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a free lbrary,~ sup- ‘The capitals of have such libraries, an: this to sée the people of this Dis- ce for PEasaiions! * » Ps ai nt af tke peop of any other city. b our t”” sald Gi or, it is thi of the United Stal We the people.and we ought eniaarars n ahy European People In a manner worse city would treat its i Mr, boner of Florida said that although is aware of the jealousy existing tn this es and valuable books. a circulating brary 1s wf man’s stock of knowledge. tleman may sneer at the idea it is better to make libraries than to Jails,” said Mr. Cooper, “but it Is ."* He then made an eloquent plea for the well springs of information and ywledge to the reach of the mass of the le, Cooper said that when he enters the of the great Congressional Library ani the vast number of books to which he access, but has not time to read, he jlizes what a benefit it would have been him when he had the time and disposi- tion to read. NO PRINTING OFFICE the | The Senate Will Take No Action This Session, © ‘Assuming Grave Responsibilities—The Present Site Refused by a Close ‘ote. The much mooted question of a site for the new printing office was before the Senate for about the fifth time this session this afternoon, wher -the conference report on the sundry civil bill was taken up. Be- fore the Senate went into executive session Mr.Sherman entered a motion that the Sen- ate recede from its amendment to this bill making available for the pufthaxe of the Mahone site one-quarter of a million dol- Jars, appropriated by the sundry civil act of 1800. When the bill was taken up after the doors were opened Mr. Cockrell asked to have the proposition adoptet by the ‘House on Saturday, which selects the pres- ent site of the printing office, read io the ‘When this done Mr. Sherman said that the best way to settle the question now is to drop both propositions, and he thought this should be done in order that the great @ppropriation bill might become a law. He criticise... the practice of putting matters of genera: legislation in the appropriation bills. The Mahone site, he said, had been adopted by a very large majority in the Senate, and had been rejected by a very majority in the House. In view of this fact he thought the best thing to do was to do nothing, and so. be would ask the Senate to recede from its amendments. He expressed his gratification that the committee had made appropriations for im- proving and repairing the present building, and with the appropriation of $75,000 the builting can be put in a condition of safety. He was very much surprised, he said, that the House committee on public buildings and grounds should favor placing the build- ing on the present site. Whatever site, he eald, was taken should be entirely detached. It was better, he said, to leave the matter to the future consideration of the commit- tee on public buildings and grounds. When the matter was last. before the Senate Sen- ator Sherman voted in favor of the Mahone site. ? = Senator Cockrell did not think that the majority in favor of the Mahone site should be taken as an index of what may happen. “The Senate sometimes changes its lines," he said. “In the Fiftieth Con~ gress, first session, the Senate inserted in the general deficiency bill an amendment using the present site, but the House would not agree. Again, in the second session of the same Congress, the same thing was serted in the sundry civil bill. The Sena: insisted on that twice, but was finally forced to yield. But the House has now come back to the conclusion of the Senate. If we recede from this amendment what becomes of the House amendment czes-~ tion? Will ft fall? The Senator from Ohio seems to want it to fall.” A Standing Shame. Senator Vest made an eloquent appeal to the Senate not to postpone a settlement of any important question, but to decide it mow by adopting the House amendment. One thing, he said, was absolutely certain, and that was that the two houses could not pave to any proposition but that which was " ted by the ate committee on public buildings and grounds. history of the legislation at this session and said: “It is a question between allowing this matter to remain open for another ten years or of putting the building on a site Where the government now owns a large ‘mount of ground.” Mr. Vest criticised Mr. Sherman for not Faising his point against legislation in ap- Propttation bills the other day, when he oted to put this Mahone site amendment into the sundry civil bill. He quoted from letters from Gen. Palmer and Mr. Benedict of the need of immediate legislation, and he spoke of Mr. Benedict's having said In a recent letter to him that would no longer be responsible for any Ealamity that might happen at the printing jee. “Are we to have enother horrible scan- @al?” asked Mr. Vest, excitedly. “Do we want Congress again lampooned for its criminal negligence, and our public officers again indicted for murder? Do we want to have the terrible scenes of the fall of the Ford's ‘Theater building re-enacted under our ey This butlding ts a standing scan- dal and a reprosch, and I, for one, do not ‘Want the government to be left face to face With the shameful charge that we are un- able ‘to provide a new printing office, when ‘every day and night hundreds of people are in_danger of their lives." Senator Gallinger made a few remarks about the urgency of the situation, and he argued strongly against the adoption of Mr. Sherman's motion. Senator Harris re- Poated the parliamentary situation at some ng th. Killed by Friends. ‘The Senate got into a long tangle over the exact status of the amendments, and Speeches were made by half a dozen Sena- tors. Finally, Senator Lindsay split the knot by moving that the Senate agree to the House amendment. This was lost—30 to 28; and immediately Mr. Aldrich renewed Mr. Sherman's motion to recede from the Senate amendment to the bill. This was carried—26 to 19; and thus the new printing office project was killed for the session, On, Morton’s Wigs. Frp the New York Sau, Tf Mr. Morton rung