Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1895, Page 1

PUBLIS#: AT THE s? 1101 We iq Aveaut Street, by The Evening Siar Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. - ps ‘ork Office, 49 Potter Enilding. ribers In the eity by carriers. om th at 10 cents per week, or #4 cents Copies at the gounter 2 centa each. By mail-anywhere In the United States or Canada—postage prepald~50 cents Star, Der month, Saturday Qvintuple Sheet $1 oper sear; With foreign postage adled, $3.00. Entered at the Post Office at Wasbington, D. C. &s second-class ma‘l matter.) TF All mall subscriptions must be pald tn advance. Rates of advertising made known on apnlicatton. ——$_—. Ghe Evening Star. No. 18,055. WASHINGTON, D.C., MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. Te proof of Be pudding is in fe eafins. Saturday's Star contained 50 cofumns of advertisements, made up of 841 separafe announce: ments. These advertisers fought pubficifp—not merefp Space. SENATOR BLACKBURN Significance of His Recent Free Coinage Declaration. EFFECT ON SENATORIAL RACE Considered a Challenge to the Secretary of the Treasury. SILVER MEN’S POSITION —>—__—_ The publicly declared purpose of Senator Blackburn to make his race for re-election on a free coinage platform is thought to have a wider significance than an appeal merely to the voters of Kentucky. The declaration surprised nobody. It was in entire accord with Mr. Blackburn's record, and a repetition of sentiments he had sev- eral times proclaimed to. his constituents. He is recognized as having had a large share in shaping the views of the blue grass people on the whole silver question, and naturally, therefore, in entering a race, which his own friends concede will be the hettest of his career, he has chosen the is- sue from which he entertains the greatest | tatio: mment here relates to what effect Mr. liverance is likely to have blem now pending in the House, and, in one form or another, soon to be presented to the Senate. The plan is of Mr. © and it h the in- the President. It is inter- ny quarters as an effort to ause of silver by giving great- | currency and improv- in the south an Nene of the s 1 :nodifications suggest- ed by admipistration supporters leans m the direction of silver, the confessed object being by comprehensive legislation now to take the financial question out of current political contention. Position of Silver Men. But the prominent silver men, republi- cans as well as democrats, are opposed to this. They insist that agitation shall not cease until something substantial and per- manent has been dene for the white metal. ‘fhat this is Mr. Blackburn's meaning is generally accepted. He is recognized as one of the leaders of the silver cause in the Senate gad would not, it is assured, com- mit himself so unequivocally at this time if he did not feel the assurance of the rtiest support of all the silver men. ‘The silver proposition seems to be, there- fore, that, come what may as the results of the present discussion in Congress, the fight for free coinage is to so on and enter into the next national campaign. Will this attitude of Mr. Blackburn hin- action at this session of Congress on al question on any of the lines in administration circles? In pnsidering this question some of the silver | men out that the difficulty in the edmt tion's path has always been in | the Senate, and they now believe that dif- fleulty has & Why, they ask, dorsement of preted in 1 Weaken the y to pal ilitie House exert themselves to such an extent when whatever they may succeed in doing | rtain to meet with defeat in the The issue, they insist, is properly defined by Mr. Blackburn. It is not that of a change in the volume or guarantee of paper currency, but whether or not the circulating medium shall carry silver mon- ey. It is here that the silver men take their stand, and there is probably no man im the Senate upon whem they rely for more aggressive and persistent assistance than Mr. Blackburn. Effect on His Senate Race. The question is considered from still another standpoint. What would be the effect on Mr. Blackburn's deliverance, and on his race for the Senate, if the Pre: dent, failing to secure action by this Con- gress, should call the new Congress to- gether in special session, and that body should enact financial legislation of a ecmprehensive character? The legislature to select Mr. Blackburn's successor will not be chosen until November, and if Con- gress before that time should deal with the finances in a way to satisfy the busi- ness interests where should Mr. Biackburn be left? ‘The silver men can see no em- barrassment to accrue to the Kentucky Senator by reason of that or any other possible state of the case. antagonistic action by a republican Congress could, they claim, operate oth- erwise than to strengthen him. Such ac- tion would be in fulfillment of all of his charges, which have been that the repub- licans are opposed to silver, and that it is only through the democracy that the re- habilitation of the white metal may be ex- pected. Effect on Cartixle. Looked at purely from a local standpoint, there is some curiosity expressed as to how Mr. Blackburn's platform is likely to affect Secretary Carlisle. Both are recog- nized leaders of the Kentucky democracy, and Mr. Carlisle's name is seriously sug- gested in connection with the next Ken- tucky senatorship. He is trying to discur- age the movement, but his friends persistent. There is a large field of ¢ ai . and a too complex situation in the end may, it is believed, call for a man vyho has kept aloof from the bitterne the str But does ret Mr. Blackbur anno: s platform operate Carlisle to try conelu- h him on the silver que he old folks at heme?” Mr, 1 his intention of pa Kentucky high federal offic 1 adviser of the Pr stump at home tions, and question the all? ekburn gt that time will be demanding the free , and pledging himself, in ction, to te for such t will Mr. Carlisle's message he? nrn’s most natorship will who also is a friend of Brown has not b in for some years, and his a challenge to Mr. w sions people active opponent be Gov. Brown, Iver. But Go’ national politic precise fina’ ally known. |né one qualified to preside. SENATOR RANSOM ELECTED Hs is Made Temporary Presiding Officer of the Upper House, Both the Vice President and Senator Harris, the President Pro Tem- * pore, Are Absent. 