Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1894, Page 9

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TUESDAY EVENING, FEB. 13, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB. 21, ‘The Famous English Entertainer Mr. George Grossmith, Tm his Original, Hemorous, and Musical Recitals, Dreseuting for the fSret times im Wasbitgton his new skétches, “THE ART OF ENTERTAINING.” “HOW 1 DISCOVERED AMERICA.” ‘The less said about the voyage over, the better. ri a. The difference fare. * impression of America. The ween English and American Language. I receive hints how to promounce mf Mother Tongue. American Society. American Hospital-| ity, American irama and American Music. The Paderewski Craze Mr. Grossmith will introduce the following origin- al songs: RL." “I'M HIS DarsY.” ADEREWSKI CRAZE.” TRATIONS AND IMITATIONS. “THE AMFRICAN ¢ THE ROUS ILL NUMER accompany himself on @ Haine’s 6 p.m. fet-4r* | | tt Miss | Laura lee Dorsey PAlactpals, Washy . FEMALE SE! MUINARY, 1226 18TH t. 8) advantages in primary and advanced NEW T! a mre ruary 1. Miss UAT, Principal Jaid-1m* STUDIO, 1003 9TH ST. 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SOMERS, Principal. THE ES MINKE OF THE NEW ENGLAND Conservatory of Music, 1. Piano, harmon: and votce culture: Lampert!’s Italian m 312 Ware ave. De fe6-Lm* MR. BLAND’S EXPLANATION. He States Figures and Facts in Sup- port of His Seigniorage Bill. At 3:50 yesterday afternoon, after a _con- tinuous series of roll calls and calls of the | House from 12 o'clock, Mr. Bland secured @ quorum in the House and called up his seigniorage bill for consideration. The vote was 176 to 4—Speaker Crisp voting with Mr. Bland. Mr. Bland entered at once upon an ex- planation of the provisions of the bill, dur- ing the progress of which he was besieged with questions from all sides. The first section of the bill, he said, proposed to utilize at once the silver seigniorage in the treasury to meet the exigencies of the treasury. According to the statement of the Secretary of the Treasury the silver | Seigniorage in the treasury was $55,156,861, The first section of the bill made this amount available immediately, if neces- | Sery, by the issue of certificates, the coin- |ege of: the seigniorage to proceed for the redemption of certificates. A technical ob- jection had been raised, he said, on the ground that no seigniorage existed until | Ure bullion was coined, but the Secretary of the Treasury had held that the seigniorage accrued as the certificates were issued. Under the act of ’9) only $25,000,000 of the bullion had been coined, $2,625,048 In excess of the amount mandatory upon the Secre- tery of the Tréasury; and, according to the provisions of that act, $2,625,948 in cer- | tificates had been redeemed and canceled by that coinage. He contended that it would probably not be necessary to issue | the silver certificates. authorized faster than the seigniorage was cofned, so that there would always be behind each certi- ficate a silver dollar, But even if it were necessary to issue the $55,000,000 of silver certificates immediately, there were now in the treasury 26,677,553 silver dollars in excess of the outstanding silver certificates, so_that there would be in round numbers $474,000,000 of certificates on a reserve of $419,000,000 {n coin; an amount which he contended was amply sufficient. The second and last section of the bill, Mr. Bland explained, provitied for the coin- age of the rest of the bullion in the treas- ury as fast as possible, and the redemp- tion and cancellation of the silver cer- tificates issued thereon as fast as the coin- age proceeded. The fact that the Secre- tary of the Treasury was today asking for duthority to issue $200,000,000 of short- time bonds to relieve the treasury of the drain upon the gold reserve by the redemp- tion of treasury notes under the act of 1800 and greenback legal tenders ought to be sufficient justification for the speedy redemption of these notes. Behind these Notes there were now two funds, the gvld | and the silver coin, while behind all other | dlasses of currency there was but one Kind \of currency. Why should this continue? | Let the treasury notes of '90 be redeemed |and caneeled and silver coin be issued in their stead. There would be no contraction lof the currency. This was what the Sher- man law contemplated eventually by its very terms. This bill only proposed to facilitate its execution. It eompelled what was now | discretionary. In response to a volley of | question from Messrs. Rayner, Hendrix, Catchings and others, Mr. Bland main- tained