Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1895, Page 3

[oe SPECIAL NOTICES. THE EVEN NG STAR, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. NESDAY, Janu- t Central Union as RED CONNECTION with Geo. 1 will notify bis customers and friends later when located. jaz0-5ee TPs A GOOD THING AND ONE WORTH SHOVING @ steiug to your, Reference fs made to we do{ that sample shirt we can ‘Yon money when Wok £r you. No mat-|make to Your measure ter if you're wearing the| for $ Fit unerringly shirt if Its not all over|—and ‘are thoroughly ip Fight—we'll make it so—|tune with the “latest Or your .uouey Utek. | dress ideas."* C7 Come in when passing and see what's new In rs Hotel, ja20-14d ‘ou Fire Insurance lection of a! ers of the the D. of € serve the ensuing of the FERRUARY WE BE. WHO'v! We want to dines with us ER HERE. tule to them, Everyman who ys ours isthe finest 5 It may not be, but it's ail eny Our menu is filled wit that are cooked and served Ine: 7. Ladies’ cafe, 2d floor. ¥ under the firm’ nan Martin, is hereby dissolved, William TH. from firm. Thomus €. Pollec ts due the firma aud will pay ail the liabilities of suid firm. ? THOMAS €. POLLOCK. a: WM. LH. MARTIN. OF THE >EPOSTE interest is dite , PER: with H. K. Fulton, que yen of more, are and pay up’ t be sold at auction Fi FULTO: wntee! fato-12t0 merged THE ANN Oper Franklin 8. J. H. CORNING, ‘Tile Shop, eular. Juliet A “POINTER” FOR “CYCLE Interesting and Mustrated ps A NEW 1TH been issued, and by calling at 1325 14TIL of a one cent addin, to ex: id simply “net in it? aud information contained in LLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO., 1325 Lith et. Dw. SUITS MADE RY — TH ST. N.W.) more of them to date than his efforts to please. jad-tr H. L. MeQueEEN, Prixer and Publisher. Fine Book and Job Printing. ‘Telephone 820. 1108 1116 Es Weather touorrow—Fair and warmer. Established 1824. The Oldest Firm. OFFICE FRANK LIBBEY & CO., Gti st. and N.Y. ave., apuary 29, 1895, 10 a.m. WHITE PINE LATHS, $2.50 thousand. Our friends from the northwest, Ohio, Tndiana, Mi Michigan and Wis as for years to give > Laths. We are now abl and as low as they ever bought them at home. WEATHER STRIPS, Wood and Rubber Edge Wood and Feit Edge. At one and one-half cents per foot. EVERYSODY ELSE ASKS 3 CTS. PER Foor. or Frank Libbey & Co., ™ “Lumber, Mill Work and Builders’ Hardware, 6th and New York Ave. it Men’s Dress Shirts, 3 for $1. our lve ay Bot run, Notice to the Trade. OUR PLACE OF BUSINESS will be CLOSED ‘Tut ins DAY, Jantiary 31, for the purpose of tak- stock. ir customers are requested to make their pur chases for the frst of the month accordingly. Jas. L. Barbour & Son. at Physicians Are Invited it and sample (gratis) our Old Berkeley Pure Rye Whisky— the purest medicinal whisky sold in America. Only $1 quart. Jas. Tharp, 812 F St. N.W. jazv-1 There’s All x Wwe —to Reliable Reason in Buying| vaery Supplies TEE We bi ive Tew We Exvlopes, in pltin white or for business uses—only 50e. “Fit You These six Su 421 1th St., Like Skin” rig we'll make to your order for Harry T. Miller, 606 14th, MANAGER SPIND! $ SHIRT Co. Ja: Your Business and stationery reflect your business ‘and judgrient. What atteation pay fo a business letter writ 3 of a torn half sheet of « our bus! + but Besides, ‘when ket It, for “we us about our exactly like Let us print We kn paper wry. stath no lower pe: NEV lew 8 venn S Az PROMPT PRINTER, Byron S.Adams, ji iivu st s.W. fest are headwuarters for bigh-grade ‘ s und White Wines—we eater to the & redined tastes and yet to mod- “Golden & chit, only $4 ¢ ze. ats. Kalon Wine Co.,614 14th Ca West W ston orders filled igh Manogue & Jones, $2d and M sts. nw. < a for 1895. vatton aot. a built: EL sed to have tl a depar 2 ly a NEW w It Is a ra and is teu of the District Cycle Co., 42 PENNA. AVE. N.W. | Yes, Overcoatings are also included in this gen- eral ‘“‘Clearance’’ Sale. We are making up Suits, Over= coats and Trousers at cost of material and labor—just to clear out the stock be- fore the arrival of our Spring cloths. G. Warfield Simpson, “Expert” Tailor, 12th & F. hes Skill and Taste ! Any one can rush into print. Assertions ofttimes are mere vaporings. Coid Facts Teli the Story. ISTEN WE are the ORIGINATO! WE conceived the “new processes.”* WE first tnvited the public “to visit ot dry, the largest, cleanest, most sete byxlent-ally arranged in the Uni give the tie: ie prices (nearly double) at jes for the same work. he trade for the public 1 on the schenie. fT wants first-class work at uniform prices. It gets it at the GODFREY LAUNDRY, Ja29-c0 1307 FST. Tel. 592. Cancers CURED WITHOUT THE Jal-Im DISTRICT IN CONGRESS An East Washington Belt Line Railway Hearing Today. The Promotors of the Road Promise It Sha Menths—Other Local Matters. Be Running Within Six The projectors of the East Washington Belt Line Railway Company were given a hearing this morning by the subcommittee ef the House District committee upon the bill authorizing the construction of that road. The incorporators of this company pro- pose to build a cable road on Capitol Hlill, completely encircling that section of tho city, and to be operated upon a system of transfers with other roads running east of North and South Capitol streets between the Eastern branch and the boundary. The route of the proposed road is as follows: Beginning at a point at or near the junz- tion of M street and Florida avenue north- east, and extending thence along M street to wid street