4 peculiar contingency arose in the Sen- ate this morning, such as has not occurred for five years at least. The hour of 12 o'clock arrived without there being a pre- siling officer for the Senate in the city. Vice President Stevenson left the city last week in order to be with his sick daugh- ter at Asheville, N. C., announcing that he would not return until there was definite prospécts for her health. Senator Harris, the president pro tempore of the Senate, left the city before the holidays for Ten- nessee to engage in his campaign for re- election to the Senate. He is not expected to return until the end of this week or the beginning of the next. This left the Sen- ate without any definite head, and the emergency was discovered. yesterday. here was 2 hasty consultation on the pert of the steering committee of the Sen- ate, and it was agreed that a temporary siding officer should be elected. Yhe choice of the committee fell on Mr. Ransom, one of the oldest members of the moeratic side, aad who, it was thougit, Was eautled to the horer by reaso: 1on aside from Senator nate was reorganized in 1N'3. It usually occurs when a pr nt pro tempore leaves the city that he designates, whether openly before the Senate or by a letter, some one .o take his place tempor- arily. But Mr. Harris, leaving before the V ce President, did not anticipate that such an emergency would arise and so made ng designation and could not be reached by wire in time to get a written designation kk te Washington. he complication was that if the Senate should elect a presidert pro tempore in the altsenes ef both the Vice President and Mr. Harris, the Senator so chesen would then bécome the actual president pro tempore of} the Senate, completely divesting Mr. Herris of that power. This erfect wouid be temporary, but permanent until the Senate should vote otherwise. Uncer these circumstances Mr. Ransom hesitated, and only accepted upon the distinct under- standing thit he shouid retire upon Mr. Harris’ return, and that the Senate should re-elect Mr. Harris as president pro tem- Pere. With this understanding made yesterday afternoon, he consented to temporarily as- sume the chair of the Vice President. One | the standing rules of the Senate pro- that in such an emergency, there be- ing ro presiding officer yet designated, the secretary of the Senate, or in his absence, the chief clerk, shall call the aie to Censequently, this morning waen lock noted the hour of noon Gen. Cox, the secretary of the Senate, rapped for order with the Vice President's gavel, arid after the prayer called the attention of the Senate to the fact that there was Mr. Gorman thereupon introduced a resolution, which immediately adopted without a division, declaring Mr. Ransum to be the president pro tempore. Mr. ‘man then asked uranimous consent that the oath of of- fice should be administered by Senator Morrill, who is now by many years the senior member of the uyper house. The ased statesman ascended the rostrum at the same time that Senator Ransom, es- corted by Mr. Blackburn, as chairman of the commitiee on rules, waiked up the Senate aisle. Mr. Morrill administered the oath to Mr. Ransom in a very low tone of voice, and a FOR THE DISTRICT The Appropriation Bill as Reported to the House. ESTIMATES REDUCED OVER A MILLION New School Buildings and Addi- tional Water Supply. FOR THE GARBAGE SERVICE SS eo The District of! Columbia cppropriation bill was reported to the House today. The report accompanying the bill says: The estimates of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, upon which the bill is based, exclusive of the water de- partment, aggregate $6,983,014.97, one-half ef which amount, or so much thereof as Congress may appropriate, is required to be drawn from the revenues of the gen- eral government, and the remaining one- half to be levied upon the taxable prop- erty and privileges in the District of Co- lumbia other than the property of the United States and the District of Colurn- bia. The total amount recommended to be appropriated for the general expenses of the District of Cclumbia for the fiscal year 1806, in the bill submitted herewith, is, exclusive ef the water department, 35,- 189,187.97, of which sum the general gov- ernment is required to pay $2,504, a that beirg one-half of the whole. The to- tal amount recommended is $1,791,527, less than the estimates submitted. ‘The amount appropriated for the general nses of the District of Columbia for nt fiscal year is 7, being $196, more than is recommended in the accompanying bill for 1896; and the whole amount recommended in the accompanying cluding the water department, is 32, less than was appropriated for the current fiscal year. For the Water Department. The amount recommended for the water department, and payable from the water revenues, is $201,919. The amount ap- propriated fo- the same purposes for the current fiseal year is $230,878.60, being a reduction of $28,459.32. It is estimated that the water revenues for the fiscal year 1896 will amount to $366, 500, but it is providea in the accompanying bill, as it was in the acts for the current and two preceding fiscal years, that any surplus of these revenues over the appro- priations made specifically therefrom shall be applied to the work of extending the high-service system of water distribution. ‘This improvement, it is estimated by the engineer officer in charge, will cost, when completed, about $600,000. The surplus water revenues devoted to this object, on account of expenditures made and obliga- tions incurred since the said authority was granted, amornt at this time to $188,401. ‘The total general revenues of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1806, it is estimated by the Commissioners, will amount to $3,491,806.70, or a surplus of SS44,:542 after meeting the appropria- tions proposed py the accompanying bill, together with