Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1894, Page 2

2 LATE NEWS BY WIRE. Return of the Kearsarge Officers and Crew. | WRECK OF THE VESSEL DESCRIBED Rescue of the Men on Roncador | Reef. | ARRIVAL OF THE PARA} POPS SE ee rns So NEW YORK, Feb. 21—The steamship City of Para, with the officers and crew of the wrecked Kearsarge on board, arrived | at the Pacific mail dock shortly after noon today. The dock was gaily decorated with flags, and over the gang-plank was spread @ huge Amertcan flag in honor of the effi- cers and crew of the Kearsarge. A large number of the fr'acds and relatives of the naval men of “he Kearsarge were on the Pier to greet the wreckai men, while a still larger crowd scrq.ai in the street, all cran- ing their necks for a view of the sailors. A reporter of the Associated Press, who boarded the vessel at quarantine, talked with some of the crew and officers of the Kearsarge, wh> re‘ated the story of the wreck of the fas old man-of-war on Roncador reef. Acting Admiral Oscar Stanton, who was first seen by the reporter, gave the follow- ing account of the wreck of his flagship: | “The accident occurred at about 2 o'clock on the afternoon of February 2,” said Ad- miral Stanton. “A stiff northeast fresh trade wind was blowing and there was a considerable surf. The Kearsarge struck Father lightly st first and then there was a heavy jar and a crash, when the ship went up high and dry on the reef. “We remained gn board the Kearsarge that night and were taken ashore the next day. The City of Para did not come until Saturday, February 10, about a week from the time we went ashore on Roncador Is- land. “All hands were taken off the Kearsarge on the catamaran boat, after working all night in order to get the engines ready for our departure from our ship. We sent the catamaran boat ashore about day- break. “After we reached the shore we gath-| ered together some old sails, awnings and duck, with which we rigged up a tent to} shelter us. The weather was quite warm | enough to make such a tent sufficiently | comfortable. To increase the small supply | of water we were enabled to carry with! us from the Kearsarge we dug a well. | We also had what provisions we could | seve from the ship. | “We had built rafts during the night | and early Saturday morning, in order to| transport what things we could take away from the ship, together with our eight days’ supply of water, which permitted @ supply of one pint a day for each man. “There was no excitement, no panic,” but everybody was cool-headed and the officers and crew all united in an effort to make | the best of the situation. | ‘Lieut. Brainard went to Colon as soon| as possible in the steam launch of the Kear- | sarge in order to communicate with the Navy Department at Washington and char- ter a steamer to come to our aid. “Every one who was aboard the Kear- Sarge, both officers and men, are with me, | with the exception of Dr. Barnum, who was | detached to the coast survey steamer Ran- ger at Acajui “There are officers and 1Sl men, mak- ing up 202 in all, and we are all weil. The} Kearsarse carried eight boats. Three of | these on the port side were stove in and one of them was washed away. Drowning of Robbin: | “Anderson Robbins, one of the men, was drowned shortly after the wreck. The ship| was rapidly filling with water and Robbins was swimming for the reef, but he could| net make it, and was drowned. This oc-| curred the day we landed. *In going ashore they were compelled to go in parties of six, the capacity of the eataraman, which held fast by a life line, which was stretched from the Kear- | sarge to the shore. When we discovered | Fireman Anderson Robbins struggling in the water we dispatched a Heutenant and seven men in 2 life boat to his assistance, | and made every effort to save him, but he | sank before we could reach him. | “After we had gotten safely ashore, Lieut. | Brainerd and seven men were dispatched in a life boat to Old Providence in order to secure assistance. ‘he City of Para, which | he chartered.did not reach us until 10 o'clock | an the loth. She immediately launched two boats. which, assisted by tne Kearsarge’s four life boats, took all the hands on board the City of Para as quickly as possible, m the latter steamed for Colon, stop- on the way at Old Providence to pick UP the lieutenant and crew, which had been sent by Commander Heyerman to sent us assistance.” Cause of the Wreek. In answer to a question as to the cause of the accident, whether due, as has been rumored, to defective chronomeiers or otherwise. Admir: tanton sai i “I cannot say an # in regard to ger matter of responsibility for the wreck of the Kearsarze, and therefore cannot ex-| press an to whethor the wreck | of the s e to carlesyness or de- fective instruments or to any one on board | the ' “I presume there will be a court of inquiry to inves when the facts | will be fu he whole tmng will com arse of time, but what the nat be when con Anyhow feel inclined to say about this matter, ause of the peculiar | misfortune which nas seemed to follow me| of late. I have had suificient notoriety al- this being the second time I have| York harbor under almost $ within a short time.” ing very happy and my physical na I ht say mental condi- trifle better than on the o ust trip up New York bay.” anton, as well as all the offi- f inquiry will | 1 Stanton, | littie as possible condition, 2 tion, is just casion of Admiral cers and f the Kearsarge, wore thetr | Bava! uniforms. Some of them wore over- coats, a few capes, w Rot so fortunate as to “I rejoice greatly in th m of this overcoat I am ‘aring,” Admtral Stanton; “and I really do not know exactly whe i It has felt very since we got up north and into the cold weather. The hing IT have on/ embraces about ail th is left of my ward-| robe, as it was impossible to save very much after the wreck occurred In answer to a question as to the possi- bility of raising and saving the Kearsarge, | Admiral Stanton said: “There is no poss ble | chance of saving her. was all stove | when she struck the reef, and when left} her she was almost full of water. Even it this were not the ca: 2 weather is such down there that it is very Gifflcult to work | on account of the intense heat and blisier-| ing sun.” | a good many were ave the former. GUILTY OF MA Slayers of Ed. Meade Sent to the Peni- tentiary. h to The in Fe DRIA, Va.. Virginia Meade and Clarence Roane were brought bar at 1% o'clock this snoring in the tion court to answer the se f ing Ed Meade on the evening ot October 5, 1803. The counsel for the de-| fense, S. Brent and John H. reene. | advised their clients to piead > j IMMIGRANTS QUARANTINED. | ‘Train En-| CHICAGO, Feb. | thou | from | recollecting that it was election night con- THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. INSURANCE RATES RAISED. Chicago Underwriters Ciaim That They Have Lost Money. CHICAGO, Feb. 21.