Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1895, Page 7

— THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, THE TEAM REPORTS Manager Schmelzand the “Senators” Again With Uz EXPECT 70 DO BETTER THAN LAST YEAR Plans in Case Joyce and Mercer Will Not:Sign. IMPROVEMENTS AT GROUNDS Manager Gus Schmelz and the majority of the players who will represent Washing- ton in the mighty struggle for places in the coming race of the National League of Base Ball Clubs are in the ‘city. The mem- bers of the team: began arriving yesterday morning, and they will leave at 10 o'clock this evening from the 6th street depot for Charleston; to begin .work. preparatory to the opening of the championship season. The players have madé the Randall their headquarters,_and this morning a Star re- porter found in the lobby of the hotel with Manager Schmelz the followigg players: McGuire, Krumm, Mullarky, Boyd, Ander, son, Cartwright, Crocks, Nicholson, House- man, Collins, Selbach. and Abbey. Maul, Coogan and Stocksdale were expected to drop in during the day. Hasamaear will Probably not*show-up for several days, and @ telegram has been received from Maho- ney’s physician, stating that that player is suffering from bronchitis, and will join the team in Charleston as soon as he is able to do so: r Old reliable Jim McGuire looked to be in unusually fine condition, and there was a glittering sparkle in his eye as he shook hands with the reporter, and declared he never felt more like playing ball in his life. Stalwart Ed. Cartwright smiled in a sug- gestive manner when “home runs” and “line-"em-out” were mentioned. ‘There was an air of impatience apparent in the movements of Charley Abbey, and he seemed to be anxiously awaiting an op- portunity to get on first base, and then show the other fellows how to walk around to third, and popular AL Selbach balanced an umbrella as though Re wished it were a bat. The new players‘ are a fine-looking set of men. Jack Crooks 1s well known to the majority of base ball cranks here, and he stated that he means to do his best dur- ing the coming. season. Houseman, Col- lins, Anderson, Boyd, Mullarky and Krumm are all fine-looking and gentlemanly young Prerihs and the outlook is certainly prom- ing. Manager Schmels’ Program. “Everything is lovely, so far as I can see,” ‘said Mr. Schmelz. “We are highly pleased with the schedule and with our players, all of whom, in my opinion, are going to make names for themselves. No, we have heard nothing from Joyce or Mer- cer. In regard to the latter, he certainly has no cause to object to the terms offer- ed him. Last season was Breitenstein’s third year on the diamond, and he receliv- ed but $1,350, and it is needless to tell you of his ability as a twirler. This season will make Mercer’s second year, and we offer him $1,500, a raise of $600 over last year. That's all I have to say in regard to him. “We will reach Charleston on Monday morning, and immediately begin hard work. Every morning I will take the boys for a long tramp, and in the afternoon we will practice on the ball grounds. We stay in Charleston until March 11, and then go to Savannah and play Brooklyn March 11, 12 and 13. Returning to Charleston we play with Brooklyn, March 14, 15 and 16, after which we settle for three days of routine work, opening up with Boston March 21, for three games. With Boston we jump again to Savannah, and play there March 25, 26 and 27, remaining in that city to meet Pittsburg March 28, 29 apd 30. We play with Pittsburg in Charles- tor Apri: 1, 2 and 3, and are booked to Meet the Columbia team April 4, the At- Jantas April 5 and 6; the Roanokes April 10; the Lynchburgs April 11 and 12; the Petersburgs April 13, and the Richmonds April 15, 16 and 17. We open the season in Boston April 19, and jump back here the next day, when the grand Fourth of July, or, in other words, the opening of the season here, is booked to occur. “Unless Joyce shows up pretty quick,” continued Mr. Schmelz, “I shall play Cart- wright on first, Nicholson at second,House- man on short and Crooks third. The lat- ter knows his business on third bag, too, I can tell you. I have never seen Danny Coogan behind the bat, but all reports are in his favor. Gus’ Weyhing has been pitch- ing to him in the cage at the University of Pennsylvania for some time, and Gus in- formed me confidentially the other day that Danny is a peach. The salaries of the men will not’ begin until April 1, but Mr. Wagner has promised to divide the pro- ceeds of the southern trip among the men, and if we have good weather the cash taken in will be more than a little.” Mr. ‘Schmelz thinks that Baltimore has but one chance in seven or eight of win- ning the pennant this year, and he does not consider New York capable of doing anything of a startling ture. Philadet- phia, according to the Washington man- ager, has a first-class team, and will finish pretty near the top. The local contingent Means to close the season a few notches higher than eleventh place. The majority of the players witnessed the performance of ‘The Black Crook” at the Grand Opera House last evening. Mr. J. Earl Wagner reached the city @t noon today to see the team off for the Lehane He will go to Charleston