the obligations (estimated at x#)) imposed upon the District by the act of March 2, ISS), establishing the Na- tional Zoological Park, and for one-half the expenses of the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of the District. This sur- plus, to the extent of $300,000, will be ap- plied under the operation of section 3 of the District of Columbia appropriation act moment later the senior Senator from North Carolina, who will scon retire from public life, was the presiding officer. He made a brief speech, thanking the Senate for the trust reposed in him and insisting in pub- lic upon the agreement reached in private that immediately upon the return of Sen- ator Harris the position should be again conferrefl upon him. immediately, before any business had been transacted, Senator Ransom turned the gavel over to Mr. Manderson, who pre- sided throughout the morning hour. This was a very graceful act, as Mr. Manderson is acknowledged to be one of the most competent presiding officers in the Senate, and one of the most thoroughly equipped students in parliamentary law. This contingency has not arisen in the Senate since 1889, when Gen. McCook, then secretary of the Senate, called the body to order in the absence of a presiding officer and presided unti Senator Ingalls was elzcted President pro tempore. The same thing occurred in 1882, when Secretary Stober called the Senate to order and Sen- ator Bayard was chosen for a brief term of three days. = Zs Capt. Bassett, the veteran doorkeeper of the Senate, says that this thing has happen- e¢ very often in his time, but, as everybody knows, Capt. Bassett's is a tremendously long time, and constitutes a large part of the history of the country. +e + PATENT LAW CHANGES. Meeting of an American Bar Associa- tion Committee Next Week. ‘The committee on patent law 6f the American Bar Association will meet at the Arlington Hotel on Monday next for the purpose of considering and formulating ariendments to patent laws to be recom- mended to Congress for action. Among the other business expected to come up will be sion of the best remedy for exist- in patent law a consideration of advisability of taking steps to estab- an independent court to hear patent appeals, and a consideration of the action,if avy, to be taken in regard to bills now be- fore Congress relating to amendments to tent laws. The committee, probably be in session several days, is com- posed of Edmund Wetmore of New York, Frederick P. Fish of Boston, Charles Michell of New F ain, Conn., Francis Rawle ef Philadelphia, Robert S. Taylor of Fert Wayre, Ind., James H. Hoyt of Cleve- nd, Ohio, James H. Raymond of Chicago, Sherman of Chicago, Joseph C. Fraley of Phiiadelphia, Charles E. Foster of this city, Arthur Steuart of Baltimore, W. H. Thurston of Providence, R. 1, Geo. H. Lothrop of Detroit, Paul Bakewell of views are rot as yet gen too, will stump the siate. aes <e<— STATUE OF PRO! A ROSS. i It in the Smith- ian Ground: Propesit » is good prospect of an important m to the statuary of this city. The American Sui sociation and t Alumni Assoc Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia have provided means for the erection of a colossal bronze statue of Prof. Samuel D. Gross, the eml- nent surgeon of the city of brotherly love. It ts de ct this statue in one of the public parks of this city, and corres- pondence wes had recently on that subject with ¢ John M. Wilson, in charge of public buildings and grounds. He inform- ed the projectors that an act of Congress was necessary to accomplish this object, ard arrangements have been made togse- eure the necessary legislative authority. In case this is secured, the erected in the Smithsonian grounds, at a int about midway between the National um and the Army Medical Museum. Prof. Gross was one of the mast eminent surgeons of this country and his services are celebrated in all parts of the world. He received the degree of LL. D. from Cambridge, and the degree of D.C. L from Oxford University. in adéitien to! many sim rs scientive tneti- tutions ir ti: | resen, Pottsville, Pa.; St Louis and E. H. Bottum of Milwaukee. are PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. Net 2 Large Number Sent to the Sen- ate Today. ‘The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: "treasury—Zephaniah W. Pease of Mass- achusetts, to be collector of customs for th> district of New Bedford, Mass. State—Hiram R. Lott of Louisiana, to be consul for the United States at Managua, jcaragua. Wavy—Surgeon Jos. B. Parker, to be a medical Inspector; Passed Assistant Sur- geon Wm. H. Rush, to be a surgeon. Also the following postmasters: Leander C. Prescott, Penacock, N. H.; Frank D. Jewell, Cattaraugus, N. Y¥.; Louis Stoff- ‘W. C. Dowdell, Au- burn, Ala.; John H. Hayden, Santa Maria, | Cal.; Dennis C. Brown, Santa Mateo, Cal.; Leura A. Wilder, Forsyth, Ga.; Mary Fcley, Wallace, Idaho; Edward Tuhey, Mune! Ind.; Fred’k A. Peck, Humboldt, W. F. Shamleffer, Council Grove, ; Adelbert B. Hunkins, Austin, Minn.; €¥nton_C. Tobey, Sauk Center, Minn. Mary E. McIntosh, Ellisville, Miss.; Geo. M. Straube, Wellsville, Miss. ‘elkirk E. Morehead, Minerva, Ohio; Wm. R. Lawson, Wo2llsville, Ohio; John Pusey, Miller, South xota; Isaac C. Winslow, Evanston, o I ¥ which wiil | > for the fiscal year 183, and a provision of the accompanying bill to the satisfaction of the indebtedness of the District to the United States on account of the cost of the increased water supply of the city of ‘ashington under acts approved July 15, 1s$2, and March 3, 1801. A Statement in Detail. The following statement shows in detail the amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year and the amounts recommended in the accompanying bill, the first amount in each instance is the appropriation for the present year and the second is the amount recommended: Salaries: Executive office, appropriations for 1895, $46,481; recommended for _1Si%, $47,482; assessor's office (including $10,700 in act August 14, 1894), $33,200, $33,200; photo- lithographing plats, —, $1, collector's office, $14,200, $14,200; auditor's office, $17,700, $17,700; attorney's