that this bill would in no wise effect |the legal tender quality of the notes of 90 or their redeemability; it simply provid- ed that as fast as the bullion was coined they should be redeemed as now, but not reissued, a silver dollar being sent out to | take the place of each note. Without con- | cluding his speech, Mr. Biand yielded to a | motion that the committee rise,an arrange- meni having been made that the filibuster was to cease. THE Cc, A. C. EXONERATED Charge of Prof ional Boxing With- drawn. A special meeting of the board of man- agers of the Atlantic Association of the Amateur Athletic Union was held last night at Philadelphia, President Howard Perry, | Columbia Athletic Club, Washington, being in the chair. The following delegates were present: James W. R. Collins, Caledonian Club; A. Childs, Bank Clerks’ Athletic As- sociation; J. H. Sterrett,National Swimming Association; A. G. Borland, Pittsburg Ath- letic Club;'G. M. Fague, Potomac. Boat Club, Washington; C. S. Montell, Baltimore Outing Club; A. R. Parsons, Athletic Club of the Schuylkill Navy. The charge of pfofessional boxing at a show given by the Columbia Athletic Club of this city brought forth a state- ment from Howard Perry to the effect that the meeting was really a professional one, but it had been scheduled in mistake as an amateur tournament by J. R. Elder. The board dismissed the charges. It was decided to accept the offer of the | Excelsior Boat Club of Scranton, Pa., to hold the Atlantic Association boxing and wrestling championships under {ts auspices and April 9 and 10 were set apart for the competitions. The committee on structed to revise legisiation was in- the constitution and | by-laws of the Atlantic Association of the Amateur Athi Union and report at a subsequent meeting, epee | Prof. Barnard Awarded a Medal. E. E. Barnard, the noted astronomer of | Lick observatory, has been awarded the | Arago medal by the French Academy of | Science for his discovery of Jupiter's fifth satellite. The Arago medal {s the highest | honor attaching to astronomical discovery {in the world, and has been awarded but two jastronomers’ besides Barnard. ‘The medal was founded in 1846 In recognition of V. J. Leverres’ mathematical researches which resulted in the discovery of the planet Neptune, and again during the past year \ington, who found the two little moons of Mars. — eee Poultry and Pigeon Show. | The fifth annual show of the New York | Poultry and Pigeon Association opened at the Madison Square Garden, in New | York, last night, and will continue until next Tuesday. Over 4,000 feathered high breeds of the various classes are on exhi- bition, and among them are the finest spec- iimens in America. was awarded to Prof. Asaph Hall of Wash- | | ment he solemnly asks: Chance of DRESS GOODS. All 60c. Dress Goods, 25c. All 75e. Dress Goods, 87%. All $1 Dress Goods, 50c. All $1.50 Dress Goods, 75c. All $2 Dress Goode, $1. All T5c. Silks and Velvets, 8T%e. All $1 Silks and Velvets, 50c. All $1.25 Silks and Velvets, 2%e. All $1.50 Silke and Velvets, 75¢. HOSIERY. All 2c. Hosiery for 12%. pair. All 50c. Hosiery for 25¢. pair. All 75e, Hosiery for 87%c. pair, a Ey half price, Aaa enee’s S “Sale BON TON STORE, 803 Market Space, Beginning Tomorrow 9 A. M, $50,000 Worth of Goods} aT 50c. on a Dollar. All Goods Marked in Plain Figures! Prices Cut Exactly in Halfl ee: | are new, fresh and desirable. Having made aa assignment te me for the benefit of their creditors, I shall dispose of the stock at exactly one-half marked prices.The stock includes Fine Dress Goods, Silks, Velvets, Do- mestics, Flannels, Table Linens, Hosiery, Ribbons, Trimmings, Notions, Um- brellas and a select line of Fine Shoes. ‘SILKS & VELVETS FINE SHOES. CORSETS. All the leading brands of “P. D.,” “s. Woolman Gibson, ASSIGNEE, Your Life! ‘Underwear, 12%. | fetidaneng Underwear, 25c. Pr Underwear, 87%4¢. an Underwear, 50c. 4m immense assortment of desirable Shoes, embracing Burt's, Cowles’, Reed's and other prominent manufactures. Take them for half what they are marked. $1.80 Shoes for 75e. pair. $2 Bhoes for $1 pair. $8 Sboes for $1.50 pair. $4 Shoes for $2 pair. ‘$5 Shoes for $2.60 pair. @.," “Ferris Corsets,” &a, at QUICKLY CONVICTE D Result of the Trial at Manassas Yi terday. Jim Robinson Must Suffer Death—Col- lapse of the Defense—Remark- able Scene im Court. ‘Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. MANASSAS, Va., February 8, 1894. ‘The jury in the case of Jim Robinson, one of the two young negroes tried here to- day for criminally assaulting Mrs. Hefflln and Mrs, Elliott about two miles