for the governorship this fall, which now seems one of the Probabilities, it Is certain that his. wigs will come in for ‘public discussion. It is always ¢laimed that whatever the banker does he pe wg, And this claim ts certainly car- Fied out by the ingenuity and care bestowed Wpon his wigs by Mr. Morton. He wears four a m aye made with such pleety ti mb and brush them in public, if such a proceeding were neces- sery, without any danger of thelr slipping gear or falling down over hig ey The four wigs are graded with $cl- entitte accuracy, so that each one is a shade Joncer than the other. To the general eye “rs that Mr. Morton's hair begins to the first of the month. At the end Of the first week, wher he puts on his sec- ond wig, his hair ha: He reviewed the of an inch. The second and third weeks show « still further increase in the length of his locks, while the fourth and last week and vig of the month show the states- en's hair in decided need of cutting. It Said that any recommendation from an myance to the effect that he should halr cut always touches 4 soft and tive spot In the ex-Vjce Pr fe usually takes the advice, for até ter he invariably comes out with wig N 4, which who h come out of the barber's chair eee A dispatch from Tangier says: s have revolted. Some oi “The ting Evidence. AFTER HIS PERSONAL RECEIPT Colored Department Employes Are Afraid to Talk. eR eh THE CASE OF FINLEY ~~ e There ts a rod—in fact two or three— in pickle for Charles H. J. Taylor, recently appointed recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia. It will be remembered by readers of The Star that the recorder was recently alleged to be connected with a political organization engaged in soliciting and, when requests failed, forcing contri- buYons to the democratic congressional campaign fund from the colored employes in the various government departments tn Washington. Mr. Taylor thereupon wrote a letter to The Star, vigorously denying that he was connected in any way with any association or body which Was engaged in such a rep- rehensible practice as frightening poor de- partment clerks, messengers and laborers into parting with portions of their pay for base political purposes. He disavowed all connection with one R. G. Still, who was sending out pleas to political patriots in government office in behalf of financial help for the democratie party, and, metaphori- cally, washed his hands of the Afro-Amer- jean bureau of organization of the demo- eratic congressional committee, which was the euphonious appellation of the associa- tion fm question, and immersed himself again in the sacred quietude of the record- er's office. Still Unexplained. Mr. Taylor, however, did not explain the meaning of several letters bearing his auto- graph signature, which were addressed to colored men in government employ with whom he did not have the honor of a per- sonal acquaintance, requesting them to meet him on matters of importance to themselves. Neither dil he see fit to di- vulge the reason why each of the recipients of his original note who aid not comply with its request to appear in person before him was a letter sent, which read very much Itke the following: Afro-American Bureau of Organization of the Demoeratic Congressional Commit- tee, Room 5, Corcoran building. August 3, 1894. Advisory board—C. H. J. Taylor, Kansas M. L. Koonce, Alabama; H. C. C.’ Astwood, New York; T. W. Swann, Pennsylvania: grown about an eighth | im the appearance of 2 man | W. E. Gross, New York; Clifford Plummer, Massachusetts; John Brown, New Jersey; J.T. C. Newsom. Dear sir: We sent you a letter some time ago asking you to call and see us on mat- ters of importance to you. We received no reply, neither have you called. he congressional comimittee of which Senator Chas. S. Faulkner is chairman {s making great efforts to perpetuate the pres- ent administration, and as we were informed that you were in sympathy with the ad- ministration, we deemed it unnecessary to inform you that the assistance of all friends is immediately needed. Kindly call upon the receipt of this letter. The office is open until 5:30 p.m. fi R. G, STILL. What the Colored Men Could Not Un- dersta: The colored clerks, messengers and others who received these letters could not under. stand the connection between Mr. Taylor’ request for a personal interview and Mr. Stlil’s exposition of the efforts being made to perpetuate, the present administration until they examined the last document to arrive, and saw the recorder’s name, preceded by its. trinity of initials, leading C6 list of members of the advisory ard. Hints dropped here and there by clerks and others, who were afraid to open their throats to tell what they knew for fear the cfficial guillotine might mar their useful- ness fcrever more, indicated, however, that Mr. Taylor and Mr. Still were working the contribution flim-flam game on the terror- stricken colored clerks like a pair of politi- cal Stamese twins. Then a strtling rumor was circulated to the effect that Mr. Tay- Jor and Mr. Still were at swords’ points, Mr. Still had handed over some of the morey collected by the A. &. B. O. O, O. T. D. C. C. to the white treasurer of the democratic congressional committee for dis- tribution where it would do the most good, when the rotund recorder wanted to at- tend to that portion of the game himself. Among the clerks who had assented to the demand made for a percentage of thetr selaries none could be found who would adinit it, because they were well aware of the power exerted by Messrs. Taylor, Still et al. in the various departments. At any rate, the opinion was industriously circu- lated among those who were disposed to kick against the zssessment that they would be discreet if they gave up their taoney and said nothing. ‘The Case of Finley. If they demanded a reason they were told in hushed whispers how W. F. Finley, a colored clerk ‘n the bureau of educa- tion, and a republican, had received a let- ter, signed by C. H. J. Taylor, requesting him to attend a meeting to hear something of importance to himself. The whisper