on the Sth instant. The New Grand Stand. The new grand stand will not be erected yntil next fall, as it was found that it could not be completed this spring before the opening of the season. Considerable Preparation, however, had been made in anticipation of building the stand in the near future. The big trees have been re- moved and excavations made. The re- movai of the trees will prove a boon to the right and center fielders, who hereto- fore have had great difllculty in discern- ing fiy balls, because of the dark back- ground. The new stand will be curved, and a feature of it is to be the absence of support posts, so that an unobstructive view of the field may be had. There will be no posts, except in the rear of the ninth row of seats. Other Improvements. The new ground keeper, Murphy, is now ft work on the field, which he intends shall equal any in the league. From first base to third a large semi-circle will be marked off outward, and from the space embraced all sod is to be excluded; the ground is then to be made as smooth as a Dillard table. Mr. Joseph Strasburger, who has again secured the score card and refreshment privilege at.the park, announces that the score card this year will be more hand- some in design than that of any other club in the league. It wili also have a column of base ball chat, which is to be changed every three days. Mr. Strasburger will have a printing press on the grounds, and thereby will be able to have the batting order of each game correct in every de- tail. As was done last year, a voting con- test for the most popular player of the Washington team will be inaugurated, the prize to be a handsome solid silver service. Mr. Strasburger will also give $20 in gold to ihe persons guessing how the first, sec- ond and third clubs in the race stand at the end of the season. Base Ball Notes. Brouthers said when he signed that he didn’t propose to allow young Carey, the new substitute Oriole infielder, to get a chance to play first base during the season. Dan is feeling very kittenish, and walks ten miles every day as preliminary train- ing for the southern trip. Joyce and Mercer of Washington are still unsigned. Arthur Irwin announces that he will this season play Delehanty on third base, Turner in left field and use Cross behind the bat. It was rumored in New York yes- terday that Breitenstein would be trans- ferred from St. Louis to Philadelphia, but before Irwin and Von der Ahe left town they both declared that they had effected no deals and had none on hand. President Brush says there would have been no trouble for the New York manage- | ment in its desire to sign Rusie, if it had not been for meddling outsiders. I saw “Parson” Nicholson on a wheel in Bellaire the other day. He seems in ex- cellent condition, and while he speaks very modestly of his abilities, he nevertheless feels confident that he will render a good account himself in Washington. this year.—Wheeling letter. Manager Hanlon of Baltimore returned st night from the league meeting in New ork. He said last night that he had signed three more of last year’s team, Gleason, Esper and Bonner. re Shortstop Monte Cross of Pitcher Hodson of the Boston Pitcher Wood of the Southern practicing every day at a riding academy in Philadelphia. in a higher position in the second division than the Giants will in thé firste~/--0 + Jas. McCormick, the ex-pitcher, devotes his spare time in driving a very fhe and speedy bay gelding through the streets of his home, Paterson, N. J., and is‘living the easy life of a retired gentleman. Ed. Dugdale has been offered a good: thing to come here, but it. he: possible that’ “Dug" cannot anord BRE aahe*} is a valuable man to any club. He is im- mensely popular here, and would ‘be’ b' drawing card.—Peoria, IIL, .carreapondence. Louisville, St. Louis, Pittsburg, Chicago, New, York and Philadelphia were in favor of reinstating Pfeffer; Brooklyn, Washing- ‘| ton, Cincinnati, Cleveland and -Beston were against it, with Baltimore doubtful. The Boston Club was. anxious to:secu! Pitcher Arthur Clarkson from St. Louis, and Chris Von der Ahe was--:willing. But Manager Buckenburger- of St. Louis ‘was opposed to the deal. wei ios Quite a corps of pitchers ° our friend Schmelz is carrying. That Mullarkey -i« a terror—or @ terrier. He has the biggest high drop I ever saw. He throws it with- out an effort and makes st pass the. hatter’s shoulder in pretty style. Despite his tiny size and weakness at therbat, I:expect him to prove a winner. Varney Anderson, an- other ef the Senators’ pitchers, hag -been knocking about in minor league company for years. When Varney’ vas: young sat Rockford the writer played first base and the field on a team whtch “boasted ‘of. An- derson as its star pitch2r. His arm was re- ported dead two or three years ago, ‘and his |: resurrection startled -ne beyond expressicn. Mercer, of course, we all saw working last year. I don’t think Boyd -vill last, and Maui and Stocksdale have never done ary- thing marvelous.