—The Chicago Fire Underwriters’ Association at last night's meeting decided upon a sweeping advance of twenty-five per cent in rates on mer- cantile risks. Heretofore the prevailing rate | was one per cent. Approximately $154,000, 000 worth of pzoperty is affected, chiefly in the down-town districts. The increased rates apply to stock and | buildings in the territory bounded by Mich- igan street on the north, Halsted on the west and 12th on the south. Outside this territory the buildings are exempted, but the stocks must stand the increase. The reason given for the action is the continued losses by the companies doing business in Chicago. The underwriters claim no money was made last year, and that this year the losses so far will equal the gross receipts. The total annual prem- {ums taken in by the Chicago companies average $4,500,000. It is estimated that the premiums on the risks affected by the pres- ent increase amount to $1,500,000. Conse- quently, the insurance companies will put into their coffers an extra $370,000 by their action, which will be divided up among 150 companies, ee CONDITION OF WINTER WHEAT. Encouraging Reports From Through- out the West. CHICAGO, Feb. 21—The Farmers’ Re- view today says of winter wheat: Wheat in Illinois is quite generally under a blan- ket of snow. The prospects of the crop are reported good, and the recent snow will do much to lessen the danger of any disaster. Little or none of the wheat has yet been winter-killed. In Indiana the conditions are much the same as in Illinois. Ohio sends encouraging xeports. On some of the flat land freezing and thawing has been going on, this area being, however, small. Snow covers the crop in Michizan, and the condition is good, though in some coun- ties the crop has made little growth. In Kentucky wheat has generaliy stood the winter weil. Wheat in Missouri is in good condition and will be improved much by the recent heavy snow. In Kansas the ground has been rather dry, but is now covered with snow, which will help the crop. The reports from Nebraska indicate a condition somewhat less fayorable than Kansas. The crop conditions in Iowa are various. In Wisconsin the winter whaat is in fair condition. Most of the wheat is now pro- tected by snow. —_——__ CAUGHT IN AN AVALANCHE. Perils of the Alps Transferred to the Nevada Mountain: VERDI, Nev., Feb. 21.—About noon Mon- day five wood choppers were caught in a snow slide in the mountains five miles from here. Nothing was known of.it until a man passing yesterday afternoon had his atten- tion attracted by groans, and on investi- sation found Ed. Ede pinioned in the snow, Where he had lain over twenty-four hours in a terrific wind and snow storm. His head was caught between two timbers and pierced by a protruding nail. He was con- scious when taken out and hopes are en- tertained of his recovery. The names of the other unfortunates are: Tom Thrasher, M. S. Wheeler, Michael Warner and Leon- erd Nelson, all of Reno, Nev. They are supposed to be dead. A rescue party is now digging in the snow fer their bodies. Two other wood choppers who occupied a cabin 400 yards distant had a narrow escape. They made no investiga- tion. Great indignation is felt at their seeming- ly inhuman conduct. DIED FROM GLANDERS. The Wife of a San Francisco Dray- man a Victim. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21.—Mrs. Sophia Beresford, wife of a prosperous drayman, died last night of glanders. Four weeks ago the woman’s husband unwittingly pur- chased a diseased horse for the family to A few days later, while Mrs. Beres- standing near the horse's head the animal sneezed in her face. Soon after- ward she was stricken with chills and pains and swelling of the forehead. She finally became so bad that she was re- moved to the hospital, and there the true nature of the disease was discovered—ihe whole upper portion of the woman's face | was eaten away by the dread disease. The husband and children have also been ex- posed, and their condition is being closely watched. The health authorities killed the horse, and will cause the arrest of the traders who sold it to Beresford at a price which was ridiculously low. es AN AMERICAN PRINCESS. Miss Bourke to Wed an Italian Noble- man. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21—Prince Pont- atowski, a young Italian nobleman, who arrived in New York a week ago last Sun- day, and who had been in this city three days, last night announced his engage- ment to Miss Maude Bourke, a young so- ciety woman, who is a niece and the pros- pective heiress of Horace Carpenter, at Oakland millionaire. Poinatowski stat that in about two weeks he and Miss Bourke and Gen. Carpenter would proceed to New York to join Miss Bourke’s mother, Mrs. J. F. Tichner, and that the wedding would occur in New York. TO SUCCEED GEN. ADAMS. Col. Lawler the Hlinois Candidate for Commander-in-Chietf. CHICAGO, Feb. 21—Col. Thomas G. Lawler of Rockford was decided upon as the Illinois candidate for commander-in- chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at a caucus of Grand Army men held here last night. Illinois has not had a the organization 1s and Col. Lawler’s canipaign be energeticallly conducted at the burg national encampment next Sep- tember. ROCHESTER, Y. Feb. 21.—The Grand Army man is everywhere in Roch- ester today. The occasion is the twenty- eighth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of New ommander-in-chief of ince i York. There are three candidates in the field for commander. They are Col. John C. Sholts of Yonkers, Senior Vice Commander Edward J. Atkinson of New York and Col. Joseph W. Kay of Brooklyn. This evening a reception will be tendered Gen. Adams, commander-in- chief. ———_—_ BOMB EXPLOSION AT LANCASTER. Attempt to Blow Up a Bridge Over the Railroad. LANCASTER, Pa., Feb. 21.