dropped still lower as it recited how Fin- y had the temerity to take no notice of the epistle, whereupon he received a letter similar to that published above, and wrote a vigorous reply to Mr. Still, s ating: that he was a republican, but owed his office to no political Influence, and refusing to put up even so much as a sou marquee to help perpetuate this admintstration. Then the whisper grew merely a hint of sound as it enumerated a visit by the Afro- American leaguers to the Interior Depart- ment and the subsequent summary dismis- sal of Mr. Finley from the government service. This story and those of others who had met similar fates for refusing to put up and shut up in behalf of the democratic campaign fund had the desired effect, and now every colored clerk in town is as dumb as an oyster on the subject of political as- sessments. Civil: Service Commission Investiga- The eat was let sufficiently out of the bag, however, before the gathering strings were drawn taut, to enable the clvil service commission to ascertain the color of the animal and the peculiarity of stripes that will make it easy of identification, and that body is engaged upon the work of uncover- ing all the transactions of Messrs. Still, Tayler, et al, and the result promises to be interesting. | Commissioner Proctor, president of the civil service commission has the investigation in charge, and if Recorder Taylor lays the flattering unction to his soul that because Commissioner Proctor is a democrat any violation of the civil service law on his (Taylor's) part will be winked at he is mightily mistaken, Taylor Has Gone to Indiauapoli: Mr. Taylor and all the other colored dem- oerats who are aware of the workings of room 5, Corcoran building, and the record- ers office in the city hall are out of the city today attending the meeting of lead- ing colored men at Indianapolis. When they return there will be, It is expected, documentary evidence in the hands of in- terested parties connecting Recorder Tay- lor with the soliciting of political contribu- tions to the extent of giving receipts in per- son for amounts handed in for use in the approaching campaign, Consequently, with these charges to meet, as well as graver complaints of a personal character against him, which, it is said, are about to be laid before President Cleveland, Recorder Tay- lor will not have any happier home coming than that of the Washington Base Ball Club. e+ - Reta f Secretary Herbert, Seqretary Hexkert, Who went to his home ig Alnbama to vote for Governor-elect | Oates, returned to Washington last even- ipg apd resumed his duties at the Navy epartment this morning. He will probably start on his tour Inspection of the north- ern naval stations about the end #t; The Dolphin bas been fully ik. - Lior the trip at the Wastingtod nave shakes The Civil Service Commission: Get- | -> {Continued from First Page.” there was no necessity for immediate and | hurried action. ‘ mu Mr. McMillin of the ways and means committee also made a speech. ‘He dé clared in tavor of the Crisp resolution, say- ing that the Senate bill was much ‘better than the McKiriley law. Vote on the Crisp Resolution, A division of the Crisp resolution was de- manded, so as to have a separate yote on the first part to recede from disagreement to Senate amendments and the provision for separate bills. ‘The first part of the resolution was adopt- ed by a rising vote—130 to 21—and the sec- end part without division, and the caucus then adjourned. “Among those who voted against the reso- |” lution were the Sg members, War- ner of New York, Straus of New York, Tracey of New York, Tarsney of Missourf, Cockran of New York, Covert of New| York, Dunphy of New York, Cooper of In- diana, Johnson of Ohio, Kilgore of Texas. The Maryland delegation, Rayner, McKaigy Rusk and Talbot; Breckinridge of Arkan- sas, a member of the ways and means committee; Williams of Mississippi, also voted against the Crisp resolution. Most of those who voted against the first part of the resolution voted for the Second part. To Carry Out the Caucus Edict. Immediately after the adjournment of the caucus the House conferees went into session in the room of the committee on ways and means. Mr. Breckinridge of Arkansas, who has been advising with the conferees, says that another meeting with the Senate conferees will not be neces- sary, and that the House conéerces can bring in a report receding from the disa- agreement to the Senate amendments and concurring In them, which will pass the bin. it was the intention of the ‘democratic managers of the House to finish up every- thing today. The committee on rules- was to present a special order to carry out the mandate of the caucus. The intention is to pass the tariff bill, and then will follow the other bills named in the caucus’ resolu- tion. These bills have all been prepared, and though not reported from the ways and means committee, or in any regular order, these preliminaries can be dispensed with under a special order from.-the- com- mittee on rules. Speaker Crisp and Representative Catch~ ings went into session shortiy after the House met aad messengers were sent im every direction for Kepresentative Outh- waite, the other democratic member of the rules committee, as hts vote will be ngces- Sary to curry out the program. = Mr. Outhwaite'’s Absénce. Representative Outhwaite, the absent democratic member of the rules committee, is at Cresson Springs, and has ‘been tele- graphed for by his colleagues. It is said that he cannot reach Washington until 5 o'clock this afternoon. The republican members of the rules committee were called in at 12:30. It is possible that they” will waive the absence of Mr. Outhwaite and consider him paired on all questions com- ing before the committee. This will not be done unless they can secure reasonable tlme for debate. The absence of Mr. Outh- waite will probably postpone a decisive vote on any of the propositions. until to- morrow. Wilson at the White Houne. Representative Wilson had a. conference with the President and Secretary Gresham at the White House this