office, $9,000, $9,000; sin! ing fund office, $2,400, $2,400; office, $1,800, $1,800; market masters, $3,600, $3,600; engineer's office, $67,132, 36; board of examiners, steam engineers, $800; superintendent of charities, $3,340, $3,840. Miscellaneous: Contingent expenses, District offices, $22,500, $22,500; contingent expenses, stables, engineer department, $5,500, $5,500; rent of District offices, $3,600, $3,600; rent of property yard, $300, $300; collecting overdue personal taxes, ‘$1,500, $1,500 judicial expenses, $1,000, $1,000; tingent expenses, coroner's office, $1,000, $1,- (oo; advertising,general, $1,100, $1,900;adver- tising, notice of taxes in arrears, $12,000, $10,000; preparing arrears of taxes on real property, $2,000, $2,000; Georgetown market house, repair, $6,500, special repairs to market houses, —, $1,270 tal salaries and miscellaneous, $258,053, $253,774. Per- mit work, alleys, sidewalks and sewer $165,000, $150,000. Improvement and re- pairs: Work on_ sundry streets and avenues, $154,250, $100,(¢0; grading streets, alleys and roads, $4,000, $4,000; repairs to pavements, $150,000, $150,000; plats of subdivisions, $2,500, plan ‘of per- manent system of highways, $6,000, 5 total, improvements and repairs, $ w. Sewers: Cleaning and sewers and basins, $45,000, 3 Tepai % obstructed sewers and for relief sewer $40,000; main and pipe sewers, $v0,- 00; main intercepting sewer, $16t Rock ‘creek intercepting sewer, com- $20,000, $60,000; suburban sewers, 000; pletion, 320,000, $34,000; gauging sewers and rainfall, 500; total, sewers, $405,509, $258,300. Street: Repairs streets, avenues and alleys, $35,000, $50,000; replacing sidewalks and curbs, pub- lic reservations, — $5,000, ing Hancock Circle, —, county roads, $40,000, $40, tion, county roads, $77,5 sprinkling, sweeping and cleaning, $1 $129,000; parking commission, $15,000, 600; lighting. gas or oil, $142,400, $1 00; electric, $47,600, $54,000; harbor r front, $2,600, $2,600; public scales, ), $200; bathing beach, $1,000, $1,000; public pumps, $4,000, $4,000, Total, streets, $507,890, $405,300. Bridges, care of, $15,000, “0; Aqueduct bridge, $51,070. Washing- Engineering, maintenance, Dalecarlia receiving v0; conduit, waste- ing Griffith's Park , $5,000; cleaning Total, Washington , 0. Public schools: 050, $8,050; gor teachers, ; for night schools, $6,000, $6,000; contingent expenses, night schools, $00, | $500; for janitors and care of buildings, » $54,691; rent of school __ buildings, $9,000, $10,000; Public schools: Repairs and improvements to buildings, $26,000, $28,000; tools, etc., for manual training, $4,000, $8,000; fuel, $30,000, $35,000;* furniture of new buildings, $1, 40, $4,900; contingent expenses, $28,000; $28,000; text books and school supplies, $30,000, $35,000; new buildings and sites, $7,309, $120,000; total, public schools, $058,706, $1,- nu police: For salaries, 20; miscellaneous expenses, additions to station houses, —,, $5,500; total, metropolitan police, $540,- i. Fire department: For salaries, $117,000, $131,420; for salaries, additional (Continued on Eighth Page.) ENCOURAGING VACCINATION| CLEVELAND AND HILL|!NO'AN AGENTS CONFER|FFARS QF A FLOOD The Health Officer Appoints a Special Corps of Physicians. As a Policy of Prevention—Co-Opera- tion of Colored Pastors and Others —The Situation Today. Health Officer Weodward’s appeal to the pastors of the colored churches to lend their assistance to the work of vaccina- tion, it is thought, was not made in vain. Some of the pastors called the matter to the attention of their congregations yester- day, and impressed upon them the abso- lute necessity of complying with the re- quirements of the health officer. Some merchants, too, expressed a willingness to do what was requested of them in Health Officer Woodward's circular, as printed in Saturday's Star, and the persons in their employ will be requested to get vaccinated. Dr. Woodward, like most physicians, be- lieves that a successful vaccinftion will ¢ither prevent the disease entirely or make it of a mild form, and today he made an- other mov: in this direction, which will re- sult in a wholesale vaccination. Highteen physicians, to be known as “vaccine physicians," one in each of the pooy districts, are to be put in the ser- vice. Directions to Physicians. In the letters of appointment of the physicians Dr. Woodward instructs them as follows: “You will please vaccinate without cherge al. inhabitants of alleys, courts and such streets as may be designated from time to time within your district, except such per- sons as show evidence of having” been suc- cessfully vaccinated! within the past few months or of having had smallpox or varioloid, or such as-should not be vac- cinated on account of their health. “It should be remembered that there is no law compelling vaccinations, and that the object must be attained by tact, avoid- irg all dispute, byt @aplaining that the operation is in the interest of the person to be vaccinated. : “A record must be képt as follows: First enter the name of alley or court, with its location; under this the house number, and under this the name of ail persons in it, making a record of the age, color and sex of each person vaceinated, and whether such vaccination is primary or not, and leaving a space for later entry as to whether such vaccination is successful or not. Make a note of guc& cases as refuse vaccination. Leave severai blank lines after each alley. “Each vaccination -must be carefully done, care being taken to avoid sepsis. It is recommended that \the-vaccine point be used to make the abgggion. “The work should Be dope between 3 and 6 o'clock p.m. each day.” A Case of Varioloid. This forenoon there were two suspicious cases reported,.und the first one investi- gated proved to be acage of varioloid. This patient is Russell,Thompeon, jr. the six- year-old child of RusséI Thompson, who lives at 149 Cakfornia; street.. This street is between Ist and 2d and E and F streets northeast. When the ,smallpox inspector visited the house and put up a yellow flag the boy’s father was not at home and the doctor was unable to ascertain the oceupa- tion