—An attempt was made last night to blow up the Cherry street bridge over the Pennsylvania rail- road. The instrument used was a bomb made of gas pipe, sections of which were found imbedded in the superstructure of the bridge, twenty-five feet from the point of the explosion. The bridge is not badly damaged, although the concussion smashed windows and broke open doors of neigh- boring houses, and tore down telephone and electric light wires. Many people in the vicinity at first t it was an earthquake and rushed their homes panic-stricken, but on cluded that some one had fired off a can- | non in celebration of the republican vic- to There is great excitement over the affair, as it is only a month since a huge dynamite bomb was found under the foundation of a big four-story brick building adjoining the police station. The fuse had been light- ed, but was defective, and failed to explode the bomb. The bridge is a wooden structure, and it is believed that the intention of the mis- creant was to wreck the western express, which was due a few minutes after the ex- plosion occurred. There is no clue to the perpetrators, skige To Help Ireland's Cottage Industries. CHICAGO, Feb. 21.—The Countess of Aberdeen arrived in Chicago at 12 o'clock last night. Her visit to Chicago is made in the interests of her favorite scheme, the promotion of the cottage industries of Ire- land by pushing the sale of their products in America. — oo No Yellow Fever on Board. A telegram was received at the Navy Department this afternoon from Admiral at Rio, stating that there is no board of any of the Ameri- | | THE NATAL DAY > The Celebration of Washington's Birth in This City Tomorrow. AN ELABORATE MILITARY PARADE | Meetings of Various Organizations | in Honor of the Event. BUSINESS SUSPENDED Tomorrow will be observed as a holiday in honor of the birthday of Gen. Washing- ton, the first President of the United States. As it is a legal holiday the govern- ment departments, the District building and the banks will be closed. The holiday will also be generally marked by the sus- pension of all business and the day devoted to recreation and pleasure. Various bodies and organizations will celebrate by hold- ing special meeings and the program of ex- ercises will be of general interest. For the first time in several years past the day will be observed by a street pa- rade of more than usual elaborateness, as it will be participated in very generally by the companies composing the National Guard of the District. The parade will start at 4 o'clock, furming at the corner of 3d street and Pennsylvania avenue north- west, and the formation will be as follows: First battalion, W. L. I. C., four compa- nies, commanded by Capt. Ross; second battalion, companies A and C, under Capt. O’Brien; third battalion,company A; fourth battalion, companies A and D; fifth bat- talion, four companies, Capt. Suess, and sixth battalion, companies B and C. Then comes the President's troop, dismounted, under the command of Capt. Barbour; Ar- tillery Band; Old Guard, Capt. Edgar; Na- tional Rifles, Capt. Oyster; Mt. Pleasant Drum Corps, High School Cadets, twenty- seven companies, and Veteran Firemen’s Association. The route will be from 3d and Pennsylvania avenue, up Pennsylvania avenue to 15th street, then up 15th street to K, along K to 1th, down 19th to Penn- sylvania avenue, along Pennsyivania ave- nue to 15th and Pennsylvania avenue. The march will begin promptly at 4 o'clock. Revolutionary Sons and Daughters. The patriotic organization known as the Sons of the Revolution and the Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution will observe the day by meetings. The Sons of the American Revolution, of which Gen, Breck- | inridge is the president, will hold its an- nual meeting at Welcker’s Hotel, at high noon, when reports of the officers will be made, addresses will be delivered and the business of the society transacted. The Sons of the Revolution will go to Alexandria and will attend divine service in Washington’s old church, after which they will sit down together to dinner. The annual congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution will begin its | Session in the morning at the Church of Our Father, corner of 13th and L streets. The convention will remain in session sev-/ eral days, and a large attendance of the delegates from various parts of the coun- try is expected. . The Oldest Inhabitants. The Society of the Association of the Oldest Inhabitants will hold a meeting in their room, Corcoran building, at 10 o'clock a. m., to transact routine business. At 11 o'clock they will form in line on the F street entrance of the Corcoran building, when they will join the Veteran Fire As- sociation and march to the Builders’ Ex- change Hall, on 13th, between G and H streets, where the public exercises will take place. The farewell address will be read by Capt. Allison Nailor, a member, after which the national hymn will be sung with instru- mental accompaniment. Rev. E. 0. El- dridge, an honorary member, will deliver the oration. Then will follow the song, “Auld Lang Syne.” AN-Day Meeting. The day will be celebrated by the Cen- tral Union Mission by an all day feast for both body and soul. The ladies of the mis- sion, under the leadership of Mrs. H. B. F. Macfarland, and aided by a generous gift of $100 from Mr. R. W. Springer, the son of Congressman Springer, will keep “open house” in the store rooms on C street in the mission building, from 12 noon until 8 o'clock in the evening, during which time they will entertain with refreshments of a good solid character, and music and flow- ers, the unemployed and destitute. An all day gospel service will be held in the au- ditorium from 12 noon until 10 p.m., with a change of leaders every hour. Messra. Moody and Sankey have been invited to participate in these services at such hours as their other engagements wiil permit. The guests in the reception rooms, after partaking of refreshments, will be invited to the services in the auditorium. If the weather permits, the Men's Rescue Band, acting as a committee on invitation, will! have