—Chicago Correspondence, Sporting Life. A proof of the unpopularity of the league's action in the Pfeffer case is that his friends-have arranged a “bencfit recep- tion” for him, which will probably be. held at the Herald Square Theater, New: York, on Sunday, March 10. The new playing schedule is not arranged in a way to aid Washington’s pennant chances. The Senators will play Koston and Philadelpnia, two strong clubs, six games, and the Brooklyns three games before the long western trip. They will be away nearly all of May. They are thus pretty likely to get a poorer start in the league race than ever, but, on the other hand, they will have the western clubs to finish the season here, an advan- tage not enjoyed before. Regarding holi- days, Washington is treated very well. RACING ON THE ISLAND. After the Interval of a Month Gates Are Opened. After a rest of a month, racing was re- sumed at the Alexander Island track yes- terday. No better weather could have been desired, and quite a large crowd at- tended. The track was in splendid shape. The racing was, on the whole, excellent, and, as three favorites won, the eight bookies doing business finished second to the talent in the struggle for the cucats. In the first event the equally liked favor- ites, Walcott and Grampian, were beaten by Tammany Hall, who started at 10 and closed at 40 to 1. The second race went to the 4 to 5 favorite, West Side, and the favorite, Wheeloski, at 7 to 19, inished first in the third. A third choice, Jack ‘Wynne, at 5 to 1, captured the fourth event, and the favorite, Doc Birch, at twos, tcok the fifth, Chess, Checkers and Whist. It was expected that the major and minor pyramid chess tourneys that were begun in the rooms of tha Chess, Checkers and Whist Club a week ago Friday night would be resumed and played off on Wednesday evening, but it was found to be impossible to get the players together, and the final rounds were postponed until tonight. Play will begin at 8 o'clock and the tourneys will be concluded. As these. matches are of what is known as the “knock-out” order, a player losing a game drops out entirely, so that the final rounds are between the win- ners of those preceding. Thus it 1s strictly a test of excellence—a survival of the fit- test. The players still eligible are here named: Major tourney—Messrs. Wright, Tibbetts, Hanna, Hawkins, Tharp and Hill. Minor tourney—Messrs, Hodges, Neagk 5 Bond and Atwell. = fires Entries for the great Libbey tourney, which is to begitt a week from Monday, and to last until completed, probably three months hence, are beginning to be received. From indications it is probable that the entry list will be larger this season than ever before. The tourney is open to all amateur chess players living in the Dis- trict, Who are expected to compete for the title of local championship, and for the honor of holding the cup given by Mr. Libbey for six months. Mr. Wright, the present holder, will, of course, make 2 tremendous effort to secure the final pos- session of the trophy by winning this time, which will be the third successive victory. Hence the tourney will be very much of a fight between Wright and the field. The Washington Chess Club heartily invites all players to send in thelr names at once. Entries will close on the 9th instant, a week from today, and play will begin on the llth. This event is becoming to be recognized as the most interesting chess event of the year in this vicinity. Beside the prize cup that stands at the head of the trophies there are other prizes to be awarded, equal in number to one-third of all the contestants, and in value to all the entry fees. All actual residents in the Dis- trict are eligible for entry. The rules for the government of the tourney will be for- mulated and published some day during the coming week. _ The regular minor tourney that has been in progress for some time past still hangs fire,having been somewhat delayed by post- poned games during the past week, but it is confidently expected that it will be finished during next week. Mr. Patterson still leads, with a score of 16 to 4, and has two games yet to play. Mr. Mundelle, his closest com- petitor, has played all of his games, his score standing 16 to 6. The Austrian expert, Herr Adolph Albin, who played such a successful series of simultaneous games with twenty members of the club on Washington's birthday, has been the guest of the club during the past week and has played many interesting games with the local experts. Herr Albin found his most formidable competitor in the person of a western Senator, who fre- quently indulges in a game of chess as a relief from the intricacies of politics. Next Wednesday the club will send a strong team of whist players to Baltimore to compete with the crack team of the monumental city. The Baltimores, though a young club, have some very strong play- ers, as was shown by the interurban matches in New York and Philadelphia during the past week. The Hamiltons beat the C. Bi. C. of this city by nineteen tricks in thirty-six hands, and only won from the Baltimore men by seven tricks in the same number. The C. Bi. C. and the Bal- timore teams both beat the Knickerbock- ers, who had in the ranks such strong layers as Taylor, Buffington, Hatch and orald. Taylor ranks fifth in the list of American players. The Bicycle Club team and the Baltimores play a return match against the Knickerbockers of New York and the Hamiltons of Philadelphia wrthin a few weeks. There was a most, interesting whist match played at the club rooms on Tues- day night, interesting because of the fact that the result was the most signal victory —or defeat, according to the point of view =of the season. Walls and Finn defeated DeConin and Beilman thirteen tricks in‘ twelve hands of duplicate whist. Harvard Crew Candidates, CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 2.