east; thence along 3d strect southerly to Virginia avenue southeast; thence along Virginia avenue southeasterly to I street; thence along I street easterly to 13th street and Georgia avenue south- east; thence along 13th street northerly to ‘Tennessee avenue; thence along Tennessee avenue northeasterly to 1th street;thence along Lith street northerly to Florida ave- nue, and thence along Florida avenue northwesterly to M street, the point of be- ginning. What Its Promoters Promtixe. Messrs. Calderon Carlisle, Dr. W. P. ©. Hazen, Dr. H. L. BE, Johnson and H. L. West appeared befcre the subcommittee this morning. They stated that the com- pany means business, and is prepared to operate its road within six months after the passage of the bill. Arrangements e been made to place the bonds and an imate obtained of the ccst of the road, is to ba $625,000, exclusive of the bridging of the Baltimore and Ohio rall- road tracks on 3d street between M and I streets. Letters were placed on file from the city postmaster and from school su- perintendents favoring the bill. It was ex- plained that the road will tap a section of the city which is very deficient in street railway factlities. BMessrs. ‘Tucker and Frizzell of the North- east Washington Citizens’ Association ap- peared before the committee and indorsed the statements made, and expressed their favor toward the bill. The promoters of the bill further stated that. the road would pass twenty-fivi churches and eleven schools, giving trans- portation facilities to persons attending these institutions. The Railrond Franchise Bill. Representative Williams (Miss.) was given an informal hearing today before the subcommittee of the House District com- mittee upon his bill to sell at public auc- tion proposals for the construction of street railways in the District henceforth. Mr. Williams explained the provisions of his bill to the subcommittee. He will be given an opportuni’ e his bill con- sidered before the full ccmmittee at a later day. The bill has been published In The Star heretofore. Sanitary Regulations. Senator Harris today, at the request of the District Commissioners, introduced a bill granting the Commissioners the right to make and enforce sanitary regulations within the District. This measure, which has heretofore been described in The Star, is very comprehensive in its character, and gives the Commissioners considerable au- thority to make stcicter enforcement of the pure food act now on the statute books. South Capitol Street Bridge. Mr. Gallinger has presented an amend- ment to the District appropriation bill in the Senate appropriating $5,000 for a sur- vey for the bridge across the Eastern branch of the Potumac at the foot of South Capitol strect. This is an old prop- osition, and has been prominently before Congress for several sessions. To Reimburse for Sewer Work. An amendment appropriating $14,500 was today proposed by Mr. Hunton to the Dis- trict appropriation bill for the purpose of re mbursing the firm of Emmart, &C Dunbar mpany for work done on the thirty- ch main sewer, for which they have not been paid. oo Shot on Broadway. Jobn J. Malone, a real estate dealer, was shot and probably fatally wounded last evening by Michael S. Considine in front of the St. James Hotel, at the corner of 26th street and Broadway, New York. Malone jumped into a hansom cab immediately after the shooting, without seeking as- sistance, and ordered the driver to take him to the New York Hospital without de- lay. Considine was arrested by Police- min Sheridan of the West 30th street sta- tion, who saw him draw the revolver from his hip pocket and fire the shot. The dis- ptte was over money owed by Malone. Castoria Fe ‘or Infants and Children. ASTORIA DESTROYS WORMS. ASTORIA CURES CONSTIPATION. ASTORIA ALLAYS FEVERISHNESS. CASTORLA CU DIARRHOEA AND COLIO. ASTORIA RELIEVES TEETHING TROUBLES. ASTORIA PREVENTS VOMITING SOUR CURD. “The use of ‘Castoria’ is so universal and its merits so well known that ft seems a work of spererogation to indorse it. Few are the iutellt- gent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach.’ RIL-C3 MARTYN, D.D., New York city. FAIR'S WILL STOLEN Worthless Paper Instead of the Pre- cious Document. IMPORTANCE OF ITS EXISTENCE A Long and Fruitless Investigation by the Clerks. EFFECT ON THE CONTEST CASE SAN FRANCISCO, January 20.—The will of the late James G. Fair was stolen from the clerk's office some time yesterday after- noon, and there is not the slightest clue to the perpetrators of the crime. The dis- covery was made but half an hour before the usual time for closing the office. Some one had come in and asked for permission to see the document. A will filed for pro- bate is a public document, and, like all papers in civil actions and probate proceed- ings, is supposed to be open for the inspec- tion of any one who 1s interested in the case and desires to see it. The clerk, who was asked to produce the will, went to the pigeonhole where it had been last placed. He took the bulky en- velope, on which was inscribed, “Last will and testament of James G. Fair,” and took it to the desk, where the visitor was wait- ing. When he opened it he was staggered at the contents. The precious document was not there. In its place was a lot of worthless paper, which had been carefully folded and in- serted in the envelope in an attempt to de- lay the discovery as long as possible. The information was imparted to the chief deputy. He carefully