south of here on the 13th of last month, took but nin® minutes this afternoon to decide that the prisoner was guilty, as charged, afd to decree that he should suffer death. The miserable wretch had evidently steéled him- self to expect the worst, and when, at 4:26, the verdict was read by the clerk of the egurt Robinson heard his doom with almost absolute indifference, even the exultant but quickly suppressed cries of the throng which pressed close upon the double file of soldiers who stood with loaded and bay- oneted rifles between them and the trem- bling criminal having no effect upon him. A Remarkable Scene. It was a remarkable scene, and one which will not soon be forgotten by those who wit- nessed it. Dignified and austere, Judge Lips- comb sat, perched high above the heads of the throng on an inclosed platform at one end of the court room, while to his right stood the clerk of the court. To the right of that officer of the court, on a semi-circular platform, sat the jury, in tiers of fours. Di- rectly in front of the judge’s bench, seated at a long table, were the counsel for the state and defendant and several newspaper men. Beside his counsel sat the prisoner, mechanically toying with his hat, ashen hued and eyes staring vacantly before him, seeing, perhaps, that “last scene of all,” so soon to be played by him. Two or three feet back of the prisoner a stout railing crossed the room, and on either side of this railing stood a file of armed soldiers, with bayonets fixed, and back of them, surging restlessly to and fro, was a mass of men and boys, of all conditions, white and black. The space within the railing was hardly less crowded, although occupied by men in the confidence of the court officials. Perfect silence reigns as the roll of the jury is called, and as the last man responds the foreman hands the clerk the indictment, with the finding of the jury indorsed upon it and signed by the foreman. As the clerk takes the paper and glances at the indorse- ‘Gentlemen of the jury, is this your verdict? Silence follows, and then, slowly and de- liberately, the clerk reads: “We, the jury, find the prisoner guilty and fix the penalty at death.” As the fatal word falls from.the lips of the clerk cries of “Good, good,” “That's right,” are heard, and there is an attempt, quickly plause. “| want to hear no demonstrations of ap- proval or disapproval in this court,” he re- marks, and then, at the request of the pris- oner’s counsel, he directs that the jury be polled. Each juryman states that the ver- dict read is his verdict. A formal motion to set aside the verdict and graut a new trial is made checked by the gavel of the judge, at ap-| fendant's counsel, promptly deni an then, escorted by a Bie of soldiers, the fat Tocenuried to the jail across lowed by an but quiet ofifBen and boys, said ic Collapse of the Defenne. Counsé! for the prisoner signally failed to establish, by the four or five witnesses called on his behalf, any intimacy between the assaulted women and the family of Rob- inson, although a colored man swore he had seen Mrs, Hefflin eating at Mrs. Robinson's table. Lena Jackson, the mother of the prisoner White, testified that she called on the women last week, when they told her that the men used no force. She also stated that Mrs, Elliott told her that when witness’ son left them the night of the assault he said: “God bless you,” and she (Mrs. Elliott) re- Plied “God bless you.” fated that the women cng Mrs. Jackson also told her that if it had not been for her son, = White, Jim Robinson would have killed lem. The mother and sister of Robinson also peeguceen but their testimony developed noth- 1g Itew. Mrs. Hefflin, being recalled by the state, denied the statements of witnesses for the defense and swore that she had never stated that she and her sister-in-law did not wish the men punished. Her testimony closed the evidence on both sides, and the case was submitted without arguments. White’s Case Called. Upon the conclusion of the trial of Robin- son the case against Ben White was called. Mr. R. R. Campbell, his counsel, asked for a change of venue, submitting an affidavit of Capt. Mushbach of the militia company in support of his motion. The motion went over until this morning, and Mr. Campbell then moved for a continuance of the case until the March term of the court, stating that his client had only been indicted Mon- day last and it would be both an Injustice and hardship to force him to go trial so soon. The motion was promptly overruled and the court adjourned at 5 o'clock until tomorrow morning, when, Mr. Campbell