of Mr. ‘Thompson. It was stated that he had worked in the government printing otice, but was dismissed some months ago. Until the father ‘is seen the boy cannot be removed to the hospital. Two Suspected Cases. Health Officer Woodward called at Mr. Thompson's house after the case had been passed upon by Inspector Walls, and he did not agree with the inspector's diagnosis. He thought there was at least some doubt about the child's ailment, and other phy- sicians will see the patient later in the af- ternoon. ‘The other suspicious case reported was on Virginia avenue northwest between 18th and 19th streets. —EE THE MICHIGAN SENATORS. Mr. McMillan Was in His Seat Today and Was Congratalated. Senator McMillan returned to the city from Michigan on Saturday and was in tue Senate today for the first time since his unanimous renomination by the repub- cans of the Michigan legislature, who constitute all but one of the members of that body. He received the cordial con- gratulations of his colleagues on both sides of the chamber. He is one of the most popular men in the Senate, and his return for another term of six years is gladly wel- comed by both republicans and democrats. The balloting in joint session of the legislature for the two Senators begins on the 16th, being preceded on the 15th by ballots in the two houses separately. In view of the fact that there is but one dem- ocrat in the legislature, Senator McMillan has not thought it necessary to remain un- til the actual votes were cast. In the case of Mr. Burrows it is somewhat different. Having been practically elected a Senator, he will not resume his seat as Representa- tive, as the senatorial term to which he will be chosen ten days hence begins im- mediately on the receipt of his credentials in this city. The term of Senator Patten, who was appointed by the governor, tem- porarily, to fill the vacancy caused by the Geath of Senator Stockbridge, ended with the convening of the legislature, and so there is now actually but one Senator from Michigan, Mr. McMillan, and there will be but one until Mr. Burrows and his cre- dentials arrive. It is expected that this will occur about the 2ist of January, the first Monday after the election, which will give ample time, probably, for the forwar- ing of the credentials ‘to this city. Mr. Burrows is still in Michigan, and will prob- ably remain there until he has been for- maily declared elected a Senator, and will Kkely reach Washington simultaneously with the official announcement of the gov- ernor. It is not expected that Mr. Patten will return to this city,|as there is nothing to call him back, He will, it is understood, resume the practice of law in Grand Rapids. | $$ o+—_ THE SUPREME COURT. It Meets After Its Three Weeks’ Va- cation—Decisions Kendered. The Supreme Court convened today ufter a recess of three weeks, A decision was rendered in the case of the state of Califc nia vs, Hooper by Jus- tice White, irvolving the constitutionality of a state law prohibiting foreign insur- ance companies doing business in the state, The decision sustained this right of the state o1 the ground that insurance Is not interstate commerce, but Justices Har- lan, Brewer and Jackson dissented on the ground that the statute permitted inter- ference with the private rights of citizens of the United States. The court alse decidéd in the case of C. C. Campbell vs: the city of Haverhill, ap- pealed from the circuit court of Mass: setts, the question as to whcther the sta ute of limitation of the several states ap- plies to actions at law for the. infringe- ment of patents, the decision heing that they do so apply. The case of the United States the heirs of the late W. B. Moses, sureties on the bond of Capt. Howgate, was reopencd for argument before a.full bench. Senator Allen of Nebraska was amonz the applicants for admission to practice before the court, and he was admitted on motion of Senator Mitchell of Oregon. View of Leading Men as to the Al- leged “Reconciliation.” ABSOLUTELY NO COMPACT MADE YET The Ice Has Been Broken and Developments Are Awaited. HILL WANTS ACTION. —— + The view taken by leading men in Con- gress of the Cleveland-Hill “‘reconcilia- tion” differs materially from that current in the newspapers that are making the most of it. Among democrats gratifica- tion is expressed that the two men have exchanged formal courtesies, and future events will be watched with interest to disclose whether their “reconciliation” will ever get beyond that of cold formality. It may be stated with positiveness that there has not as yet been any compact entered into or even understanding reached between the two men. Whether, the ice being broken, they eventually get together is a matter for future development. One of Mr. Cleveland’s best friends in Congress said today to a Star reporter: “The situation precluded the sudden ac- complishment of such an understanding between Mr. Hill and the Preside=t as some of the papers assume to have been reached. They have just been brought into communication with each other, and how much further it will go no one can tell—not even Mr. Cleveland himself, It is encouraging that they should be brought together at all, but still some of us think this has happened rather late in the day to bear much consequence. A number of gentlemen, among them myself, have been trying for a year to bring about a meeting to establish amicable relations between Mr. Hill and the President, not with the view of giving the administration a new cham- pion, but to eliminate as far as possible the element of personal resentment and personal hostility which has been asso- ciated with honest differences of opinion within the party as to policies. It has been shown from time to time that Cleveland and Hilleare not far apart in their convic- tions as to a number of important ques- tions, and in so far as they agree as to policy they ought not to be divided by per- sonal considerations. No Compnct Entered Into. “It is impossible, however, that there could have been any compact formed be- tween the two men, either at the dinner which Mr.Hill attended at the White House or before that