the gospel wagon out on Market Space from 11:30 until 5 p.m., and hold song and gospel services, inviting the people to the mission. On New Year day a similar all-day serv- ice was held at the mission. Thirteen “hun- dred persons were entertained at the ta- bles and 102 were converted. It is the hope and expectgtion of the board of directors that the work tomorrow will exceed that of New Year day, both in the number enter- tained and the number converted. At the City Post Office. The following divisions of the main of- fice will be closed to the public tomorrow: Money order division, registry division. A delivery by carriers will be made from main | office at 7:30 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Collections for entire city will be made at 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. County collections will be made at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Carriers’ win- dows at main office will not be open. livery by carriers will be made from carrier stations at 7:30 a.m. ‘The following station will be open to the public for the transaction of business as follows: East Capitol station, 6 to 11 a. m., 5 to 7 p. m.; Georgetown station, 6 to 11 a. m., 5 to 7 p. m.; Southwest station, 6 to 11 a. m., 5 to 7 p. m.; Station C, 7 to 10 a. m. Other Events. As bad been his custom for years, Dr. Toner will give a reception at his residence at 1 o'clock to the members of the Wash- ington National Monument Society. The steamer Macalester will nake a spe- cial trip to Mount Vernon, leaving her wharf at 10 o'clock. — COURT OF APPEALS. An Adjournirent Taken Today Until March 5. ‘The Court of Appeals this afternoon ad- journed for the February term, ordering a recess until Monday, the Sth of March. The court will probably be in consultation on submitted and argued cases during recess, and there may be some decisions filed be- fore the reconvening of the court for the March term. It is expected, however, that the bulk of the decisions reached will be filed the first of the next term. Decisions are expected then in several important cases, the most important. perhaps, being the Twin City Bank against United States Treasurer Nebeker, in which the constitu- tionality of the bank tax act is questioned, and Crain against United States, in which the right of the district attorney to cause a defendant to plead in one branch of the Criminal Court and try him in another is questioned. _— He Goes to New York. Mr. F. S. Presbrey, who has for a num- of years been business manager of Public Opinion, has accepted an offer to be busi- ness manager of the Foruin, in which he is a stockholder and director, and will at an early day move with his family to N York. Mr. Presbrey will retain his in in Public Opinion. He had been consider- ing the offer for several mon only induced to make the c handsome increase of salary will gain a hustling busines: ———————— Criminal Court Convictions. In Justice Cole's court yesterday after- noon, Wm. Belt, allas Jones, for petit lar- ceny, second offense, was convicted. Jere- miah Williams and Leonard Lee, charged with larceny from the person, this morning were convicted. —»———_ Hugh Carey of Salem, Mas: suit against the United Stat for pay bas brought a soldier from the ent. He Lad 2 Te- A de-| LIBERTY'S LIGHT. Patriotic Organizations Want Its Care Well as That of the Statue. | Revolution, the Order of Cincinnati ant other patriotic organizations is in the city for the purpose of having the statue of Liberty, on Bedloe’s Island, New York har- bor, transferred to their care. Mr. Mc- Dowell of New York is chairman of the committee. They had a conference with Capt. R. B. Evans, naval secretary of the light house board, on the subject this morn- ing. They are desirous of having the light maintained in the statue. Capt. Evans in- formed them it would require an act of Congress to place the island and the statue in their charge. The light in the statue is not an aid to navigation, and the board is opposed to maintaining {t out of their a propriation at the expense of other lights that are really needed in the interest of safe navigation. Bedloe’s Island is under the joint jurisdiction of the War and Treas- ury Departments, and in order to facilitate its transfer to the patriotic societies, the | Secretary of the Treasury has recommend- | ed that jurisdiction over the island rest | solely with the War Department. ee A COURT OF INQUIRY. To Investigate the Wreck of the Kearsarge. The Secretary of the Navy has appointed @ court of inquiry to investigate the wreck of the Kearsarge. It is composed of Ad- miral Gherardi and Capts. Miller and O’Kaine, with Lieut. Kelly as recorder. The céurt will meet at the Brooklyn navy yard on Monday. ee ee THE NEW YORK MAN Not Wanted in That City for Lack of a Prosecutor. | Edward P. Youngs, the New Yorker, who | was in the Police Court yesterday for car- tying a pistol, and who confessed that he had stolen $500 from the proprietor of the Chelsea apartment house, where he was employed as clerk, will not be sent back to New York for trial. It is no fault of the prisoner's, however, for he made a written statement in the presence of Inspector | Hollenberger and Mr. Hall Colgate, one of the clerks of the Police Court, admitting his guilt and identity. Yesterday after- noon a reply was received from New York to the message sent over there by Inspec- tor Hollinberger, asking that the prisoner be held, as the complainant in the case | Was out of the city. This morning, however, another mes- | sage was received, in which Inspector Mc- | Laughlin imparted the information that the complainant refused to prosecute and | that he is not wanted there. Youngs will be brought up from jail Sat- urtay morning for sentence, and should his friends appear in court Judge Miller will, in all probability, turn him over to them to send him home. —— THE DEATH RATE, A Falling Off in the Number as Com- pared With the Previous Week. “The sudden rise in the death rate of week before last was followed by an | equally decided and favorable improvement | jast week in the mortality of the city,” says the weekly report of Health Officer Hammett. “As between the two weeks there was a falling off of 40 in the number of deaths. The decline in the death rate was 