta. Large bows of magenta ribbon were laid under the smaller pieces of the service, the cake and confection stands and the ends of these riobons stretching across the cloth made vivid lines of color with the gleaming service. On Saturday night Senator and Mrs. Brice will give a dinner. Mrs. Mattingly has invitations out for a luncheon on February 22. Mr. C. P. Huntington and Prince and Princess Hatzfeldt, who have been here since Saturday night, left last night for New Orleans on their way to California, The Brazilian minister and Mrs. Mendon- ca yesterday entertained at dinner the Sec- retary of State and Mrs. Gresham, the Sec- retary of Agriculiure and Miss Morton, Senator Sherman, Senator and Mrs. Frye, Senator and Mrs. Dolph, Representative and Mrs. McCreary, Representative and Mrs. Geary, Miss Wilcox, the Misses Mendonca, Mr. Oscar do Amaral and Mr. Mario Men- donca. They will give another dinner Feb- ruary 17. ‘Today at 11 a.m. a cavalry drill at Fort Myer was witnessed by Mrs. Lamont, Mrs. Collamore of New York and Miss Sanders, her guests, Miss Scott, Miss Lockwood, Miss Cornell of Buffalo, Miss Blackburn, Miss Breckinridge, Miss Ruggles and Miss Slocum. After the drill the company was entertained at breakfast at Col. Henry’ the commandant’s, quarters. The table was decked with yellow, the cavalry color. The men present to enjoy the ladies and the feast were Captains Pitcher 1d Stephen- son, Lieutenants Perry, Sewell, Landis, Mendet and Haines. Miss Kate McNamara and Mr. T. P, Har- tigan were married on Tuesday last at St. Aloysius Church by Rey. Father Gillespie. The bride wore white satin. Miss Susie Kelly, in white bengaline, carrying La France roses, attended the bride, and Mr. Martin McNamara, ccvsin of the bride, was best man. The ushers were Messrs. Fitz- gerald, W. Kelly, G. Parker and S. Rob- erts, After the ceremeny a reception was held at the residence of the bride’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Hartigan took a late train for an extended tour. The bride’s gifts were numerous and costly. Mrs, R. J. Floyd of Capitol Hill, accom- panied by Miss Janie Cooksey, is visiting in Baltimore. Miss Betty McPherson of Leesburg,Va., is visiting her sister, Mrs. G, A, Orrison. Miss Clara Cohen of Baltimore is visiting Miss Esther Rubenstein, 705 Sth street northwest, where she will be pleased to see her friends. The Ingleside Assembly will give an in- formal dance at the mansion Friday, Feb- ruary 9. This is the sixth of their series. Mrs. J. H. Gore, 1521 New Hampshire avenue, will be home to her friends on Friday afternoons during February. Mrs. Dorsey Clagett will not receive this week, but will be at home Friday, Feb- ruary Mrs. Joel Hillman will not be at home to- morrow, but will be on Fridays thereafter. Mrs. William Ruben, 920 H street north- west, assisted by her nieces, Migs Addie E. Pose and Miss Annie B. Sfincter, and her sister, Mrs. William Carrol Verden, will be at home on Friday, the 9th instant, at 5 p.m. The Misses Hamlin will not be at home tomorrow. The W. T. U. of East Washington met at Fred R. Walker's, 416 10th street south- west. Monday event and elected the fol- lowing ofticers for the next term: Presi- dent, Fred R. Walker; vice president, Miss Burges; secretary, Geo. Betts; treasurer, Frank Gorsuch, sergeant-at-arms, H. B. White; chaplain, Mrs. Ferd Espey. On Tuesday last the Stephanotis Club held their last necktie party and dancing reception until after the Lenten season, at their club rooms, 532 21st street northwest. The Legion of Loyal Women will be at home, as usual, at their headquarters, 419 1th street northwest, tomorrow, Friday evening, from 7:30 to 10 p. m. The reception committee for this occasion consists of Miss Frances 8. Hoey, Mrs. Carrie Holley, Miss Helen R. Holmes, Miss Mary C. Hood, Mrs. Jean McK. Hoover, Miss-Louise Hop- wood, Mrs. Emily F. Hort, Miss Belle R. Houghton, Mrs. Maria A. Houghton, Mrs. M. Belle Houk, Mrs. Jennie J. Houston, Mrs. Cordelia Howgate, Mrs. Agnes How- land, Mrs, Catherine Hudson, Mrs. A. J. Hughes, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hunt, Mrs. Emily J. Hulse, pe Canal Claim Holders. A conference of claim-holders, represent- ing $22,425, against the Chesapeake and Ohio canal was held at the Hotel Hamilton in Hagerstown, Md., yesterday, says the Valtimore Sun. Mr, Alburtus Spencer of Harper's Ferry, W. Va., presided, and Mr. Little of Hantock, Md., was secretary. Among those present were Messrs. Frank T. Goddard, John A, Dugan, James Ster- ling, John Burgess, James Morrow, Daniel M. Reed, W, A. Johnson, V. D. Johngon, J. ©. Wilson and others. The conference was called chiefly to ascertain if a settlement of the claims could