morning in order to ascertain their views as to the best plan of action for the settlement of the tariff complications. ‘The chairman of the House ways and means committee is in full ac- cord with the chief executive and his premier in this matter, and it ts a safe as- sumption that whatever he does toward the solution of the present difficulty. has the sanction and approval of the administration. His action in the democratic caueus to- day was, therefore, an indication of the President's wishes in the matter. ‘The President Heara the News. The President and Secretary Carlisle were promptly advised of the action of the House in accepting the tariff bill. They re- mained together at the White House for some time after noon reading the proceed- ings of the democratic caucus, full details of which were furnished them by the Asso- ciated Press bulletins. b THE GOODMAN CASE. The Prosecution Rests Its Case To- dny. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. COVINGTON, Va., August 13.—To the surprise of every cne in attendance upon the trial of Capt. T. A. Goodman for the murder of Col. H. C. Parsons on June 29 last the commonwealth rested its case at ncon today. It was thought that at least the entire day would be occupied with wit- nesses for the prosecution, but a ruling by Judge Moore this morning placed counsel for the people in some discomfiture. It was to the effect that testimony tending to show @ grudge on the part of Parsons toward Goodman was not admissible; only that testimony giving proof of a personal diffi- culty between the prisoner and Parsons growing out of cruel treatment onthe part of the former toward the latter's daughter would be admitted. The first witness this morning was Mr. W. E. Allen, the commonwealth’s attorney, who testified as to the alleged blood spots on the guide book picked up near the spot where the tragedy occurred. Mr. Parrish, on cress-examination, com- pelled the witness to admit that he was not certain the red spots on the book were blood spots, as he did not make a chemical examination of them. Then came Miss Camilla J. Dodge, a member of the Parsons family, draped in deep mourning, and leaning on the arm of Judge Loomis of West Virginia, a brother of Mrs. Parsons. The first question put to Miss Dodge was in reference to the difficulty between the prisoner and Col. Parsons growing out of the refusal of the former to pass a daugh- ter of the latter on his train’ without a pass. This resulted in a pitched battle between opposing counsel, the defense objecting strenuously to the question. After consid- erable discussion of the question the judge rendered the above decision and Miss Dodge was told to stand aside, This is the second futile attempt of the prosecution to introduce this witness. At this point, Mr. Allen, for the common- wealth, announced that the prosecution rest- ed. This took the defense by surprise, and Mr. Parrish of that counsel asked the fudge to take a recess until 2:30 p.m., which wa: done. J The principal witness for the defense will be the priscner himself. It is not thought, however, that he will testify this afternoon. — The Typewriter on the Feta. From the Detroit Free Press. Military authorities appear to be exhaust- ing every resource that will add tothe rap- | idity of communication between the field of battle and the commanding ofticer. For a leng time the telegraph was mainly relled on for the instant transmission of inteili- gence, and then the telephone was brought into active use. It has been recently seri ously proposed that aids-de-camp and other ecarrters of information in time of war should be taught shorthand, in crder to write down important communica-ions with ali possible speed, and the latest move in this direction is the introduction of the typewriter on the scene of military opera- tions. One of the novel features of a recent mili- tary tournament in England the typewriter on the battl purpose of re¢ording messay2s from signal- | ers. It is stated that the typewriter oper- ator was also an expert cyclist, and had his typewriter mounted on the handles of his machine. Riding in and out among the horses and gun carriages, vhich he did without the slightest mishap, whenever he came to a standstill he instantly braced u the cycle by a handy contriyane+ iu and pound- | ed away at the typewriter while in his sad, | a ‘The message, when completed, was sent to the commanding officer in the rear by means of a trained dog. — se The Cruiser Montgomery, The cruiser Montgomery passed through | the capes from Norfolk last evening on her | way i Southport, N, C., to assist in the | drill akd exercises of the naval militia of | the pine tree state. } The Tariff Order Beported in the House This Afternoon. WR, REED MAKES A POUNT OP ORDER That the Tariff Bill is Not in tne House's Possession. MATTERS IN THE SENATE aa When the House met five minutes after the democratic caucus adjourned there were nore members on the floor than at any time since the tariff bill was passed. “The aifxtous public, who thronged the cor- ridors before the doors were thrown open, crowded into the galleries in anticipation of the final scene in the long tariff battle. Im- mediately after the reading of the journal Mr. Sayers, chairman of the appropriation committee, offered a resolution providing for the continuation of the expenses of the government until August 24, 1804. After a brief explanation the resolution was adopted without division, Tlie greatest confusion existed on the floor. Members were standing about in ex- cited groups discussing the situation, the general understanding being that resolu- tions to agree to the Senate amendments and.probably to consider the bills for free coal, fron, sugar and barbed wire would be brought in this afternoon: Claiming DistiFict Day. Under the rules Mr. Heard, chairman of the committee on the District of Columbia, pending action by the committee on rules, ‘aimed “the day for the consideration of business reported from the committee on the Diytrict of Columbia, Free Library Bll, No opposition was made, the House on