scrutinized the envelope to make sure thet the will was really missing. A search was made in the pigeonhole where the document belonged. There was no sign of it anywhere. A thor- ough search of the entire office as far as practicable was made. The search was fruitless. - ‘The will was gene. There was not the slightest trace of it, and the investigation was given up long atter the county clerk’s -— is supposed to b2 shrouded in soli- tude. When the chief deputy and the other clerks who had been apprised of the theft left the clerk's office last evening there was not a shadow of doubt in thelr minds that the will had been stolen. Still, they had hepes it would turn up “O. K.” The disappearance of such a will is a far mcre serious matter than would be the disappearance of a will in any other case. The great length and peculiar verbiage of the document render it almost impossible to preve the exact language, which is im- portant, even should there be no contest. Copies are in the possession of attorneys, but if there is to be a contest the accuracy of tle copies would at once be questioned. What is more, the signature of the dead millionaire is gone. It cannot be produced for the scrutiny of experts cr for identifi- cation by the attesting witnesses, whose testimony is to be offered in support of the will, on hearing the executor’s petition for admission of the testament to probate. === POLLING THE ENGINEERS. The Question of a General Strike Being Considered. OAKLAND, Cal., Jenuary 29.—Chlef Ar- thur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers is on his way to the Pacific coast. Under his instructions all the brother- hcods are being polled on all the roads in order to get a vote on the question of ordering a general strike. According to the rules of the brotherhood a general strike cannot be ordered without a con- senting vote from two-thirds of the mem- bers of the organization. The local brother- hoods have held meetings nearly every night for several weeks in West Oakland and have had a number of conferences with Superintendent Fillmore and cther South- ern Pacific officials. Delegations of engi- neers have been here from Arizona, Ore- gon and Nevada. Their sessions have all been executive, and the engineers have re- fused to divulge any of their proceedings or plans. The engineers on Wilder’s di- vision are in favor of striking, but are somewhat fearful lest their attitude to- ward the A. R. U. strike in July will re- act against them now. So soon as Eugene Debs gets through with his legal trial in Chicago he will start for California, and he has sent word to all the officers of the union not to an- tagonize the Brotherhood of the Locomo- tive Engineers in the event of that orgaai- zation going out on a general strike. SENATOR BERRY RE-ELECTED. Result of the Balloting Sepurately in the Arkansas Legislature. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., January 29.—The Arkansas legislature elected a United States Senator today. The two houses will meet in joint session tomorrow and de- clare the result. James S. Berry and Wm. Fishback were the contestants. Many ru- nors have been afloat for several days that one or more dark horses were likely to enter the field to complicate the situa- tion. John Jones, Sterling R. Cockrell, Judge M. Rose, who have been mentioned as dark horses, all declared they were not aspirants to senatorial honors. Last year it was proposed that the people should de- cide at primary elections who should be candidates to Succeed Berry. There were but two candidates in the contest-—Berry and Fishback. In separate session of the house and sen- ate the legislative balloting today resulte: Senate—James H. Berry (dem.), 26; W. M. Fishback (dem.), 3; F. R. Remmel (ep), 1. House—James H. Berry (dem.), 73; W. M. Fishback (dem.),14; W. B. Parks (pop. 9. ‘The election of Berry will be declared 1 joint session at noon tomorrow. ' ———_ Charged With Attempting Bribery. SAN FRANCISCO, January 29.—A sensa- tion was sprung in the trial of R. H. Mc- Donald, jr., charged with perjury in con- nection with the failure of the Pacific Bank. Nine jurors had been secured when Detective Cody placed under arrest a man named Hurley, charged with attempting jury bribery. Judge Murphy abruptly ad- journed court and commenced an investi- gation. Chauncey M. Johnson, ex-police- man, on the jury panel, claims Hurley offered him from $500 to $10,000 if he would fix the jury so that McDonald would be acquitted. —_>__ Forcign News Brevities. LIVERPOOL, January 29.—Among the passengers sailing for New York temorrow, cn board the White Star line steamship Teutonic, is Sir Willlam Van Horne, K. C. M. G., president of the Canadian Pacific railroad. PARIS, January 29.—The cabinet has de- cided to accord to the remains of the late Marshal Canrobert the honor of a state funeral. The body will be entombed at the Hotel Des Invalides. BERLIN, Janvary 29.—A sentry on duty at the military leboratory yesterday even- ing shot and Killed a_ suspicious-looking- man who was loitering about the premlses. —__—.—_—_ Another Associated Press Recruit. PADUCAH, Ky., January 29._The News, the leading afternoon paper of this city, has abandoned its former service and will in future receive the news report of the Associated Press. ——-—_—_ Occan Steamships Arrived. NEW YORK, January 29.