be made with the canal company, and if not, to consolidate the debts and go to law for their payment. —see- The special election to vote $200,000 bonds for new schoo! buildings at St. Joseph, Mo., carried by more than two-thirds majority. The New York anarckists are making a strong effort to secure the pardon of Alex- ander Berkman, the anarchist who shot and wounded H. C. Frick at Pittsburg. Y OCCUPATION, plenty of sittin; down and no much exercise, ought to have Dr, Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to go with it. They absolutely land permanently cure Constipation. One tiny, sugar- coated Pellet is a corrective, a regulator, a gentle laxative. They're the smallest, the easiest to take, and the most natural remedy—no reac- tion afterward. Sick Headache, Bilious Headache, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and all stomach and bowel derangement3 are prevented, relieved and cured. A SEDENTAR ee Ve A “COLD IN THE HEAD” is caused by Catarrh. tarrh itself. INVALID NOURISHMENT of INCREASING THE BEER TAX. | The Plan Which is Being Advocated by Senator Jones. Senator Jones of Arkansas is endeavor- ing to secure the incorporation into the tariff bill of an amendment increasing the tax on beer. He ts earnestly in favor of this proposition, and hopes to be able to secure enough sentiment in {ts favor in the Senate to warrant its adoption by the finance committee. “I cannot see,” he said last evening to a Star reporter, “why this plan should not be accepted. There seems to me to be no other commodity so easily, profitably and successfully taxed. The present tax is $1 a barrel. Each barrel of beer contains thirty-one gallons, and so the tax is little more than 3 cents a gallon. This means | only a small fraction of a cent a glass. An increase would not cause a raise im the retail price of beer to the consumer. The additional tax will be divided between the brewer and the retailer, and I guess that | they are both weil able to pay it. This | increase would produce thirty millions of | revenue without the increase of a dollar in the expense of jon. Adulteration Improba' “I do not believe that there would be any attempt on the part of the brewers to re- coup this slight loss by an adulteration of their product. Under the present laws they must file with the commissioner of internal | | revenue periodical statements of their brew, | | with analytical tables showing the ingre- dients used by them. The maker of bad | beer is thus liable at any time to exposure. | To be sure, there are no punative provisions in the law now, nor are they needed, for | there seems to be no complaint as to the | quality of the beer generally put on the | market. But tf tnere should be an increase | in the tax and it should appear that there is a disposition on the part of the brewers and dealers to adulterate or dilute, it would be very easy to vide some system of ' inspection and punishment, That, however, is a matter that properly belongs to the pure food movement, and I have my doubts a@s to the wisdom of very much federal supervision over this matter, “The present tax on whisky,” continued the Senator, “is 9 cents per gallon, and this is raised to a dollar in the Wilson bill. I do not consider the proportion between the whisky and beer taxes to be at all just or equitable, when the relative amount of alcohol is considered. There is a dispo- sition on the part of some to advance even this increase in the whisky tax to $1.10, to $1.25, and to even more a gallon, but noth- ing can be foretold now as to the result. “I have spoken to a number of Senators on this subject of an increased beer tax, and they seem to be generally in favor of it. So far I have not had a chance to bring the matter to the attention of the com- mittee, but I hope to be able to bring up the subject and secure the adoption of an amendment before the bill is reported to the Senate.” ——— Mexican Exports to This Country. From a statement furnished the Two Re- publics of Mexico by the Mexican secretary of finance, it appears that during the last half of the fiscal year 1892-93, ending June 30, the total commercial and mineral ex- ports of Mexico aggregated in value $47,- 000,000, of which $36,000,000 came to the United States, if you try to get along without Pearl- ine. The work of washing will be harder, there’ll be more of it, and it won't be as well done. You'll lose money in the time that’s wast- ed, and the things that are worn out in the wretched rub, rub, rub, over the washboard. Easy washing with Pearline doesn’t cost any more than hard and ruinous washing with- outit, But it saves a good deal, all the way through. 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