—Coach Watson has reduced the ’varsity rowing squad to a crew of eight and the substi- tutes preparatory to going to the training tank. The make-up is as follows: Holister, stroke; Stevenson, No. 7; Sheperd, No. 6; Perkins, No. 5; Manning, No. 4; Jennings, No. 3; Fenessey, No. 2; Bullard, bow. The substitutes are: Lewis, Damona and Webb. a Two earthquake shocks were felt at Ta- coma, Wash., Monday morning. No damage was done, ROOM FORSCHOOL CHILDREN What is Said Officially in Response to a Oall for Light. ‘The Number of Buildings, the Number of Rooms and the Number of Pupils to Be Provided Fer. To the Editor of The Evening Star: = Having noticed that the United States Senate has, at the instance of Senator Gal- linger of New Hampshire, called upon our District officials for information with re- gard. to public school accommodations, in this District; and having also received a ‘cepy of a report, furnished by the acting superintendent, I wish to call the attention ‘of your readers to some of the facts which an: be gathered from said report. I understand that the report refers to the school enrollment in December last. As you are doubtless aware, the attention of our. people has been called, frequently of late, in public prints and at public gather- 4ogs, to the alleged incapacity of school ac- commodations in this District. “Et has been said thet thousands of chil- firen have been shut out from school in- struction, because of a lack of school ac- commodations. = i | If your,readers will examine the Senate ‘Mis. document, No. 92, 3d session, Fifty- '|.thira Congress, they will find the following facts: fe That we have about 116 school build- g8. 2. That there are about 748 school rooms. But each day 152 of these rooms are used twice; once for half-day schools; thus re- requiring 898 rooms. ~ 3. That these. 898 rooms furnish about 50,000 seats. 4. That the average enrollment is about 5,000. 5. That thé number of vacant seats is, therefore, about 15,000. 6. That there are several roems reported as unoccupied. 7. That the number allotted to each room is fifty-six, which was formerly sixty. 8. That every applicant for admission is received into the schools. 9. That it is evident that a judicious su- pervision and management could find the present buildings sufficient to accommodate 15,000 more pupils than are now enrolled. 10. That the number of half-day schools is about 152. 1). That'there are vacancies equal to 279 schools. 12. That by proper management every half-day school could be a whole-day school, and then there would be room for 127 more. schools, or for 7,104 seats then vacant. Yet there is said to be a demand for sev- eral hundred thousand dollars for new school buildings. Let us, the taxpayers, have some light upon this dark view of school affairs. . TAXPAYER. At the office of the superintendent of public schools it is said the information implied in the above communication is misleading. A Star reporter was informed that the number of school buildings is not 116. That number must include several small rented buildings used for normal purposes, machine and carpenter shops, and not intended or used to seat any consider- able number of pupils. The total number of school buildings, including the three high schools, and twenty county schools, is 98. Some of these county schools are very small affairs, and school officials think they should count very little in the statistics of capacity. All the larger county schools, at Brookland, Tenleytown and Giesboro’, are represented as being crowded beyond their capacity. That at Brookland has five teachers for four rooms, necessitating two half-day session. That at Tenleytown has four teachers for three rooms and that at Glesboro’ three teachers for two rooms. The returns made in the report quoted were for December, a month which school authorities say always shows serious in- terruptions in attendance. In that month, as a Star reporter was told, many children this year staid out to go to work. The holiday season also reduces attendance considerably. The whole number of school rooms, owned and rented, is 534. The en- rollment of pupils in all schools, white and colored, is 33,624. The capacity is about 21,000, as estimated. The everage number of pupils to a school (based on the whole enrollment) is stated in the official reports for the past year as follows: High schools (to a teacher, exclud- ing principal), 25.5; grammar schools, city —eighth grade, 47.8; seventh grade, sixth grade, 46.6; fifth grade, 50.6. Primar: schools, city—Fourth grade, 50.6; third grade, 51.1; second grade, 51.1; first grade, 58.2. County schools—White, 48.5; colored, 30.1. = The Question of Capacity. But, school officials argue, the question of capacity is not one to be reduced to one general average