—Arrived, steam- ers Greece, London; Bovic, Liverpool; Friesland, Antwerp; Hindoo, Hull; Phoe- necia, Hamburg. Confirmations. The Senate yesterday confirmed the fol- lowing nominations: Robert L. Oliver of Georgia, consul at Merida, Mexico. George Steell, agent for the Indians of the Blackfeet agency, Montana. John H. Galwey of Michigan, supervising inspector of steam vessels for the eighth district, JUDGE LONG'S PENSION J Judge Bradley Decides Against Oommis- sioner Jochren Today. ret i Says He Had No Authority to Reduce the Pension—Refers to Judge Cox's Decision, ape ee Judge Bradley, in Circuit Court No. 1, to- day filed his opinion m the case of Judge Charles D. Long of Michigan against tre Secretary of the Interior and the commis- sioner of pensions. The case was one in which Judge Long prayed the court, by a writ of mandamus, commanding the com- missioner of pensions to vacate an order, passed by him, revoking Judge Long’s pen- sion certificate of August 16, 1889, and to restore to him the pension awarded him by that certificate from March 4, 1804. Judge Bradley dismissed the proceeding as to the Secretary of the Interior, explaining that he does so because it appears that no func- tion was performed by the Secretary in the revocation of the pension certificate, and that no act is essential to be performed by the Secretary to restore Judge Long to his right. As to the commissioner of pensions, Judge Bradley says: “The respondent (the com- missioner of pensions) having attempted to exercise a power which he did not pos- sess, and having revoked the pension cer- tificate of the relator (Judge Long) with- out authority of law, and it being his duty to restore the relator to his status as it existed prior to such unauthorized act, and such duty being simply ministerial, the re- lator is entitled to the writ prayed against the respondent, Lochren, which will issue.” As to Judge Cox. Tae opinion of Judge Bradley is an un- usually voluminous document, covering twenty-four full typewritten pages. ‘The judge refers to the fact that the questions raised in the case were practically the same as those decided by him in a former application for a writ of mandamus, and similar to those made in a bill filed un the equity side of the court for an injunction to restrain the commissioner of pensions from reducing the pensicn of Judge Long. Judge Bradley explains that while Judge Cex, who heard the suit for the injunction, reached the conclusion that Judge Long was entitled to an injunction because the notice of the commissioner required by law to be given was no* given, Judge Cox de- cidcd the main questions adversely to Judge Long, arriving at a conclusion the oppcsite of his (Bradley's) reached in the earlier mandamus proceeding upon the sume state of facts. Judge Cox, further explains Judge Brad- ley, concluded that the disabilities of Judge Long did not entitle him to be cl:ssed as he had been classed by Commissioner of Pensions ‘Tanncr, or to draw the persion that he was receiving, and that Commis- sioner Tanner's decision could be reviewed und revoked, and his (Tanner's) act re- scinded as illegal and improvident by his successer, Lochren. In such a conchision, says Judge Bradley, he finds himself unable to concur, notwithstarding Judge Cox's reasoning, and despite his (Bradley’s) high respect for Judge Cox's ability. Questions Involved. Three questions were involved in the case, states Judge Bradley, viz.: Was Commis- sioner Tenner’s isstanee of the certificate of August 16, 188%, giving Judge Long a pension of $72 a month justified by Judge Long’s disability and.by the law at the time? .Had Commissioner Lochren any power to review ang reverse his predeces- ser’s action upon the game state of facts for alleged error in judgment, to change the status of Judge Leng upon the pension rolls, and revoke his ,pensicn certificate? And has the court power, by writ of man- damus, to direct the conimissioner of pen- sions to vacate his ‘order cf revocation? Explaining that’ Judge Long lost his left arm near the shoulder April 16, 1862, and received a gunshot wound in the left hip, Judge Bradley describes the various steps taken by Judge long ‘for pension, which efforts finally resulted in a pension being anted him, under the act of June 16, a month, That increased rate he was paid until, March 4, IS04, when Commissioner Lochren reduced it to $5) a month. ‘The increase, says Judge Bradley, was allowed by Commissioner Tanner. Judge Bradley holds that Judge Long was sufficiently disabled to entitle him to re- ceive the higher rating of $72 a month, notwithstanding his ability to perform his duties as a member of the Michigan su- preme court. Should Be Restored. Referring to the contention of Commis- sioner Lochren that he had the authority to order a special examination in Judge Long's case, Judge Bradley holds that It was not a case in which a biennial exami- nation was required, and says that he finds that no duty was imposed and nd author- ity was conferred upon Commissioner Loch- ren to order a special examination in Judge Long’s case. Judge Bradley also declares that the act of December 21, 1893, requir- ing a notice of thirty days to be given pensioners where suspension or the drop- ping of them from the roils is contem- plated, applied to only those cases where the commissioner of pensions could law- fully so act, but that it did not apply to Judge Long's case, because the commis- sioner was without authority of law to act as he did. In conclusion, Judge Bradley holds that the court possesses the power to compel, by mandamus, the commissioner of pensions