7.3, which represents an annual saving lof over 2,000 in the number of deaths. | During the same period of last year the | mortality was 126, as against 90 last week. | The improvement seems’ to be general las to the range of diseases, But two deaths from catarrhal influenza were re- ported, and the acute lung diseases de- | clined nearly 40 per cent. Diphtheria and typhoid fever followed in a similiar ratio, there having been but two fatal cases of the former and one of the latter. The dangerous contagious zymotic maladies are calling for comparatively less attention from the medical profession. While there are sporadic cases of whooping cough, measles and scarlatina, their presence felt mostly in the anxiety and inconve! |fence of sickness in the family home. ‘The general health of the city appears to be unusually good considering the season of the year, and the conditions give grovnd for hope that there may be a continuance thereof, and that this remarkably warm weather may not be followed hereafter by serious results. The report shows: Number of deaths, 90; white, 42; colored, 48. Death rate per 1,000 per annum: White, 11 colored, . —_—> DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. The Excise Board. At a meeting of the excise board yester- day afternoon the following applications for wholesale liquor licenses were approved: Edward Gardiner, 1761 S street northwest Edward Quigley, 424 L street southeast; Vincent W. Power, 915 Louisiana avenue northwest; Samuel Rothschild, 829 14th street northwest; Dominico Cristofant, 100 | 1-2 C street southeast; Michael McCormick, Pennsylvania avenue southeast;Michael | Flynn, southeast corner of 2lst and H | Streets northwest; Frank McKnew, 1841 K | street northwest; James L. and Harrison |S. Barbour, 614 and 616 Pennsylvania avenue northwest; William I. Dyer, 3100 M street northwest; John S. Cissel, 1014 7th | street northwest; Frank M. Finley, 1206 D street northwest; John Gaegler, jr., 1610 7th street northwest; Louis J. Kessel, 430 llth street northwest; John Fegan, 462 Pennsylvania avenue northwest; Nathan C. Lane, 407 9th street northwest; Henry J. Keough, 343 ist street northeast; Frank Pennsylvania avenue northwes' Anthony Hanlon, jr. M street north- west; John Keyworth, 318 9th street north- ; Anton Heitmuller, lith street northwest. Only four retail licenses were taken up. | Of these, two were allowed and two re- | jected, as follows: Allowed, Thomas J. Tyr- | rell, 134 G street southwest, and T. R. Mar- 1323 F street_northwest; rejected, ; Martin Flaherty, 2217 L street northwest, and James Allen, 326 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. For Minor Contagious Diseases. Yesterday afternoon the superintendent of charities, in company with the health officer, visited the Garfield Hospital for the purpose of deciding upon a site for the isolated pavilion shortly to be erected for the treatment of minor contagious diseases, such as scarlet fever, diphtheria and mea- sles. The pavilion will be built at the northeast corner of the hospital, and the board of trustees of the hospital have agreed to the use of the grounds for that purpose. There is now a building forty feet by sixty feet, which was intended as a boiler house, but which has never been used. It will be used to form a part of the new pavilion. Fannie Syphax's Request. Fannie L. Syphax of 806 M street north- west has made application to the Commis- sioners to erect seven frame houses on A street between 17th and 18th streets. She states that the said lots are outside the fire limits of the city and that there are no sewer or water mains and the locality is wholly unimproved. She asks permission to erect said houses without being com- pelled to lay water mains and sewers under the houses. pes ee ee ey To Test a Boller. The boiler used to heat the bureau of engraving and printing having proved to be incapable of keeping the building warm, there was recently put in its place a new water tube boiler, guaranteed to consume twenty per cent less coal than the old boiler. The officials now complain that the new boiler really consumes twenty per cent more coal than the old boiler, but admit that it heats the building. So the question has arisen whether or not the guarantee has been met. The treasury officials being unable to determine the question them- selves called upon the Navy Department for assistance, and accordingly the Secre- tary of the Navy has directed a board of expert naval engineers, consisting of Messrs. Webster, McFarland and White, to conduct a series of tests to ascertain the efficacy of the new boiler as compared with the old one. * a Michael Crane's Will. The will of the late Michael Crane was . He leaves $1,000 to his sister, Sweeney; $500 to his aunt, Mary and the balance of his property, real _and personal, to R. Ross Perry and | the National Safe Deposit and Trast Com- pany as executors and trustees, in trust, to sell at the expiration of three years and divide the proceeds between St. Anne’ Infant Asylum, St. Joseph's Orphan Asy- lum and the Little Sisters of the Poor. | The estate is estimated to be worth at the | present time $40,000 to $50,000. | A committee representing the Sons of the i WHO ARE THE MEN? Apparent Uncertainty as to Who Are| the Finance Committee, | QUITE A LIVELY SENATE DEBATE As to How the Tariff Bill Being Prepared. | | REPUBLICANS ASK QUESTIONS | In the Senate today Senator Allen (Neb.) presented a resolution directing the At- torney General to inform the Senate wheth- er he had, in an opinion to the Secretary of the Treasury, held that silver certificates | are not legal money, and if so to transmit the opinion with all correspondence to the} Senate. The resolution after slight amend-_ ment was adopted. i Senator Voorhees’ Denial. | There was a sharp discussion following a question of privilege raised by Senator= Voorhees in regard to a publication in the Philadelphia Press to the effect that demo- cratic members of the finance committee had been receiving suggestions and direc- tions from the President as to the course! to be pursued in dealing with the new tariff bill. The paper reported with some dctail an interview which took place on yesterday | between these gentlemen and the President. statements made in any particular. He