of the number of pupils in a room. Superintendent Powell states this matter in a recent report as follows: “If the growth of the schools could be re- stricted to prescribed localities, the in- creased accommodatiens given us would, to a large degree, prevent us;from getting into a worse condition year by year, but even then weshould not get relief for the localities whose school acccmmodations are of a poor character, and for which we have year by year asked for better and more healthful appointments. The school terri- tory of the District embraces more than sixty-four square miles. A large portion of this territory is suburban and is growing rapidly, so that in one year frequently there is developed in each of almost a dozen places urgent need for more school room, and unless this want is supplied within one or two years the lack of ac- commodations in many places becomes a hardship to the people residing there. In all the outlying parts of the city proper, except Georgetown only, beginning on the Potomac river and passing around to the Eastern branch, and in all the suburban settlements from the Potomac, near the Conduit road, around to Giesboro’ point, excepting Mount Pleasant, the neighbor- hood of the old Schuetzen Park and the village of Anacostia, there are most ur- gent demands for more school room.” “The growth of the schools, as already in- timated, is in so many localities that the erection of one or two buildings gives but small relief. The building provided for the southeast the coming year will be filled as soon as done, and because of the rapid growth of that section of the city will but partially relieve the Wallach, Towers, Cranch and Tyler schools. It will be neces- sary to continue double schools in many of the rooms of ihese buildings, and also to Place double schools in the new building when it is occupied. “We have now to extend the half-day system to make it include thirty-two third- grade schools and eight fourth-grade schools. Before new buildings hereafter to be provided can be made available these numbers will be greatly enlarged. I must still insist that a half-day school for any scholar above the kindergarten grade is not advisable and not profitable, and for a pu- pil above the first or second grade is well nigh a farce. To give a lad twelve years of age opportunity to attend school three and a half hours a day, knowing well that he will spend the rest of his time on the street, is robbery of the boy’s time and a danger to society. If the boy could be profitably employed in some educating as well as re- munerative industry, the case would be very different. “As was indicated last year in the annual report, our schools are being driven into basements and rented buildings. The base- ment rooms are unfit for school purposes, never being intended for such, having no means of ventilation, no proper means of heating, and having no wardrobes or other conveniences. ‘Yet in some of these base- ment rooms it has been found necessary to place two schools, one in the forenoon, the other in the afternoon. The rented rooms sre without exception unfit for school pur- poses, being without ventilation other than open windows and open doors, which are al- ways harmful and fraught with danger, and are without adequate and in some cases even without respectable closet accommo- dations.” a Was Not Plensed. Three days ago Sidney Vinc€nt, a South Washington colored man, was released from jail, where he served time for assault, and last night he returned to his old haunts and called to see Rosa Smith, whom he had known before he went to jail. Resa was not glad to see him, and her welcome, not a hearty one, caused an ill-feeling on his part, which resulted in his. assaulting her. George Richardson, a legless colored man, happened to be in the house, and Vincent used a knife on him, making a painful wound across his throat. Policemen Cowne and Knupfer arrested the belligerent man before he could kill some one in the house, and now he will live in the District jail for eight months. THE CLOSING HOURS Indifference Manifested in Both Houses of Congress. ae The Senate Proved Itself a Delib- erative Body. S IN GONFERENCE WORK The spirit of indifference which has ap- peared so much during the session has been manifest in the expiring days of the Con- gress. What is usually a period of uni- versal activity and excitement has been only te a moderate degree so this time. The most conspicuous display of interest has been in getting as much legislation as Possible on the appropriation bills and in getting recognition for a lot of minor bills. All questions of policy, the fate of meds- ures of general interest and the considera- tion of how the aggregate of the appro- priations would measure up against the revenues of the country have held the at- tention of comparatively a few members of each house of Congress, and it has re- quired incessant effort on their part to’ secure the attention to business and to prevent a trifling waste of time in talk. There has been a disposition among the average legislators to let everything slide that did not excite their personal interest, and there has apparently been a great deal of blind yoting. In the Senate the disposi- Hos