to do as prayed, and remarks: “I am of the opinion that ‘the act of the respondent, Lochren, in revoking relator’s pension cer: tificate was without the authority of law; that he had no discretionary power in the premises, and that it Is a clear duty to re- voke the order, to restore the relator to his rights under the certificate of 1889 and to see that the payment of the pension al- lowed in that certificate is continued.” eae ARMOR FOR THE BATTLE SHIPS. ‘Two Thousand Tons to Be Delivered Within Thirty Days. Capt. Sampson, chief of the naval bureau of ordnance, is informed that Carnegie & Co. and the Bethlehem iron works are making good progress in the manufacture of armor for the new steel battle ships cf the navy, and that they will deliver about 2,000 tons of armor plate during the next thirty days. This will be an unusually heavy delivery and will be sure to ex- pedite the work on the vessels. Sample plates of most of this armor will be tested for acceptance at the Indian Head proving grounds. Consequently there are lively times in prospect for tHe ordnance officers upon whom the conduct of these tests de- volve. Some of the tests for heavy armor will be made at the proving grounds at Bethlehem, but the great majority will be made at the goverimént grounds down the Potomac, including’ all the plates re- quiring attack with ‘the twelve-inch and thirteen-inch guns, ™* Ships to Be Armored. All this armor is intended for the battle ships Iowa, Massachusetts and Oregon and the big cruiser Brooklyn. Most of it is for the turrets of those vessels and the re- mainder is side armer for the Massachu- setts and Oregon. The Jowa, with a dis- placement of 11,410 tons and a main bat- tery of four twelve-inch, eight eight-inch and six four-inch guns, is the largest and most formidable fighting machine of our new navy. The other three battleships, In- diana, Massachusetts and Oregon, are of 10,288 tons displacement and their main battery consists of four thirteen-inch, eight eight-inch and four six-inch guns. Next to them the armored cruiser Brooklyn is the heaviest ship of the new navy, with a dis- placement of 9,271 tons. Her main battery consists of eight eight-inch and twelve five-inch guns. The New York has a dis- placement of 8,200 tons and carries six eight-inch and twelve four-inch guns. The sister triple-screw crufsers, Columbia and Minneapolis, the fastest ships in the navy, have a displacement of 7,375 tons and carry in their main battery one elght-inch rifle, two six-inch rifles and eight four-inch rifles. The torpedo boat Stiletto is the smallest vessel in the navy. She carries no armament and has a displacement of only thirty-one tons. Dandruff is due to an enfeebled state of the skin. Hall's Hair Renewer quickens the nutritive func- tions of the skin, healing and preventing the formation of dandruff. IT IS TOO “YELLOW” Democratic Senators’ Opinion of the President’s Message. HE CANNOT EXPECT LEGISLATION His Utterances Contrasted With Those of Senator Hill. SILVER MEN’S PLANS ———————— The Pregident’s message is not accepted at its face value by the democratic Sen- ators. They cannot believe that he expects to see his suggestions materialize in legis- lation, They hold that he is too well ac- quainted with the views of individual party leaders, particularly from the south, to be in any doubt as to the possibilities of the situation, The message is altogether too “yellow” to suit them, and they attribute the extreme tone of the deliverance to a desire on the President’s part to call to his aid the influence of all eastern capital in an effort to secure from Congress as much as possible. The pelicy is lixened to that of the merchant who, willing to take and anxious to get ten dollars for a coat, prices it to the customer at thirty. The Presi- dent, it is held, cannot get what he asks, and the question therefore relates to what is likely tinally to be offered him. Put His Figures. Too High. It is contended by some very prominent democratic Senators that the President has blundered in putting his figures too high. He ought to have considered how thor- oughly Congress has canvassed this whole question of the finances, and have gathered from that a better judgment of what might be expected from that body. He ought not, it is insisted, have declared that the question of revenue cuts but a small part, if any part whatever, in existing complica- tions. The two foremost democratic Sen- ators differ with him there. Both Mr. Hill and Mr. Gorman believe that the difficulty is almost entirely one of revenue. Both are anxious to belp relieve the situation, and on the general question of finance they are in close agreement with the President; but they are not disposed to foliow him on any line that diverges from their idea of the plain duty of the hour. They want neither the currency question nor the tariff ques- tion unduly or unnecessarily brought for- ward at this time. Both are confident that a simple measure will serve every inaterial end, and both, it is understood, are disap- pointed at the President's latest statement of the case. Mr. Hill’s Recent Speech. ,A comparison is instituted between the President's message and the speech de- livered by Senator Hill in New York Satur- day night. Mr. Hiil, unlike the President, took conservative ground on the pending issue. He spoke from a thorough knowl- edge of the parliamentary situation. He was at pains, it 1s stated, to inform him- self on the subject of where the