Mr. “Heard’s motion went into committee of the whole and the bill providing for a free public library in the District of Co- lumbia was considered. For almost two hours the committee on Tutes awaited the coming of Mr. Outhwaite, the missing democrat of the committee on rules: His appearance af 2 o'clock caused a flurry on the floor, At 2:20 the meeting of the committee on rules ended, and Mr. Carehings (Miss.) immediately entered the half with the special order in his hand. Mr. Heard yielded to him, and Mr, Catch- ings presented the rule. “The Special Tariff Order. The special order provides, first, that immediately after the adoption of the order it would be in order to consider a resolu- tion discharging the House conferees on the tariff dill from fhe further considaration of that measure, and that the House recede from its disagreement }p gross to the Sen- ate amendments to that bill and agree to the same, and second, that it shall be in order at any time thereafter to consid bills for free coal, free fron, free sugar and tree Haqbed wire. _Tesolution gave two hours’ debate ‘on the tariff resolution. The full text of the special rule ts as fol- lows: : “Resolved, That after the adoption of this resolution It shall be inorder in the House to move that the order heretofore made re- questing a conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on H. R. 4864 be rescinded, that the conferees heretofore appointed gn the part of the House be discharged fpom. further duty in that behalf, and that. the House recede from its disagreement to the Senate amend- ments to said bill in gress,.and we agree to the same; that after two.hours’ debate on sajd.motion (which shail be indivisible) the vote shail be taken without delay or other motion. General leave to. print is hereby granted for ten days. Resolved, second, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution it shall be In order to present fur ognsideration, without reference to a committee; separate bills placing upon the free list sugar in all its forms, coal, iron ore and barbed wire. © Each of said bills when presented shall be con- sidered in the House. Thirty minutes’ de- bate shall be allowed on each bill, and at the end of such debate the previous ques- tion shall be considered as ordered thereon, and without delay or other motion the vote shall be taken. Mr. Reed's Poipt of Order. During the reading of the resolution there were jeers on the republican side, Mr. Bur- Tows calling out, “Silly, silly,” when that portion of the rule relative to free coal, ete., was reached. Mr. Catchings demanded the previous question, but Mr. Reed arose to a point of order, and the battle was on. Mr, Reed’s point of order was that the tariff bill was not in possession of the House, and therefore the action proposed in the tariff bill could not be taken. He maintained that in case of an agree- ment, of conferees on a bill either House could act on a report, but in case of a dis- reement the bill went back to the body Hist. requesting the conference. ‘The Dill could not be in possession of both houses at the same time, neither could either house act except on papers before it. They could not be in possession of both houses at the some time. It was a parilamentary, as well as a physical fact that the papers could only be in one place at one time. Mr. Reed Overruled. Speaker Crisp held that the resolution was in order and before the House. The previous question was ordered without di- vision. Otherwise both the Senate and House could recede at the same time. What Dill would then be law? It would certainly puzzle them who were npt in the habit of cutting Gordian knots. Mr. Reed quoted a cision of Speaker Colfax in support of his-decision, He elaborated his point, and in detail gave the history of the bill since it first went to conference, July 2 At the present time, he said, getting down to the dxisting situation, the Senate was propos- ing action and the House was proposing action at the same time. * The House had now repented of the bill, Mr. Reed said, and the Senate had repented of iis bill. Both were ashamed of their off- spring. (Republican applause.) Yet the House was now proposing to grab the Sen- ate bill before it could be repudiated by that body and swallow Its nauseous meal, Such a spectacle, he declared, had never before been avitnessed. Mr. Reed sarcastically re- ferred to Mr. Dunn (N. J.),.who attempted to Interrupt him, as a man who had been late in getting on the “roll of honor,” but was now in a hurry tg.gef, on the “roll of dishonor.” dh “Ido not expect my atgument to have any effect,” said Mr. , in conclusion, addréssing the democyatig; side, “but you are like, the heathen, Who,have listened to the Christian missiongriep. You have no chance of redemption,’’ _ ,,. . THE sR\aihe. The counter attractign sin the House in shape of a tariff skirmish resulted in a much smaller attendatce $f visitors in the Senate than during thy, pdt few days. The Conference report on,the sundry civil bu}, announcing agreement’ on some items and disagreement on ‘éthets, was laid be- fore the Senate and adopted, so far as the agreements were concerned. Among the amendments to whichoa disagreement was sported was that prdviding for the pur- chasé of the Mahone lot for a new govern- ment printing office. Mr. Sherman of Ohio moved to recede from this amendment, but before action was taken.on this motion the Senate, at 12:20 p.m., went into executive session on motion of Mr. Gray. At 12:45 the doors were reopened and the following House bills were passed: Bills Passed. Tp authorize the Kin : Wilmingto» "°1 Weldon railroad to bridge the Contentria creek in North Carolina; prescribing the duties of commissioners ap- | pointed by the territorial courts a resolution passed by the Fifty gre! Te river: A resolution was offered by Mr. burn of Kentucky rules, giving the to repeal -first Con- Black- from the committee on mmitteé authority to sit during the r of Congress for th pur of drafting a new code of rules fe= ‘the Senate. At the suggestion of Mr. s authorizing the Secretary of War