to talk has been above everything elae. The Appropriation Bilis. Through the extraordinary activity of the committee on eppropriations on that ride early in the session the House was enabled to get through with the general appro- priation bills at an unusually early day of the session. All of these bills except the deficiency, which has to be held back to the last, were well-in hand early in the session. More than half of them were passed and in the hands of the Senate at an earlier day than“it is usual for them to be first reported from the committee, and with the rest the committee was able to proceed more deliberately and yet get them through early. If the Senate had gone on with the bills as fast as they were received from the House all but the deficiency would probably now have the signature of the President. The House on Wednesday passed the last of the bills, end since then has been trying to kill time in the consideration of small matters to which no objection is raised, while waiting for the Senate and the conference committees. Very little of importance has 2een done since the period of six days for suspension of the rules began. There has been a scramble among the members for recogni- tion for the little bills, and committees who have not got opportunity for ihe ccn- sideration of all their bills have besn urg- ing the committee on rules to give them “days” or even “hours” for action cn some favorite measures. But it has been the set purpose of the managers of the House not to enter upon the cor ideration of new sub- jects during. the last ,two weeks of the session and to permit; very ‘tittle suspen- sion business at the close. The purpose of this has been to, prevent jobs gctting through during the rush, to emphasize the fact that the House is simply waiting on the Senate and to keep the way clear for immediate action .on ,the conference re- ports. A Deliberntive Body. The Senate has been: more decidedly a “deliberative body” than ever before. Even the danger that some of the appropriations might fail has not ibeen suflicient to quicken the circulation of their blood. Even after letting the bills become gorged into the end of the session the same de- Uberative disposition has prevailed. Not only have they let the app. priation bills suffer. from stagnation.: and inordinate amount of talk, but even their eulogies, which by custom are still required to be pronounced in the halls of Congress over the men who have died during their term in either house, were allowed to get so far behind that they had to bunch four to- sether in order not té leave any uneulo- gized, and Friday night was devoted to the memory of the late Representatives Lyle, Wright, Houk and Post. The only display of haste during the session is this over the funerals, ‘and the naval bill was waiting at the door during the services, A Continucus Session. It will be necessary for the Saturday's session to continue without adjournment until Monday, if for no other reason, be- cause, Sunday being the third, and the Congress expiring. at noon en the fourth, an adjournment on Saturday would cut them off from ever meeting again. But, aside from this, it will require all the time left to get the naval bill through the Sen- ate and to dispose of the conference re- ports. Where there is really some activity and no little excitement of debate is in the secret sessions of the conference commit- tees. Here ail the legislation that is to come is being adjusted. There is not an exceedingly large number of items on the appropriation bilis in dispute, but the con- test has been, and still is, extremely hot over some of them, and there is a great display of determination and indifference as to consequences on both sides, Work in Conference. The conferences which occur at the close of a Congress are about the most interest- ing of all the schemes of legislation. In them there is more diplomacy, politics and fine maneuvering than is shown in all the preliminary committee work and the con- tests in the halis of Congress put together. What cannot be done in either house may be accomplished there. They are the com- missions of arbitration between the two houses, and, while they have to go back to the house for approval, and perhaps for instruction, what they decide is finally done. There is nothing more imposing and solemn than a conferee. There is no one busier, more important or more mysterious than he. With several important confer- ences all in progress at the same time, the conferees coming and going and hustling about are like a lot of ants working around their sand piles. They meet, and in the privacy of their conference rooms, dis- pute, argue and insist, and get mad and stubborn. Then they separate, either go- ing back to their resyective houses for further instructions, or back to their re- spective committee rooms to.think it all over and to lay in a fresh supply of rea- sons why and determination what. Then in a little while they come together again with an assumed air of amiability, each making a display of his entire willingness to be placated by some concession from the other side. The Final Agreement. Then they sit down at it again and go all over what they have been over before until