House, as well as the Senate, stood before leaving town. Probably no man can estimate par- liamentary possibilities better. And thus, well informed as to Congress, he told his audience in effect that the government needed more money for current expenses, and that if this were supplied by some plain, straightforward means the present trouble would be relieved. He refused to go into details. Hie declared that they would not be difficult of arrangement once agreement was reached on the question of the real embarrassment. Now, as between these two deliverances, Mr. Hill's is thought to be much nearer the mark. It is certainly receiving more attention in the Senate. The friends of silver, even, diffi- cult of approach by an eastern man of elther party on the money question, at least discuss with patience and inte: Mr. Hill's proposition. They make this difference between Mr. Hill and the Presi- dent—that while both are very far from the western view of finance, the former is less under the sway of capitalistic influ- efces than the latter. They believe Mr. Hill capable of solving the problem with- out regard so much to eastern bankers, while Mr, Cleveland’s view, it is held, is the bankers’ view, and that only. Mr. Hill and Mr. Allison are in fair agree- ment as to the remedy possible at this time. The,propositions for exchequer notes for the relief of the treasury strikes them both favorably. They might not agree if the proposition were broadened and the whole currency law were taken up for re- vision, but confining the question to the deficit in the treasury, and to what Is pos- sible to pass through the trying and per- ilous gauntlet of congressional divisions, they are near enough together to co-oper- ate for the temporary settlement of the matter. The Silver Men's Assertions. The silver men, realizing that the gold men are preparing for a last hard struggle, are similarly employed. They confidently assert their ability to defeat not only the President's proposition, but anything close- ly resembling it. The Bimetallic League is coming again to the rescue. The biggest meetimy in the history of the organization will take place in this city on the i of February. The speeches are now in course of preparation, and the blackest of ink is being mixed with which to write the re: lutions. The date fixed for the meet shows that the silver men are expecting the final struggle in Congress to take place during the last days of the session, and that this action of the league be in time to brace up the whole silver following and make latest proclamation of the whole silver case. —_—___+-e + -______ A WONDERFUL ESCAPE Collision of a Bob Sled With a Cable Car. ‘A bob sled laden with young people col- lided with a northbound Broadway cable car at Bissell street, at St. Louis, yester- day. The sled had gained such terrific velocity as it sped down the hill from the new water tower that when its “bumper” struck the cable train it knocked the trailer from the track. The force of the contact threw the sled under the car and dumped its terrified occupants. Fortunately the gripman succeeded in stopping the car after it had gone but a few feet further. It was simply miraculous that none of the coasters were killed. ‘As it was, the following were injured: Miss Mamie Kniffen, right hip and knee dislocated; Miss Maud Bennett, permanent- ly maimed, back badly hurt; Miss Alice Tontrup, right side injured; Miss Ella Ton- trup, back severely strained; Miss Inez Bethune, right side hurt; Sam Heffren, right side and knee bruised; George ‘Ton: trup, right leg sprained; Leonard Kniffen, right arm and leg hurt; Wann Teasdale, head badly bruised. FIELD GU Changes Recently Made Which Are Expected to Demonstrate Superiority. The recent test of field guns for naval use at the Indian Head proving grounds was not conclusive. A further test of the gun made at the Washington gun foundry will be made before Capt. Sampson, chief of the bureau of ordinance, will submit his final report on the subject for the action of Secretary Herbert. Certain changes have been suggest2d in the Flet- cher mechanism of this gun, which, it is asserted will produce better results than were given at the recent tests. With the proposed improvements it is predicted that this gun will prove superior for naval pur- poses than the other guns with which it competed at the recent test. At any rate Capt. Sampson desires to have a practi- cal demonstration of the effect of the alter- ations before deciding the important ques- tion as to the adoption of a naval field piece. ————+-2+—_ Personal Mention. Capt. Charles G. Penney, sixth infantry, acting agent at Pine Ridge, 1s in the city on business with the Interior Department. Col. C. H. Carlton, eighth cavalry, is in the city on leave of absence. He is stop- ping at the Richmond, INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS, ACCOUNTANTS ..... AMUSEMENTS . ATTORNEYS . AUCTION SALES. BOARDING .. BUSINESS CHANCES. CITY ITEMS... COAL AND WOOD......... COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. DEATHS . 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Insured in. the "CON: ICUT MUTUAL in No U vember, 1870, for $2.000. ORDINARY LIFE PLAN. PREMIUM, $38.72. The premiums were paid in full and the divh dends accumulated. The gross premiums for 24 years were... .