to | a plier at the mouth of the Chicago ting @-code’ of joint rules. The resolu- tion was referred to the committee on con- tingent expenses. At the request of Mr. Chandler the reso- lution introduced by him on Saturday for the investigaijon of the try bema election was allowed to go éve¥ uhtil tomorrow, so that Mr. Morgan (Ala.) may ba present to sive his account of the ejection. - A Pension Bill Objected To. Mr. Palmer, from the committee on pen- sions, endeavored to secure present con- sideration of a bill to pension soldiers and Sailors who are incapacitated from manual labor, and for pensioning widows, minor children and depenttent parents, ete., but Mr. Harris (Tenn.) objected, and asked to have it go over. House bill for the erection of a life saving station at Rock Point or East Merion, Long Island, N. Y., was passed. Sundry fl Conference Report. The eenference report on the sundry civil 2ppropriation bill was then taken up, and Mr. Cockrell explained the amendments on which the conferees had been unable to agree, namely: For the erection of public buildings at Cheyenne, Helena, Boise City and Spokane; for Ford’s Theater disaster matter; the quatantire station on the Co- Jumbia river; the resurvey of Grant and Hooker counties, Nebraska; the bureau of American republics; the increase of salary for the librarian to the law library; the government printing office site; the Atlanta exposition; the arid lands, and the Puget sound dry dock amendments. Mr. Hill inquired what had become of the amendment for a month's extra salary for the Senate employ and was informed that it had been stricken out. Government Printing Office Site. Mr. Sherman (Ohio) moved to recede from the Senate amendments for the purpose of a site for the government printing office, and urged that the whole matter be strick~ en out and referred to the committee on public buildings and grounds, thus leaving the matter open for another year. Mr. Cockreit and Mr. Vest, chairman cf the committee on public buildings and grounds, urged the acceptance of the House amendment and the immediate construction of a new printing office before another ca- tastrophe similar to that at Ford’s Theater occurred and led to Congress being again ‘lampooned and: public officers indicted for murder.” On motion of Mr, Cockrell the Senate insisted on all its amendments except on the printing: office site, the Atlanta expo- sition and the arid lard amendments, and on the two latter tne Senate disagreed to the amendments made by the House and insisted on its own amendments. House Amendment Defented. Mr. Linisay (Ky.) moved to accept the House améndmert to the Senate amend- ment on the printin# office site, and this was defeated, yeas 20, nays 28. NO ADJOURNMENT The House Will Remain to Pass the Popgun Bills. Mr. Cleveland Would Otherwise Call Congress Together and Keep It Here Until Something is Done. Congress will probably be in session for a month or two months more. The demo- crats of the House stand practically pledged to prolong the session until the Senate has acted upon their free list bills, which they have determined to pass to relieve them- selves as far as possible from the terrible shock of the defeat they have received at the hands of the Senate. It is believed it would have been impossible to get the House to accept the Senate amendments, as they have decided to do, if this show of keeping up the fight had not been made. ‘The band of administration men who held out at the caucus against yielding to the Senate was small, but there were many who voted for the Crisp resolutions because of the provision carried in it for keeping up the fight. Cleveland and His Defeat. It is not believed that Mr. Cleveland will take the defeat administered to him .by Mr. Gorman in any very good spirit. If there were no further chance to keep up the fight for what he wants after the ac- ceptance of the Senate bill by the House Uctle doubt is ertertained that he would veto the bill. But with the House deter- minedly struggling for the enactment of the legislation which he demands the sit- vation is changed somewhat, even though there may be no promise of results. Will Resist an Adjourkment. It is the present purpose of the democrats to resist an adjournment until something is done. They may weaken in this resolu- tion when they find’ that nothing can be done with the Senate, but if they do, and Congress adjovrns without ‘inal action on the “pop-gun" bills, it is believed that Cleveland will call them back tn session at cnee and keep them until something has been accomplished or until {t is time for the next session. It is belleved that he is so determined in his purpose not to accept the defeat that he would call Congress together timé and time again as fast as they could adjourn if they refused to act. An Expected Deadlock. Thre $s little doubt that as soon as the tariff bill has been signed or vetoed, the quorum in the Senate will be broken, and, it is thought that it will not be possible to get one again to act cn any new tariff bills. The spectacle is promised of the House refusing to adjourn and the Senate refusing to do any business, Such a deadlock is expected. Briefly put, the action of the p caucus was a surrender to the Senate, with the declaration that the fighting would be begun again as soon as a new line of battle eculd be formed. It was only by a flank movement by the chairman of the caucus, made at the sug- sestion of Mr. Brookshire, that the caucus this morning was saved from being a fall- ure. Mr. Cockran got the floor with the determination of talking the entire time away, in order io prevent the House from yielding to the Senate amendments, and he was taken from the floor only by the chair- man recognizing some one to make a mo- tion to limit debate to five minutes for each speech, and by declaring the motion carried without taking,time for ceremony. ee The St Ont of Town, THE EVENENG STAR will be sent by mail to any address in the United States or Canada for such period as may be desired at the rate of fifty cents per month, 7 But all such orders must