stated, he would make ano! for the desired continuance. — MAY PROVE A MURDER. Result of Wm. Daily's Assault Upon His Wife With a Cane. William R. Daily, a colored man Mving at 1519 B street southeast, was a prisoner in Judge Miller’s court this morning, and ai- though the charge against him was only simple assault, it is probable that his victim will die from ‘the effects of the blow. The affair happened early last evening, and Po- liceman Andrews had the man in custody a short while after the blow was inflicted. It appears that Daily and his wife had some trouble on the street, and he followed her into the house. William had his cane with him, and he proceeded to use it on his wife, and Daniel Gummer, a two- oe son of Joseph Gummer, who is aily’s next-door neighbor. The child was near the belligerent couple, and when the heavy cane came down, as William sup- posed, to hit his wife, it missed its mark and fell upon the chiid’s head, fracturing its skull. Dr. J. A. Mudd attended the child. This morning he sent to court a certificate stating that the child was suffering from a fracture and depression of the skull. Mr. Jeffords called the court’s attention to the case, and the man was committed without bail to await the result of the child’s injuries. — California stove polish exhibit; page 5.— Advt. TO ADVERTISERS. AGvertisers are urgently re quested to hand in advertisements the Gay prior to publication, in order that insertion may be as- sured. Want advertisements will be received up to noon of the day of publication, precedence being given to those first received. gq Out They 1 lot of Ladies’ Fine Dongela Button Shoes, 8 or 4 different styles. Worth $1.50, $1.75 & $2. g8c. Pair. 1 lot of Ladies’ Bine Oxford Ties and Strap Slippers. Worth $1.50 & $1.75. 98c. Pair. Ladies’ Dongola Opera Slippers, 48c. Pair. 1 lot Ladies’ Fine Dongola Button Shoes, half a dozen different styles im all the styles of toe. $1.68 Pr. Ladies’ Five Russia Calf Bluchers Qace), very tue. Were $3. $1.98 Pr. = DODO OE 2d Installment Of the Moran Shoe Stock Goes On Sale Tomorrow. (9) These Are the Perfect Shoes and Worth Their Full Price, Yet AT HALF PRICE.§ As we stated early in the week alarge part of theMoran stock was unharmed by the fire, the boxes alone being scorched and wet. Al- though as good as ever we shall give our patrons the benefit of our lucky purchase by selling them at soc. on a dollar. Ladies’Shoes'| Were $2.50, $3 & $3.50.) Tloore’s Shoe deny: (Next to King’s Palace), 810 7th Street N.W., —wl S < LESS DODO : 4 3 ‘ Si o ISI Shall Go | EEOC o ) : 3) @ Children’s & Misses’. 1 large lot of Children’s and Misses’ Fime Dongola Button and Russia Calf Lace Shoes. Were $1.25 and $1.50. 75¢. Pair. Rubbers Ladies’ 50c.Rubbers,20¢ | Men’s 75c. Rubbers,35¢; Men’s Shoes | 1 lot of Men's Patent Lanther shoes, | needle-toe. Ke) \) ors 1 lot ef Men's Fine Calf Bluchers, odd ‘sizes. Were $3. Only $1.50 Pr. PLS ILS OSE SEE EEE nth Panoen Seen a eee ‘Were $5. Only $2.21 Pr. : ed i=} 9 1 lot Men's Bouse Sitppers. ‘Were 40c. Only isc. Pr. OOOO PIOUS MR. VOORHEES Posts the Senate on dates in the Church Calendar. Today is Good Friday, Because the Senate Adjourned Yesterday for That Specific Reason. tiietrn The Senate is not in session today. This circumstance is due to a curlous anachro- | nism, and while Senators are not saying much on the subject—and Sénator Vooriuees is sdying less than anybody else—all the rest of the world that inhabits the Capitol is shaking with laughter in consequence. When the Senate had talked itself out on the subject of the 15th street transfer shed, the form of the “Tali Sycamore” was seen to extend itself above his desk top. When Mr. Voorhees arises everybody is apt to listen, for he usually contributes either to the information or the amusenent of the galleries and the reading public. There were mingled feelings when he moved that when the Senate adjourn on that day it should adjourn until Monday. This is not an unusual motion fof a Thursday, which is ordinarily the day on which the upper Louse begins its weekly rest, but Mr. Berry, who has bad a bill hanging in the air for some Gays, immediately arose to object to this There was @ sorrowful iook In Mr. Voor- hees’ eyes as his colleague said this. His face lighted up with a religious fervor, and he seemed inspired by something more celestial than the necessities of tariff legis- lation. His words produced a curious quiver throughout the listening scores. “Mr. President, I think we ought to ad- journ until Monday. I think that it is only proper. Tomorrow is Good Friday. Yester- day was