$!29.: ‘The accumulation of dividends amounted to. 545. An average cost per year for $2,000... SAN AVERAGE CusT PER YEAR EACH $1,000. oa ‘The The accumulation amounted accumulation amounted to. An increase during the last year of. ‘The increase of $38.73 in dividend for 1894 being sufficient to premium Mr. Abrahain CEASED PAY cash, thus making his $2,000 Ordine SELF-SUSTAINING FOR OVER $2,500 aT * THE 247TH YEAR. contract Involves none of the forfeitures of ‘Tontine Plan, HAD DEATH OCCU: protection of 6 id hav DEAW) of premin and CON’ et the best insurance for t Ion or write to DISTRICT GOVERNM: He Refuses. The Ccmmissiorcrs are in receipt of a communication from Joseph L. Atkins of 2202 17th street, Mt. Pleasant, stating that a notice was received by him recently, through the police department, requiring him, under peralty of fine, to lay a special driveway across his pavement on 17th street, for the accommodation, he says, of an cecasional coal cart or delivery wagon which may chance to pass in or out of yard. He says he declines to recoguize ‘hligation on his part to go to any exp whatsoever in the matter. His grounds for taking this position are that for several years he has been compelled to pass over a section of pavement, between 16th and 17th streets extended, on the north side of the park, which would be a disgrace to an ordinary village. He says he has repeated- ly called the attention of the authorities to the condition of this sidewalk. It is the only one, he says, on Park street at that peint, and pedestrians are compelled to walk there. There are several rotten boxrds laid down there in wet weather, which treats the passers by to epiderr injections of foul water, he states, and which contributes net a little toward the ccrruption of the morals of a portion cf the people in that section. He further states that it is an unjust discrimination on tke Fart of the authorities to demand that he should do so. Concluding, he says: “Can- not something be done to provide suitable accommodations in so necessary a matter as a pavement on Park-street between 16th and Iith streets?” The matter been referred to the engineer department for in- vestigation ard report. In Good Form. Mr. S. T. Thomas, attorney for the Dis- trict, has reported to the Commissioners that House bill 8624, providing for the re- Nef of James Linskey from the operation of the act restricting the ownership of real estate in the territories and the District of Columbia to American citizens, is in. good form,and that it should be favorably recom- mended to Congress by them. ———_-—_ AN EPISCOPAL ARCHBISHOP. The Proposed Hendquarters and a Priwus at Washington. From the New York World. ST. LOUIS, January 28.—From informa- tion gained here it appears probable that the Protestant Episcopal Church will have an archbishop at Washington before long. ‘The commission on the revision of the constitution and canons, appointed at the general convention at Baltimore last Oc- tober, will consider at its meeting in New Ycrk, on February 7, a proposition to set aside the city of Washington as the see of the archbishop or primus. The proposed amendment reads as follow In every diocese the bishop (or bishop co- aujutor) should be chosen agreeably to such rules as shall be prescribed by the cenvention of that diocese, except that Whenever the diocese; which includes with- in its limits the city of Washington, shall permanently surrender its rights to choose its bishop and the office of bishop of said diocese shall be vacant, the primantem shall thereafter, under such regulations as the general convention shall prescribe, be the diocesan thereof, with the title of archbishop cf Washington and primus, and the diocese vacated by the translation of the primus te Washington shall there- upon elect another diocesan. : From preliminary correspondence upon the subject it is learned that there is scarcely any doubt that the proposed change will be made. According to the existing law of the church, the first arch- bishop would be Right Rev. John Wiill- iams, D. D., LU. D., bishop of Connecticut. In order to fully legalize the proposed change, it will have to be agreed to by the ecmmission and the general conven- tions of 185 and a8. This plan is the one an account of which was given in The Star recently. The for- mation of such a diocese at this city is oppesed by th who are working for a division of the Maryland diocese into two dioceses of the ordinary type, one bishop to be at Washington and the other at Baiti- mere, and -Dr. MeKim in a recent letter presented arguments in opposition. He held that the matter bad been settled by the parties interested, that is, by the church- men in the diocese of Maryland. a Pension Arrearages. The-work of the special examiners of the pension bureau has fallen into an arrear- age of over 20,000 cases, owing to the re- cent lack of appropriations. There are now 262 special examiners in the field, and as a result of the increase of $250,000 in the ap- propriation for the service this force is now being augmented by sixty-three employes detalletl for the purpose from the bureau. It_is expected, with the present force of 325, that the arrearage will be reduced to less*than 10,000 cases during the remainder of the fiscal year, and that by the end of the calendar year, if the force is maintain- ed, the work Will be up to date. Army Orders, Capt. Stanhope E. Blunt, ordnance de- partment, will repair to this city and re- port in person on or about the 30th instant to the major general commanding the army for temporary special duty. The leave of absence granted Capt. Folliot A. Wiiltney, eighth