said: “Nothing of the kind took place | and nothing out of which it could be manu- factured. The circumstantiality of | that statement involving the President of the United States was such and the circulation it would receive so extensive that I thought it my duty to lay it before the public and start the truth in its tardy way afterward. Of course truth will never overtake it. When I see these things I sometimes think that seven-tenths of human history is un-| true.” | Who Constitutes the Committee. | Senator Chandler took this occasion to in- | quire as to the exact membership of the finance committee. | “A short time ago,” said he, “an order was passed by the Senate constituting Sen- ator Mills a member of the committee in the place of Senator McPherson. Does th assignment continue? Which is acting a member, or are both acting as mem-| bers?” “The record shows who constitutes the committee,” replied Mr. Voorhees. “The Record is open to the Senator from New Hampshire. If he would get the Record and examine it, it would be better than spearing in this way. We are pretty much all at work. The Senator from ‘Texas (Mills) is doing and has done some mag- | nificent work.” j “Whether it is spearing the comm:ttve or | not,” interrupted Senator Chandier, “I think it is perfectly proper to inquire as to | who constitutes the membe-ship of the| finance committee and who are doiag this work.” “Let the Senator introduce a resolution.” ‘I will not,” said Senator Chandler. “I am asking the Senator from Indiana wheth- er the acting membe> of that cominiitee today and now is the Senator from Texas or the Senator from New Jersey, or wheth- | er it is both.” | “I have no disposition,” said Senator | Voorhees, “to give the Senator from New Hampshire a short answer, but we are do-| ing our work in our own’ way, and it is! none of his business. (Laughter.) We are | transacting our work to the best of our | ability, and if he is not satisfied, he may introduce a resolution of inquiry ‘and then we will investigate.” (Laughter.) | “It is my business to know what the, finance committee is doing,” persisted Sena- | tor Chandler. “It has a bill before it that is utterly destructive to the state of New Hampshire. It is obstructing its industries | from one end of the state to the other.” i “I am not to be betrayed into a loss of | temper,” said Mr. Voorhees. “I told the | gentieman in tones of courtesy that the | record shows who constitutes this commit- tee. I think that, as the Senator from New Jersey is back here, he should infer that he | is at work. This is an inquiry which a| Senator of delicate feeling would not niake.” “The Senator from Indiana,” said Mr. Chandler, “is very sensitive about a public tion in a newspaper, and equally sensitive about a courteous inquiry in the Senate.” “I am not,” said Mr. Voorhees. “But this was published in a very powerful and in- fluential journal and with a circumstan- tlality that demanded my attention, invad- ing as it did the President of the United States.” | Senator Manderson Takes a Hand. Senator Manderson (Neb.) called attention to the fact that many newspapers had stated that Senator McPherson, learning | that he was to be left off of the subcom-| mittee having charge of this bill, had de-| termined that he would absent himself from | his place, or from the Capitol, and that it was decided Senator Mills was to act in his, place. He failed to see any impropriety in the inquiry as to who was acting on the committee at this time. An Endeavor to Restore Good Feeling. | Senator Sherman endeavored to restore) good feeling by suggesting that the commit- tee was not departing from precedents. “The committee on finance,” said he, “has not formally considered the tariff bill as| yet. In pursuance of a custom that has_ sprung up within the past few years, the! bill has been referred to a subcommittee, which {s in favor of the bill. I do not know but that, upon the whole, that is probably the best way to present the question. As I understand it now, a committee of three) gentlemen, members of the finance commit-| tee, are considering the bill. It will be re-| ported in due time to a majority of the finance committee, composed of democrats, and eventually, I suppose, the whole co mittee, when republicans will probably have something to say about it. As to the ques- tion of the displacement of the Senator from New Jersey by the Senator from Texas, I consider It rather a family matter about. which we had no right to growl or object. I take it as a matter of course that what-| ever has been done, the Senator from New| Jersey assents to the arrangement. | Senator Platt thought the Senate had a! right to know who the members of the finance committee are. Senator Vest's Statement. It was maintained by Senator Vest that! no subcommittee had been appointed to) consider the tariff bill. Nothing was be- ing done in a formal way. Senator Platt said that if this were ie there has certainly been a great: mistake. There has in any event been a de facto subcommittee on finance considering this, question. Senator Manderson expressed the hope. that there would then ultimately be hear- ings in the committee when the bill was formally considered. Mr. Voorhees’ Explanation. Senator Voorhees said that public hear- ings were denied because it would involve so much time as to practically prevent the | determination of this question. Senators had, however, been accorded hearings, in behalf of their constituents, whenever | they might desire to be heard. “I am for | action,” said he, “and I am for that ac-/ tion as speedily as possible.” | “Hearings to everybody that wanted to be) heard would have involved a loss of legisla- tion entirely. They meant a consumption of time, without any limit, and in order to avoid that we have heard Senators and their constituents ever since the bill came from the House, but there have been no public hearings. I have been criticised for saying that we should report the bill last Thursday. I hoped we might. I have been criticised for saying that we might report the bill yesterday. I am glad I said it, for I am on the side of prompt action at a time when it is important to the business men to know what is to happen. Whether it meets their approval or not, there is one thing