be ac- companied by the money, or the paper cannot be sent, as no ac- * counts are kept with mail subscrip- tions. BALTIMORE, August super, 1.70a1.900cd0, extra, 2.00a: aoe j bushets, southern” white ‘Oats quiet and 40) Acts Approved. The President approved the act for the relief of Walter S. Mcleod; the act ex- tendirg the time of payment (o purchasers of lands 2 of Indians in Nebres kland, Cal, a ; correct the mil- ita KE. M. Ives; the act for | the relief of George H. Jewett of Arlington, | Neb., and sixteen private pension bills, — THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY,= AUGUST 13, 1894—TEN PAGES. GOING FOR TAYLOR'THE: SENATE BILLITHE FIGHT. Is ON | Sey a see akin sonata” Be FINANCE AND TRADE Better Prices in London For Ameri- can Securities. SUGAR ROSE ON WASHINGTON REPORTS pene Effect of the New Attitude of the House Democrats. oe GENERAL MARKET REPORTS —_— Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK,August 13.—In sympath$ with better prices in London, our market opened at an advance varying from 1-4 to 1 per cent over last week's final figures. The free selling of the Grangers on th® dis- couraging crop report resulted, as usual, in creating an unwieldy short interest, which today reacted against the originators of the downward movement. Burlington gained 11-4 per cent on the hasty covering of short contracts, and St. Paul and Rock Is- land gained 3-4 and 1-2 per cent respect- ively. Western Union attracted consider- ble buying for both accounts and gained 1 1-2 per cent in consequence. The sentiment of the room is generally bullish on the immediate outlook as the re- sult of more encouraging prospects for early tariff legislation, Prices respond easily to any buying demand and show a marked tendency to improve in proportion to the activity on the long side. The largest interes in the street are Watching the industrials, in the belief that larger profits will accrue from timely pur- chases of the various issues comprising this group of securities than from any other source. The unmistakable evidences of voritism on the part of the recognized leaders of speculation has resulted in the organization of a large following of smaller holders who hope to reap a proportionate share of final profits. Sugar naturally continues to absorb the bulk of the trading, but fears of a free sugar bill to follow the acceptance of the Senate bill by the Housz have a tendency to ferce cautious dealings for the present. Well informed interests do not anticipate anything more serious than a temporary re- action as the result of the threatened re- taltation’ on the part of the House, but the sentimental first effects would naturally depress the price. After a strong opening this morning the marketing of a large block of stock put the price off 1 per cent, from which point it quickly rallied 21-2 cent on Washington advices indicating a will- ingness on the part of the Hcuse to ac- cept the Senate bill. Distillers was a conspicuous feature of the day's trading, gaining 3 per cent on considerable activity, the greater paft of which was attributable to the covering of short contracts. National lead gained 1 per cent on a fair volume of business, and else- where smaller gains were noted on moder- ate dealings. The foreign exchange market was somc- what easier in tone today, quotations being 1-4 per cent lower for sterling and 1-5 lower for continental bills, as compared with pre- viously quoted rates. There was no in- crease in the offerings of bills, but this was offset by a corresponding decrease in the demand. The last hour's trading was quite active, and prices compared favorably with the best for the day. Washington advices con- Unued encouraging, and the detinquent shorts were forced into a further covering mevement. There was no important news other than that relating to tariff prospects. Closing figures reflected substantial im- provement in all parts of the list, and a corfident speculative undertone. ed FINANCIAL AND OOMMERCIAL. The following are the the high- est and the lowest and the prices of the New York’stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock ex Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway: Low. Close. 1054 108 et ot fa sige “er . eck scab Istana. ‘Traction. Metropolitan Traction, ated. abash .. 7 7 7 Wabasn. pid. + ISS 1S 1g 1B, Wheeling & Lake Erie, 10% 11Q 10 114 Vheeling& LE pfd... .... 41% 40” ain ern Union Tel. Wisconsin Central. ilver. ..... coupon, 114 rt 11S asked " of Columbia Bonds, 2)-rear fund Sa, 30-year fund Gx, gold, 113 bid. 3.65s, currency, 112\% bid. Miscellaneous Washington and Geonge- town Railroad copy. Gs, Ist, 182 bid. Wash @ ton, Georgetown Ratlroad conv, 24, Maz bid. ckington Katlroad @s, % bid. Washington Gas Gs, series AL 118 Washington Gas ~ Oe, 180 rake and Po- one 3s, WS% biG 104 asked. Masonic jon Ts, 100 bid. Wi Light 100 108 anede uk Stocks. Bank Of the Republic, sked. Metropolitan, 280 id. Cen” o Mid. Farme M ", 190 bid. tral, ers and Mechantes tine 35 bid, 150 asked. Columbia, 150 asked. 112 bid. West En@, 115 asked, Lincoln, 100 asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Companies.—Washington Laan and Wrst, 1193 1 aed, American ital Security and Trust asked. Wash- ton Safe Deposit, 100 asked. Railroad Sto Metropolitan, S7lg bid, 100 asked. ~ Columbia, 70 asked. Eckington, 40 asked. Georgetown, and Trnaligtown, 35 acked. 4 Electrle Light Stocks. —Washington Gas, 47 Wid) 50 asked. Getgetown Gas, 50 Did. U. Electric Lig! He bid, 126 asked: ‘tocks., Potomac, 70 bid, National Columbia, 13% bid.” Rh ae pid. 6 asked. Lincoln, 7 mercial, 6 axked. Stocks.