their patience is exhausted, each convinced that the other side is unreason- ably stubborn and should be forced to yield. They keep this up until they have reached a@ state of despair and think nothing can be accomplished, and then both sides yield something, and they suddenly reach an agreément. It is the plan on each side to insist for a bill upon a great many things they do not care anything about, and then to yield in consideration of ‘a concession from the other side. It is held to be the highest qualification of a conferee to be able to impress his antagonists with the idea that he 1s so set that he would rather the whole thing should fail than be com- pelled to yield anything. Se Pythian Litigation at Indianapolis. The injunction suit of Grand Lodge of Indiana, K. of P., against Koerner Lodge, to prevent the latter from disposing of cer- tain property, began at Indianapolis Thurs- day. The trouble arose over an ukase promulgated by the Grand Lodge of the United States that the ritual be pronounced in English, and not in German. Koerner Lodge, being composed of Germans, took exception to the rule and decided to with- draw, and in doing so took with them cer- tain paraphernalia to which they had no right. The Grand Lodge claims the prop- erty. 1895—-TWENTY PAGES. THE MAHONE SITE It is Adopted by the Senate for s Guvern- A Point of (ets Overruled and a Motion to Lay on the Table Lost. Events subsequent to the publication of last evening’s Star demonstrated the mo- tivé that caused Gen. William Mahone of Virginia to be so diligently at work in the lobby of the Senate with his son Butler buttonholing Senators and checking. them off one by one, as was stated yesterday. Before 5 o'clock had arrived the ex-Sen- ator had checked off on his little lst a neat majority of Senators who were ready and willing to vote for the purchase of the prop- erty owned by him as a site for a new printing office for the government. “~ The Mahone Printi: Office Site.’ Gen. Mahone and his friends had chosen the general deficiency as the vehicle for the desired legislation, and late in the af- ternoon Mr. Butler offered an amendment directing the Secretary of the Treasury to buy the property known as the Mahone lot, being the south half of the square bounded by North Capitol, L, M and Ist streets northeast. In case of a failure to secure the property by direct negotiation the Sec- retary is empowered to proceed to acquire title by condemnation. As soon as the site has been acquired there is to be erected thereon, under the direction of Gen. Casey, a new printing establishment, and the cost ef the entire enterprise is to be paid out of the appropriation of $250,000 made for'a similar purpose in the sundry civil bill of 1890, now remaining unexpended. The third section of the amendment provides, that before any step be taken toward the construction the officer in charge shall ob- tain one or more designs for such a plant, which, when approved by the public printer and the chairmen ef the committees on printing of the House and Senate, shall be adopted as the plan for the buildings. immediately Mr. Harris raised a ques- tion of order that this appropriation was not estimated for, was not recommended by any committee, was general legislation and could not be regarded as a deficiency, these being about all of the grounds of ob- jection that can be raised against any matter. The presiding officer, Mr. Faulk- ner, immediately decided the point of or- der well taken, but Mr. Butler appealed from the decision. The appeal was sus- tained, ayes, 23; nays, 28, and the amend- ment was thus declared to be in order. The vote was as follows: Yeas, 23; Allison, Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Chandler, Cock- rell, Daniel, Frye, Gallinger, George, Gib- son, Harris, Hawley, Hill, Irby, Lindsay, Manderson, Morgan, Palmer Pasco, Peffer, Roach, Turpie. Nays, 28; Aldrich, Allen, Brice, Burrows, Butler, Cameron, Carey, Clark, Davis, Dubois, Gray, Higgins, Jones (Nev.), Kyle, Lodge, Mantle, Murphy, Per- kins, Pettigrew, Quay, Ransom, Sherman, Smith, Squire, Stewart, Teller White, Wol- cott. Motion to Lay on the Table Lost. Mr. Palmer entered his protest against the adoption of the amendment. He said it was not right for the Senate to bring so important a matter before the Senate on an appropriation bill. He thought it was a mistake on the part of Mr. Butler to offer the amendment whether it was in o1 er or not. A vote was then taken, on a motion by Mr. Berry to lay the amerd- ment on the table, which was lost—ayes, 20; nays, 31. This vote follows: Yeas, 20— Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Cockrell, Daniel, Faulkner, Gallinger, George, Harris, Haw- ley, Hill, Irby, Lindsay, Manderson, Mor- gan, Palmer, Pasco, Peffer, Roach and Turpie. Nays, 31—Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Brice, Burrows, Butler, Cameron, Chan- dler, Clark, Cullom, Davis, Dubois, Frye, Gray, Higgins, Jones of Nevada, Kyle, Lodge, Mantle, Murphy, Perkins, Vetti- grew, Quay, Ransom, Sherman, Smith, Squire, Stéwart, Teller, White and Wolcott. Character of the Ground. Mr. Gallinger said his views on the ques- tion of the so-called Mahone site were so well known that he would