time. They have had no chance for conference. They have not been in communication, beyond the informal re- quest Mr. Cleveland is said to have sent to Mr. Hill that he accept the formal invita- tion. At the dinner there was no appor- tunity for a conference: Mr. Cleveland's manner with the Senator is said to have heen cordial, as, of course, it would be. They talked together for a little while in the smoking room, but this conversation was not conducted apart from the other guests and in privacy. The President drew his chair over to where Mr. Hill was sitting with other guests and engaged him in con- versation, but those who were in the group say that there was nothing private and con- fidential indicated in the conversation. The surrounding circumstances and the_ brief time preclude the possibility of the discus- sion of a policy and the formation of a com- pact. Simply the ice has been broken be- tween the two men, and if there is any dis- position on their part to become more inti- mate the way is opened for them to do so. What consideration may have influenced the mind of each to yield after so long re- sisting efforts to bring them together no one can say except themselves, and neither can be expected to make the disclosure. It may be assumed, however, that each was influenced by a different motive. Mr. Cleve- land may have been moved by the hope of gaining an ally in the Senate, but I feel sure he has given no expression to the thought and that he does not today know what Mr. Hill's course in the Senate will be if the Carlisle bill ever gets over there from the House.” Future Developments Awaited. In this statement of the case there is the force of fact, for it is well known that Hill and Cleveland were not in consulta- tion before the dinner, and that there was not sufficient opportunity for so important a matter during the entertainment. Gen- ‘lemen who were present have assured The Star reporter that the circumstances of the conversation were not such as to admit of this. A great deal of interest is attached, how- ever, to future developments. If an under- standing is reached between the two it will be through a private call by Mr. Hill upon the President in consequence of having been entertained. This event may be look- ed forward to as one of significance. Mr. Hill believes that some measure to relieve the situation should be adopted at this session, and that it is the duty of the democrats to see that this is done. He has held this opinion for sorne time, and it was for this that at once on the reassembling of this Congress in December he took up the fight for his favorite cloture resolution. It is known that he is prepared to make a fight for action as soon 2s the opportunity is offered. It does not follow, however, that his action is going to be influenced by his entertainment at the White House, or that what he does will be entirely in’ ac. cord with the President's view Mr. Hill has no el friend and confidant in the Senate, and therefore his action usually comes ‘as 2 surprise. Jf he is not greatly misunderstood by those who have talke-l with him on the subject, however, he wants to make friends with the silver men, and to appear as the censervative force be- tween the two extremes in the settlement of the financial question. It is understood that he prepared a speech on the subject some time ago, and is now engaged in studying it over. a REWARD FOR DESERTERS. A Policeman Can Only 1 $10 and Nothing for Expenses. The controller of the treasury has ruled that a policeman who catches a deserter from the army is entitled to the reward of $10 provided in such cases, but that he has no claim whatever against the government for the expenses incurred by him in mak- ing the capture. The last army appropria- tion bill reduced the reward from $60 to $10. Before this bill was enacted, however, a mar named Chase deserted from Madison beriacks, New York, and the commanding officer issued a poster offering the $60 re- ward for the apprehension of the soldier After some time and considerable effort the chief of police of Chittenango, N. Y., discevered Chase, turned him over to the post at Fort Ontario, and reported that he had expended at three different times the sums of $18, $7.50 and $2 By the time Chase was found the new law led gone into effect, and the question was raised whethcr the police should be rewarded under the law in operation when the desertion occurred, or under the present law, which allowed so small a sum that it would not reimburse the chief for his out- lay in behalf of the government. The question was submitted to the con- roller of the treasury, and he decided that the policeman was entitled to the prevail- ing reward of $10, and nothing more. ‘This ruling will undoubtedly have a tendency to discourage policemen and others from the apprehension of deserters in all cases in- volving any financial outlay. The Meeting Today With Interior Devart- ment Officials, An Interchange of Views Relative to the Experiences in Manag- ing the Red Men. A conference was held at the cffice of the Secretary of the Interior this afternoon between the Secretary of the Intericr, Judge Brewning, commissioner of Indian affairs, and the following Indian agents: Capt. Cook, Blackfeet agency, Montana; Dr. Treon, Crow Creek agency, South Da- kota; Peter Couchman, Cheyenne River agency, South Dakota; Lieut. Mercer, La Ponta agency, Wisconsin; Maj. Wright, Rosebud agency; Capt. Rae, Shoshone agency; A. M. Keller, Sisseton agency, South Dakota; James McLaufflin, Stand- ing Rock agency; J. A. Smith, Yankton, South Dakota; Maj. Allen, White Earth azency, Minnesota. These agents had been called to Wash- ington to confer with Secretary Smith and Commissioner Browning as to the best means to promote the interests of the In- dians, with especial reference to the Sioux ration. The conference was not called, as has been stated in some quarters, because the condition of the Indians is less satisfac- tory than heretofore. On the contrary, the commirsioner of Indian affairs is authority for the statement that the condition of the Indians has never been better than it is at