Ash Wednesday, I believe, ard to- Morrow will be Good Friday. I must insist upon my motion.” Not Early, but Sudden Piety. This sudden accession of piety on the part of the senior Senator from Indiana caused @ gentle smile, a smile of amusement as well as a smile of gladness and congratula- tion, to spread over the Senate. Senator Btewart stood upon one foot, in the act of his tracks. Senator Wolcott looked up from his novel and stared «t his old-time foe of the silver fight. Mr. Hoar ceased pulling his red tape through his fingers and let his lower jaw drop in his amazement. Mr. | Berry, who was standing without his crutch- es, grasped the desks between whith he | stood for a support. | Mr. Voorhees alone was calm. He stood | firmly in the attitude of one who is de- termined to do what he considers to be right at all hazards. He might have been mistaken for a martyr of old. He gently | but firmly insisted upon his motion. There | was a brief colloquy between him and the still astonished Berry, which ended in the Vice President putting the motion and de- claring it carried, despite a few weak nega- tives and the demand of Senator Call for jthe “yeas and uays,” which aroused Mr. Pugh to a contemptuous snort. ‘Then Mr. Voorhees sat down, satisfied, and @ religious ight played over his face and accompanied him out of the chamber later when he went to the finance committee taking another step, like a man frozen in| Toom to tell the tariff tinkerers staved off the sessions until Monday." a 9 Not im the Record. And now come two or three important an@ interesting questions. In the first place, what influence caused Mr. Voorhees to try to beat the record by ahticipating things for six weeks? In the second place, why id the rest of the Senate agree to his en- terprising endeavor? Then again, in the light of Mr. Voorhees’ ideas as to the church calendar, how dia Mr. Voorhees Happen to know that “yester- day” was Ash Wednesday? Tt has been suggested that perhaps Mr. Voorhees thought as Good Friday is a mov- able feast, according to the chronology of | the church, there was nothing to hinder him from moving it along te sult his own con- Yenience. But that is a mere It might be noted, in passing, that day's issue of the Congressional Record charitably edited to contain no . to this little passage, beyond Mr. — mere request for an yal blue pencil has got in his fine work. ——_—__- A Breaking Rope Saved His Neck. The execution of Will Purvis at Columtia, Miss., was a failure. The rope broke at the first drop, without in any way injuring him. ‘The spectators intérceded in such a manner as to induce the sheriff to refuse to proceed with the hanging. An effort will be made to secure executive clemency. Purvis has al- Ways asserted his innocence of tht assassi- nation of Wm. Buckley of Marion county, Miss.,.who was killed by whitecaps, of whom Purvis was supposed to be one. ——_ —+0e+ — —_ Cannot Stop Hiccoughing. John Carberry, the young than who is dy- | ing at his home, No. 22 Webster street,New- ark, N., from hiccoughs, from which he has been suffering for the past ten weeks, Was still alive last night, but very much weaker than he was Wednesday. He has been attended by the best physicians that | could be procured. In all seven specialists | have been working over him since he first | had the attack. The man wasted i. olan te Be weighed 147 pounds and mo e wel unds and now than 100 pounds’ ‘Carberry canno ee and is fed by liquid food taken through @ tube. The hiccoughing keeps up continually, and after the attacks he is very weak. -— ee ‘The Case of Mrs. Lease. The Kansas supreme court was unani- | Mous in its decision on the Lease-Lewelling case, the populist member concurring with the two republicans. The court holds that | Gov. Lewelling had no authority to appoint @ successor to Mrs. Lease, who was ap- pointed for a term of one year and con- | firmed by the senate, unless charges are pre- | ferred and sustained, and that J. W. Free- | born, who has been sitting with the board for several weeks, is an usurper. 2oo——__—— To Boycott Syndicate Brewertes. ‘The beer deliverers’ war at St. Louis against the so-called syhdicate breweries will be made national by the Knights of | Labor. The strikers have placed it in the hands of T. B. McGuire of the Knights of Labor, who says a national boycott will be placed upon the brewertes involved all over the country controlled by foreign capftel. He says, besides, the Knights of Labor will urge Congress to tax foreign capital im vésted here or seeking fhvestment. 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