— Columbia Tithe, Tq bid, hone Stocks. Chesapeake and 5% Am a 6 asked. bid Great Fulle Toa, 185 bid. Chicago Grain and Provision Markets Reported by Bileby & C rst mor ‘AGO, Au ‘Open. "Hig! Wheat—Se -- me : lof a SW was throwh up ,| third feet above the lev. BOOMING THE. ENCAMPMEN Atitons! Subctigiion snd Basouraging News Ooming in. Mr. Mitchell Says There Will Be a Tremendous Crowd—Quertion of Ratiroad Rates, “It is the calm that precedes the storm,” said a prominent Pythian to the reporter this morning, in explanation of the ap- parent serenity at Pythian headquarters. Chairman Mitchell of the public comfort committee declared emphatically that this ‘sould be the sublimest outpouring of Knights of Pythias which the world and the order of the Iily had ever beheld, and that anybody who supposed that because no brass bands were stationed on the street corners heralding the oncoming of the hosts the Pythian event would not compare favor- ably in magnificence and magnitude with anything heretofore seen in the District of Columbia was very much mistaken and in- tensely wrong. “Our people,” said he, “do not stand upon the order of coming, but they come. Two weeks from tomorrow Washington will have certainly one hun- dred and twenty-five thousand people im addition to its regular population. Our peo- ple come with a rush. At every encamp- ment which we have held the indications have been just as they are now, and the result has always been that the city of en- tertainment has been bulged out at the sides, and the suburbs have been filled with strangers. At Toronto, at Milwaukee, at Kansas City, and all the other cities im which our encampments have been held the Pythians have made their invasion with a rosh during the few preceding days. There never has been any very great hurrah business about it. At encampments we are comers, not talkers. “They are making great prepactions for herdes of strangers at Pittsburg in Sep- tember in consequence of the Grand Army encampment, but it ts my opinion that there will be @ larger number of people in Wash: ington on the 28th of this month than at Pittsburg later on. Washington ic a bigger attraction to outsiders than Pittsburg, and thousands will make their vacations include fist a trip te Washington, and thep Pius- burg. ke in this strain for masy Mr. Mitchell »; minutes, and it is clear that the chairman of the committee which is responsible for the proper accommodation of the coming throng thoroughly believes that there wilt be amore than a hundred thousand pe »ple in this city during the great biennial encampment of the Uniform Rank and the bignnial conven- tion of the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias. Around headquarters this morning it was stated that the trunk line associations ha made rates which, although they were not so low as they might have been made, yet they were in a large majority of instances eminentiy satisfactory. Some unauthorized notices had come in, which were calculated to discourage the promoters of the encamp- ment, but these did not count, and every communication received from ‘the Pythian world had a silver lining, and be- The citizens’ Pythian will meet this afternoon the new head- qvarters, No. 1216 F street. A vast variety of matters are to come up for consideration, and the — executive ——., also meet at same place tonight the twansaction of important business. The next —_ Sees comfort og oy set for W evening, at the Metro- politan Hotel. . ow $s Ernst Gerstenberg Frank L. Hanvey. Cc. A, Schneider & sosueusugaaua TSS SSSPEEE ES Pitti titi tii tisiiiiiey Notification to the Contractor for Sweepiug Pennsylvania Avenue. The Commissioners this afternoon noti- fied the contractor for sweeping Peunsyl- vania avenue to return the scrapers loaned him by the superintendent of street and clley cleaning before the 15th instent, and also that unless there i» immediate im- provement in the work they will not only apply the deduction penalty, but the advisability of revoking the contract, —_—_ PRIZE FIGHTERS AS HUSBAADS, Possibly Not as Undesirable as Many Less Demonstrative Men. From the Boston Journal. A woman remarked the other day that she aid not see how anybody could marry @ prize fighter, It was a speech that showed lack of reflection and ignorance of histor}, For centuries ago the Reman matron, aye, the wife of a senator, would forsake chil- dren, country, sister, husband for the sake of @ giadiator, “ "Tis the sword they love,” says Juvenal; “but let this very gladiator once receive the token of his dismission he will appear in her eyes as insignificant as her old husband.” And why should not pugilists be good bus- bands—kind and thoughtful and geserous providers? In Englend, where the art of wife beating has been developed to a high state of and } is marital grace, It ts the noblemen not tee pugilist—who has borne away from cours the laurel for complete and ecientitic thrash- ing. You doubt this statement? Read the reports of trials for cruelty toward wives from the “Complete Collection of State Trials,” by Thomas Howell, down to this year of our Lord. The supreme nagger is Semeraly o maae of saguler on8 outmy - approved life. 7 see) ‘The Boll om the De Voom the Palatka Advertiver, One of the Florida wonders is an im- mense volume of water that boils up in the middle of the St. Johns river at a place known as Devil's. Elbow, one mile cast of this city. Although soundings have been made at this place to the depth of 600 {go> no bottom has been found. It ts beliew oa be the outlet of Failing crepes 4 consider. able stream that sinks 39°”, the earth vignt miles north of La City, in Columbia county, The 66" asses of drowned animals have frequevitiy beef known to come up the ‘oil, showing that part of the stream fnust be above ground. Several of the old- est citizens in the county concur in the story that some forty year’ ago the carcass by this geyser that bore the mafk ahd brand of Col. Gooa. | bread, a well-known cattle ownér of Go. lumbia county at that time, whose stock vsed to graze on the banks of Palling crecig The bed of this ‘underground stream s directly under Pylatka at a depth feet. It is tapped along its course in the city by numerous artesian well hich throw up a clear, cool stream’ ‘of ater to a height of (arty three and one. of the opinect "s Elbow, By placing the ear to the wells the unmistakable thunders of sul terraneous cataracts are easily recogn! ~ eee — Range of the Thermometer, The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 66; p.m, 74; maximum, 74; mings mum, 64