present. It was thought, though, that by bringing the agents together each might profit by the experience of the other, and the department would perhaps learn more of the needs of the wards of the nation by personal contact with the agents than by the study of formal reports. It is the Gesire of the department to improve the Indians and to make them self-supporting. Interchange of Views. It was with these views in mind that Sec- retary Smith and Commissioner Browning concluded, ove: one month ago, to have a conference of agents in this city. All the parties to the conferenc> met in the office of the Secretary before noon, and it was long past 1 o’clock when the conferees ad- journed. Of course, it was not expected that anything definite would be dere, and this expectation was real.zed. The agents told of the hopes, ambitions, failures and successes of the red men. Each agent told how some improvement in the condition ef the Indians under his charge might be brought atout by a modi- fication in the policy of the department. Certain policies, it was urged, should be applied to certain conditions. No one ironclad rule or policy could well be applied to all the agencies. A great deal should be left to the discretion of the agent and then great care should be taken in se- lecting the agent. The Indians at the northern agencies of the Sioux were not making a success of agriculture. Nobody could make g success of farming on such lands. The Thdians, however, were making big progress in the matter of cattle raising. This branch of industry, it was urged, should be especially fostered at these agen- cies. The question of schools and irriga- tion was talked about. The question of sectarian schools was not brought up. The agents will have a conference with the President as soon as he names a time. Other conferences will be he!d with the Secretary of the Interior and at the Indian office during the week. All the agents were directed by their call to Washington to re- main in this city till next Monday. ——. NOT TO HAWAIL Talk About the Warships on the california Const. The report that a warship is to be sent to Honolulu cannot be verified at either the State or the Navy Departments. The most authentic information on this subject ob- tainable at the departments named is ex- actly the reverse. The story, as printed in an administration paper, was to the effect that it had been determined to send a ship to Hawaii, “not in view of any feeling that the presence of an American warship is any more essential now than it has been since the Philadelphia sailed, but because of a large rumber of vessels now lying at the Mare Island navy yard fer which the Gepartment has but little actual duty.” There are now six idle warships at San Francisco and vicinity, all of which were reported completely ready for sea several Weeks ago. ‘the number will be increased to eight in a short time by the addition oi the big cruiser Olympia, which is to be the flagship of the station, and the Boston, of Hawaiian revolutionary fame, hich has undergone extensive repairs at Mare Island. ‘The only places on the station where there is any call whatever for a vessel at pres- ent are Hawaii and Samoa, but far as can be learned there is no piace on the station less likely to see the stars and stripes from the masthead of a warship. There are four ships on the Pacific coast rendering no service whatever that are specially adapted to the tropical waters of the Pacific islands. These are the Ranger, Mohican, Alert and Adams. So that there is no necessity for sending any cf the new steel cruisers there. There is 2 probability that one of the fieet will be sent to Peru and that the remainder will be sent away for fleet evolutions. It is intimated im one quarter that a vessel might lave been sent to Hawaii ere now, but for the fear that such action might have been interpreted to mean that the administration had adopted the suggestion of Admiral Walker to that end. Now that the queation is before Cong: is not thought likely that the admi tration will change its present naval policy toward Hawaii unless compelled to do so. REPUBLICA) RING COMMITTE! Sentiment of the Porty Against Tacift Tinkering. There were a number of absentees from the meeting of the Senate republican steer- ing committee held this morning. C quently no direct action was taken. It was demonstrated sufficiently that the sentiment of the party was against per- mitting any tinkering with the tariff in order to help the administration out of the they have become embarrassed Any se- . The position t: is that the par democrats would n by the re- cular things not correct pul which the are but a small part of the evils of the new law; that the evil is radical and can- not be mended by minor curative meas- ures, and that therefore they will not per- mit ‘any tinkering legislation. They hold that the democratis made their issue in support of the whole bill, for which they are in all respects responsible, and that the republicans accept the issue in an- tagonism to the whole measure. eS Pensions Granted. Among the pensions granted today were the following: District of Columbia—Vamie Gertin, Michael R. Conlin, Soldiers’ Home; Martha A. Ress, Frank Watson, Soldiers’ Hon end Sarah S. De Saules. Maryland—William H. Lantz, Cumber- land; John M. Freshure, Fre:terick; Henj. F. Watts, Baltimore; Catherine Mason, Yal- ley Lee; Susan Valentine, Funkstown; Thos. J.’ Christopher, Baltimore; William S. Harvey, Northeast; William’ R. Stur- geon, Glyndon. Virginia — Robert Robinson. Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeta City; Peachy Miller, Paul- ington; John Butt, Norfolk; Kate D. But- ler, Norfolk; Henry Hague, Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeth City; Henry Herron, Norfolk; Barnet Ashton, Owens. Rapid Rise of the Ohio and Monon- gahela Rivers. STEADY RAIN FOR TWENTY-SIX HOURS Immense Damage Predicted by Timbermen. TWO STEAMERS SUNE PITTSBURG, January There is @ probability of a flood at this point if the rivers continue to rise for any length of time at the present rate. There is a stage of seventeen feet in the Monongahela, and it is rising at the rate of eighteen inches. per hour. A large amount of ice is coming out of the Youghiogheny, and at McKeesport the little steamer Tillie was sunk, causing a loss of about $2,4”0. The ice is also com- ing down the Allegheny and the coffer dam at Herrs Island is in danger of seri- ous damage. The government is building a navigation lock at this point and should the coffer dam be broken it will not only cause considerable damage but will also retard the work on the lock. < A twenty-live-foot stage in the Ohio is expected here and river men fear that it will reach thirty feet. Twenty-five feet will flood the mills along the river and cause Gamage to property. Thirty feet is considered the danger line. It has been raining all night and is still raining. At Morgantown there was eigh- sof snow when the rain started y night, and it has rained steadily . Several timber rafts have gone down and a big boom is reported at Grafton. A twenty-nine to thirty-foot stage is ex- pected at Morgantown. The ice in the Clarion river broke at 7 a. m. and began pouring jnto the Allegheny. At points between here and the mouth of the Ciarion the ice in the Allegheny is moving, though it is only broken in places. At Oil City the river is still frozen and beyond there the ice remains firm, although a break is expected at any time. PARKERSBURG, W. Va., January 7.— Rain has fallen here steadily for the past twenty-six hours and the river is rising rapidly. At Grantsville up the Kanawha river, the water is twenty-three feet and rising. Timbermen predict immense damage. The steamer Oneida, a Kanawha river packet, was sunk here at midnight. The ice knocked a hele in her and she will be a total less. < Cc. E, Vandevender, a timberman, says 3,000 logs are passing into the upper pool in the Kanawha each hour. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., January 7.—Rain fell all night and morning. By noon the Cone- maugh river had reached the highest point since last spring—nine fect. Owing to the large amount of snow on the mountains this rise is Hable to con- tinue for a week, and the citizens are pre- paring for the werst. Large quantities of ice came down Stony creek last night and today, but no serious damage has as yet resulted. Southern Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, January 7.—Ad- vices from southern Indiana to the News tell of disastrous floods resulting from the heavy rains of the past forty-eight hours. The farmers are suffering severely from the overfiows, and more serious losses still are anticipated. At Bedford, Ind., on the Monon road, the bridge across the river has been washed away and the trains are running via North Vernon. At Vienna, on the main line of the Jef- fersonville, Madison and Indianapolis rail- road, 300 feet of track has been washed away and traffic is seriously delayed from beth north and south. In Ohio. BELLAIRE, Ohio, January 7.—The indl- cations ioday are that the great flood of 1884 will be repeated. The riv2r ts rising rapidly in consequence cf incessant rain fer the past thirty-six hours. The ice in | the Ohio river and its tributaries broke up and ran out last night. Several barges were lost. Two bridges on the Cleveland, Loraine and Wheeling railway were wash- ed away. Trains could not be run today and traftic on the road is completely block- ed. Steamers at their moorings here were not damaged. All the snow has melted and is gone. The low lands will be flooded by tomorrow morning. People are moving to higher grounds. At Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, Ohto, January 7.—The un- precedented rainfall here of 3.47 inches in the twenty-four hours ending at 7 a.m., and of 3.1 inches in the past forty-eight hours, has the effect to carry off the ice from the river without any damage what- Rivermen say they never saw a safer -up. With the heavy rise reported from headquarters and from nearly all the tributaries below, the river here is expect- ed to go above forty feet, but no disastrous ficcd is expected, especially as the tempera- e is already falling and the rainfall ms to be ended. At noen the river was twenty-two feet, rising five inches an hour. In West Virgtgia. WHEELING, W. Va., January 7.—The ers are still ing and considerable damage has already been dene. On the Cleveland, Loraine and Wheeling ad one bridge was washed away at nd one at Wheeling Creek mines. ve been no trains north toda: the train due at Bridgeport at 150 s been abandoned at Ulrichsville. -Handic, Baitimore and Ohio and r trains are all right so far. ie MAY BE LYNCIED. Bruce, There b and Capture of a Virginia Negro Charged With Marder. Special Dispatch to The Evening § BURG, Va., January Ridiey, the negro who killed a Mr. Wil- iams,a well-known citizen of Sussex county, some days ago by shooting him through the heart with an old army musket, and who has been at large ever since, was arrested last night in Nottoway county by Sheriff J. S. Powell, to whom Ridley had hired him- self. The murderer was brought to Peters- burg this morning by Sheriff Powell and committed to jail. He acknowledges that he shot his victim, but says that it was ental. The murder occurred near Shurns mill, and, according to Ridley’s statement, he went to Mr. Williams’ house to see Mr. Roundtree, when he was ordered off by Mr. Willia Ridiey then went off and borrowed the musket under the pre- tense that he wanted to shoot a squirrel in the woods. After getting the musket Re again went to Mr. Williams, when, Ridley says, Williams attacked him with a pitch- fork. Then it was he pointed the weapon at him and it was accidentally discharged. ‘A posse of men had been searching all through the country for the murderer, who is about thirty-five years of age and ighs 0 pounds. The feeling against Ridley in ussex county is very bitter, and it is be- ieved that he will certainly be lynched. He will be taken to Sussex Court House this afternoon under a strong guard. ES Miss Stevenson's Condition the Same. ASHEVILLE, C., January 7.—There is ro change in Miss Stevenson's condition and has not been for three days. Dr. Bat- tle says she had a very comfcrtable night. ar.