worse, and that is to be hung up in doubt.” Senator Hawley’s Experience. Senator Hawley said he was gratified to hear that Senators could always be heard; that there were somewhere two or three democratic Senators secretly dis- cussing this bill, but he had not been able to find them. He had, however, on one or two occasions, in the interest of a gen- tleman representing industries aggregating several millions of dollars in his state, managed to buttonhole a Senator in the halls and get a word or two with him. He had believed that that was the only way to get to the committee. Senator Voorhees said that Senator Haw- ley had himself been in the committee and had been treated courteously. “I have, however,” said he, “apparently | | Aloysius Lyles and Gertrude W3nters: been unable to press him, for I see in a recent publication of his that he character- izes me as @ worse man than these southern folks, who he says wants to destroy the country.” (Laughter). ‘nator’ Hawley reiterated that while he had visited the finance committee and con- versed with Mr. Voorhees, he did not know that he was at that time addressing the committee. * Mr. Mills’ Explanatio: At this juncture Senator Mills entered the chamber and demanded recognition. “I have just learned,” said he, “that I have been dragged over the floor of the Senate chamber for some time on account of the | Part I have taken in trying to help my friends on this side to discharge the pledges that they have made to the country. I have no apology to make for any part that I have taken in trying to reduce the burdens which our friends on the other side have heaped upon the shoulders of the people and which they have been increasing form year to year for the past thirty years. I do not feel that it is the duty of the | Senators and Representatives to consult the people who are receiving the plunder from the pockets of the vast body of the yeomanry of this country. We are sent here to discharge a duty to the citizens and not to consult the beneficiaries as to how much we will allow them. The question for us to determine is how much and how little of the burden necessary to support an honest administration of the government shall be laid upon the people of the United States. It is not to say to the beneficiary, “How much will you con- sent that we shall let you take?” At 2:25, after the discussion had taken a | wide range and several Senators on both sides had taken part, Senator White of California took the floor to speak on the Hawaiian resolution. es os THE ANACOSTIA RAILROAD. Complaint in Regard to the Congres- sional Cemetery Branch. The Commissioners have received the | Senator Voorhees denied the accuracy of the following letter from Mr. S. A. Lehman: ‘I desire to call attention to the fact that the Anacostia street railroad, in violation of its charter, has taken off every car from its branch line extending from llth street Southeast to the Congressional cemetery. The service heretofore given its patrons over this branch line consisted in running but a single car, with such intervals be- tween trips as to make the service but little better than nothing. But even this little has been taken away. In behalf of those living in the southeast, as well as those visiting Congressional cemetery, 1 re- Spectfully ask that this company may be compelled not only to replace the cars re- moved, but to give the full service called for by its charter.” a ares ited the New Fives. The board of governors of the Washing- ton Stock Exchange have listed the new five per cent bonds recently issued by Sec- retary Carlisle. Local brokers have al- | ready had considerable inquiry for these | bonds and anticipate considerable activity in them as they become better known among investors. This early action on the part of the exchange is hoped to establish a market here before some of the larger cities establish themselves in the minds of the investment public as making a spe- cialty of this particular issue. > - Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued by the clerk of the court to the followin, Stephen H. Queenan and Emma Brow; Wm. P. Littie and Margaret E. Gibson | James A. Bland of Aiexandria, Va., and Julia W. Thompson; Chas. W. L. Cake of Buena, N. J., and Jessie Barnard; Jacob Thomas and Mabel Harris: Jas. W. An- derson of Seattle, Wash., and M. Williams of Holland Patent, N. Y. Claret Punch at a Clab Fair. A case involving the sale of claret punch at a club fair held in Bethel Hall several weeks ago '§ set for trial in the Police Court today. William Martin and Freder- ick Booker were the defendants. They were represented by Lawyer Campbell Car- rington, who thought that the case ought not to be tried, and questioned the strength of the punch. Mr. Pugh, for the prosecu- tion, said the chemist had made an analy- sis of the punch and he was ready to give the court the result. “And,” he added, in a jocular manner, “I can put Mr. Mullowney on the stand as an expert to prove that the punch is intox. icating.”” “Oh, no,” said Mr. Carrington. “I can prove that Mr. Mullowney never drinks punch weak as claret.” The case was finally continued indefinitely and the defendants’ personal ds were en. —_-—> Detall of Army Officers. The President has detailed First Lieut. , 8. W. Miller, fifth infantry, as instructor in military science and tactics at Perdue College, Lafayette, Ind. Second Lieut. H. E. Wilkins, second in- fantry, has been ordered to duty in connec- | A! tion with the National Guard of lowa. ————— Grend Jury Indictments, The grand jury this afternoon returned the following indictments: Catharine Bingey, alias Catharine Murphy, perjury; | Harry B. Denham, violation of the ole margarine law; Clayton M. and Fredx. a Emrich, do.; Peter C. Gorden, do.; James O. Turner, do.; Fredk. W. Sheele, do.; Wm. C. Cox and Philip Stewart, false pretenses; John Little and James C. Little, house- breaking. The charge of housebreaking against Richard Henry, was ignored. ee The House committee on interstate and foreign commerce voted this morning to make a favorable report on the New York and New Jersey bridge bill, which Repre- sentative Dunphy has drafted with a view to obviating the objections in the President’s recent veto, Fourth-Class Postm: ters. The total number of fourth-class post- | masters appointed today was forty one. Of this number twenty-six were to fill v: cancies caused by death and _ resignation, | and the remainder by removals. The Vir- ginia appointments were as follows: Ber- tha, A. H. Finks, vice T. M. Gibson, re- | moved; Green Plain, C. C. Seaborn, vice V. T. brewery, removed, Saxe, D. C. Jeremy, vice J. T. Crymes, resigned; Wittens Mills, T. R. Smoot, vice W. B. Greear, resigned. poesia i Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follot Harriet G. Fracker to J. B. Wimer, lot sq. 23, Eckington; $2,340. D. D. Stone to | E. G. Harbour, lot blk. 3, Avaion Heights; . O. M. Bryant to Fanme L. Syphax, lots 14 and 15, sq. 1097 J. A. Blundon to Annie B. Rusher, ‘suo 267, sq. 1004; $3,500, W. A. Remmell to 7. ‘a. Hughes, sub 23, bik. 10, Le Droit Park. Same to R. E. Cozzens, lot 22, bik. 10, do.; $1,200. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Md., Feb. 21.—Flour dull, an- changed—receipts, 5/364 barrels; shipments, 270 wales, 1,225 barrels. Wheat firmer —spot, AO > Me pts, 5.340 5 f= 1 Dushels; sales, 70,000 bushels— mulling Wheat by sample, Corn steady — spot, 4110414: February, ‘4142415; March, 41 ign Wi usa: 41%: April, 41% bid: "May, 424," bid; steamer mixed, 414s bid—receipts, busbels; ship- ments, 25.543 bushels; stock,” 1,042,408 busi sales, as on grade, 41a42%. Oats firm white western, 36: No. 2 mixed western, stock, 160,435 bushels. Rye firu—No. . Ba 2, 53 —st 30,949 bushels, Hay easy—good to choice timotiy $14.300515.00. | Grain freights quiet and unchansed. Sugar unchay st 3 2 do. imitation, 20a22 18; store packed, i2al4. Cheese dull, unchanged. —— ati Chicago Grain Reported by Silsb; Metropolitan Bank buildi CHICAGO, Feb. 21, 1894. Open. High. “Low. Close. Ss SS 58S 59% Gly 34 Wheat—Feb. 70 Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 am., 38; 2 p.m., 42; maximum, 44; mini- mum, 00) bushels—soutuera ‘corm by ‘saruyle, | 3 = | wid 6.37 | bid. + ves gis a sy, | FINANCE AND TRADE. Business in Wall Street Near the ! Stagnation Point. ALL WAITING FOR THE TARIFF ACT | Washington Advices Read With Eagerness. = LL MARKET REPORTS. _—___ Special Dispatch to The Erening Star. NEW YORK, Feb, 21. traders over tomorrow's holiday resulted in @ moderate advance in prices this morning, but the volume of business continues the verge of stagnation. London was ly higher for our securities, but solution of the tariff puzzle foreigners inclined to hold aloof from any Ucipation in speculation. The premium list again refiects the ence of an enormous short interest, is approaching dangerously near tion pcint and must shortly be | Burchases or the shaking out of long stock. |The latter con: is hardly |as the market shows a disposition to yield (easily to any good influence, and stubbornly | Tesists every effort tending toward depres- |sion. The street is overrun with bear guments, but from the lack of stock borrowing purposes and the | sulting from the present low traders hesitate to act. circumstances such unantm: would resolve itself into a but in the present stagnan’ condition of speculation all signs trading is the disastrous handful of room traders. Sugar continues to attract reason - = strength, and cent to -2 on buying for Washington advices ed, but, s> far, give no | legislative probabilities. | Traders, however, favor | the market, and consider | even though the tariff | fed, the compieteness | ing urged as an offset | _ Distillers was steady around | slight tendency toward lower General Electric, room has been bullish for was marked up 11-4 per ing by the room. The Grangers responded to the more ful tone of the market, spicuously active, GENERA SB i bees i BS? g fH il the the ii i u ! lie hi wil if i ® H | | ! | earnings for the entire | as compared wi @ total decrease of |The scheme for delayed, be given out next week. It is understood that | Stockholders are well cared effectiveness of the scheme The market for foreign tinues strong at yesterday's no increase in the ‘ting supply of bills. The demand from remitters is not — and counteracts in some measure the lim- i g i & 5 i z ut inl ited offerings. Money rates are | at_previously quoted rates. ee The clearing house statement ex- changes, 346,726,312; balances, $4,152,644, and the subtreasury’s debit > 265. The market closed aroun@ | figures. —— The Wheat Market. | CHICAGO, Feb. 21.—On rather free sell- _ing at the start wheat opened easy and de- | clined for a time today, afterward reacting Jon beth cables and light |ceipts. May opened J-8c. lower, at and declined 3-Se. more. On the touched 60 5-S8c., but selling |sent prices down 3-8c. to FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. following are th~ opening, the and wclowen and {ne cio ‘BR: prices of fae Rowton ork ire dents Messrs. Moore & Schley, | Broadway: j Stocks. Open. High. Low. Clos Sugar Ts TK on ax an pets wo | Del., Lack. and W. | Delaware and Hudson. | Denver and Rio Grande, Dns. and suai punts le EpFeg at: age! penkeg: gale: le. | Lousviileand Nashivitie. | Long Island............. , LN. A. and Chicago. | Mauhatian Elev: - icl Central. | Missouri! Pacite. National Lead Co. Paliman P. Car Co.. | Richmond ‘Terminal | Southern Pacific. Texas Pacstic. Tenn. Coal and Union Pacific Wabash . Ww . | Wheeling & Lake | Wheeling & L. E.. pfd.. Western Union Tel. Wisconsin Central Washington Stock Exchange. | Sales—regulnr call—12 o'clock m.—United States 4s, $700 at lid. - * Honds.—United wa 4s, registered, |. 114% asked. United States | coupon, 1407, 113% be 1i4\% asked. Tantet | States ‘Ss, 117 bid, 118 asked. | District of Coluubia Bonds.—20-year Fie Ca nEBErE Company lst ington Market Company ext. American Security and ‘Trust Ss, 1 100 bid. American Security end ‘Trust | &'a., 100 Washington Light Infantry 100 bid. Washington Light Infantry 24 7s, Washington Gas C 5 Fy Se Ser; REP # rr pd North ap itol Sietropelitan Railroad conv. United States Electric Light | wid. bid. | mers” ft Xn iia 188 ane | ima American, pai Ameria ‘asked. Lincoln, 7 bid, o Insurance Stocks.Real Estate Title, 112 | nid. 't20 naked, Columbia Tithe, 6% bid, 7% mmked. | Washington Title, 7% amke Gas and Blectri Deposit, and ‘Trust Cs . Washington Safe Deposit, 100 asked, Washingten Loxn and Trost, asked. Trust, 133 bid, 135 asked. px. Dividend.