infantry, is extended two months, Leave of absence for one month is granted First Lieut. Charles W. Rowell, second infantry. The leave of absence granted Post Chaplain Malnor C. Blaine is extended cne month, on surgeon’s cer- tificate of disability. First Lieut. M. Lissak, ordnance department, will visi the works of the Fulton Engineering and Ship Building Company, San Francisco, and Fort Winfield Scott, California, on official business pertaining to the inspec- tion of the air-compressing plant, ete., for the battery of pneumatic dynamite guns to be erected at Fort Winfield Scott. en Ordered to the Raletgh. Ensign A. M. Beecher has been detached from duty as watch officer of the cruiser Raleigh on account of illness. sign Vhilip Andrews, who was to have gone to the Columbia, has been ordered instead to the Raleigh to take Beecher’s place, and he will leave here tonight to join his ship at Norfolk. He has been on duty in the ordnance bureau for two years past. + 4 ‘A cyclone passed over Mississippi yester- day, demolishing the residence of John Manning and injuring his wife and chil- dren, .of the District of Columbia be, a: iESAPEAKE AND FF A dividend of 50 (CE OF Ti Telephone Compan share will be pay TARY, 1895, to the close of b at the ofhe 14th st. n. nuaty, 1505, ‘of the t company, 61% ington, D. C. ‘The transfer books will be closed from the 22d of Jrnuary to the 3ist of January, inclusi MUEL M. Money loaned on saine. RD N. BURNS, 1307 F st. now. jaid-tf Thé National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company Of the District of Columbia. EDW. CORNER 15TH ST, AND NEW YORK AVE. Chartered by special act of Conzress Jan., 1867, and acts of Oct ai8 CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS. C. T. Havenner, Mem? Washington Stock Exchange, Real fe and kK Rooms ¥ and il, Atinntic building, $20 F st. nw. coe Investment Securities. Stocks, Bonds and Grain wht and sold fot Cotton bought and sold in New York on New ns. Private wires to New York, Chicago and New Orieans. Telephone 453. aplo-te is92 CORS MEMBERS ‘OCK « Correspondents of Messrs. Broadw>; Bankers and Dealers in Deposit: E Railroad ste and listed on the exchanges of New Y; Boston and Baltimore bought and soid. Philad, <A spec of investment trict local Railroad, G: and T ock dealt in. ‘American Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold, a2t LOANS ON LIFE, ENDOWMENT, rilution policies our specialty. Mones yenced on stocks, bonds, trusts and other ap- proved collateral delay. YERKES & BAKER, 40 to 46 Metzerott bids. Jala-te Government Clerks, As a class, Lave more and greater opportunities for saving motey Ub people, mere lass of ‘They lave sure and re than sufficient s for reads found it prottal to keep an acco The Union Savings Bank, 1222 F STREET N. W. More Should Do So. SANITARY REGULATIONS. The Bill Drawn Up by Health Officer Approved. The Commissioners today transmitted to Congress for early enactment a draft of a bill “To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to make and en- force sanitary and quarantine regulations in and for said District,” submitted to them by Hezlth Officer odward. The bill was reviewed by Mr. S. T. Thomas, at- torney for the District, who pronounced it to be in good form, and recommended it to Congress for favorable action. The bill provides that the Comm: d they are hereby, authorized and empowered to make, modify and enforce regulations to promote and maintain the public health and to affix to such regulations such pe: ties as may be necessary to secure the en- forcement thereof; said reg ns shall include regulations governing the sanitary condition of premises and of and public conveyances w trict, the location and gov: teries, bakeries, slaughter house laundri nd piaces of offensive 1 the re n and government of 1 hospite infant asylums, the collec- tion and disposal of night soil, the pre gation and sale of vaccine virus, dipatheria antitoxine and similar substances, the pre- vention of the introduction contagious and infectious d said District and such othe! may be necessary for the p act. ‘The bill provides further that the health icer of the District 6f Columbia and of the health department of s -t duly appointed and assigned “h duty are hereby authorized to ex and inspect during all reasonable hours any lot, building, nee within and said employ ed, for the prevention of th duction ‘and spread of contegious di ulati Is and are further au- intro- within ict. to inspect, qui and caus “ted and to s : the boundar at any point within said District for the purpese of such ine infection any nce, ntining and di boat, car or public er private conve and to exclude from said I y pere son, animal or thing infected by any in- fectious cr contagious disease, who or ich may reasonal infected, and to con in said District of an mal, and the disinfection or destruc any such thing; and any person who shall resist or prevent any act attempted or done by virtue of authority conferred by this section shall be guilty of a mi meanor, and upon conviction thereof he subject to a fine of not more than $500 and to imprisonment in the District jail or in such other place as may be designated by the court for not more than one year, or to both such fine and imprisonment. a Mrs. Sarah Spencer, whose sult against the Iron Mountain road has been on trial in the United States court at Little Roc has obtained a verdict for $20,000. 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