not weary the Senate with a repetition of them. “I do not believe,” he said, “that the printing office wiil ever be built on that site. I sin- cerely trust that it will not.” Mr. Gallin- ger then presented affidavits and letters frem ex-Mayor S. J. Bowen, Police Lieut. John F. Kelly, Stephen Caldwell, Andrew Gleeson, Adolph J. Schafhirt, Dennis Con- nell, John Raedy and T. A. Rover. These men all swore that the ground proposed to be taken had been for many years a sunken lot, a portion of it being the bed of the old Tiber creek. In rainy seasons the greater part of the lot was filled with water and was used by boys as a swim- ming lot; that in Jate years this, boggy, swampy ground had been filled in by being used as a common dumping place for street sweepings garbage and other trash. A vote was then taken on the amendment it- self, which was agreed to without debate. + e+______ WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET. A Great Jump in Eggs During the Past Week. The most noticeable change in figures during the past week in the local whole- sale produce market, and it should not be forgotten that the prices given in this column every Saturday are those quoted in the wholesale market of the previous day, occurred in eggs. A week ago yesterday they ran from 25 to 27 cents. The next day, however, they most suddenly and un- expectedly jumped to 30, and Monday to and in some instances still higher. ‘They were then as scarce, if not scarcer, than at any other time during the winter. The supply was increased quickly, how- ever, and while yesterday quoted at from 25 to 26, a firm market®prevails, but with prospects of a not very distant decline. Eggs being almost entirely affected by changes in weather, continued warm, spring-like weather would most likely send their price down to 20 or even lower. The warm weather of the past week affected butter, and the market was somewhat de- pressed. Prices have declined slightly, and there is little hope of an advance—certainly not unless colder weather follows. Re- ceipts continue plentiful. Irish potatoes have fallen about 10 cents a bushel, sweets remaining about siationary. Cabbages ad- vanced, but onions fell. In poultry a quiet market generally prevailed, and eas.er prices ruled as the result of the warm spell, Apples, particularly high-grade stock, continue scarce and high. In butter, Elgin and other western extra creameries ruled at 25 cents a pound; firsts, at 23; seconds, at 22, and imitations, at 18. For fancy creamery print, 28, and dairy print, 22 to 23. Virginia and Mary- land stock, choice, 18 to 20. Roll butter, 17 to 18. Bakers’ choice stock, 16. New York state cream cheese, large, 12% cents a pound; flats, 13, and ponys, 13. Yesterday eggs closed at about from 25 to *26 cents a dozen for nearby, southern and western fresh, with an increasing sup- ply looked for. A firm market today, it should be borne in mind, does not mean one tomorrow necessarily. While the warm weather has been un- favorable for dressed poultry, a good de- mand resulted for live stock. Dressed tur- keys, 12 to 14 cents a pound, and live, 9 to 10. Chickens, drawn, 9 to 11, and live, 9 to 10. Capons, 13 to 18. Old fowls, 6 to 10. Dressed ducks, 8 to 12, and live, 8 to 9. Geese, 7 to 8 and 6-to 7. Florida tomatoes were quoted at from 2.50 to $3.50 a crate, and new Irish pota- toes from $4 a barrel for mediums to $7.50 for fancy stock. Old stock, from 30 to 70 cents a bushel. Sweets, from 75 cents to $2.50 a barrel. Cabbages, $6 to $18 per hundred. Onions, Bermudas, $2.50 a crate, and yellows, $2.50 to $3 a barrel. Turnips, 75 cents a barrel. Apples, from §2 to $% a barrel. Flour ranged from $2.50 to $4.25 a barrel. Corn meal, 60 to 62 cents a bushel; wheat, 57 to 59; rye, 42 to 46; corn, 47 to 49, and oais, 36 to 39. Western bran, $17.50 to $18 a ton; middlings, white, $16 to $17, and brown, $14 to $15. Hay, from $8 for clover sy $13 for choice timothy, and cut, $13 to 14. In live stock, cattle ranged from 1% to 4 1-4 cents a pound; hogs, 5 to 514; sheep, 2 to 3; lambs, 3% to 41%; calves, 2% to 5ta, and cows from $6 to $35 apiece. Dressed calves, 5 to 8 cents a pound; sheep, 4 to 5, and hogs, 2 to 4%. Country sugar-cured hams, 9 to 10 cents a-pound. SS 22 To Kaltimore and Return $1.2: 5125 To Wn be and On Re ie Mee On all trains of Saturday and Sunday, March 2 and 3, good to return until Mon. day, March 4, inclusive, —Advt. A million a day eat it. Why? None ‘‘just as good as,” AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. Probable Fatal Ending to the Assault on Frank Storty. Frank Storty, the Italian fruit dealer who was struck on the head with a stone thrown by some unknown party several nights ago while sitting in his store with bis back to the window, is now delirious. Death may come at any hour. The skull was struck so hard that it was mashed in one place into softness. Symptoms of par- ralysis-have~begun to develop, and the manifestations are becoming stronger hour- ly.. It ig thought the spinal chord is be- coming seriously affected. It is reported that on the night of the Ynurderous assault an incoming country- man saw. an apparently empty wagon g0- ing up the road from the union depot, where Storty was struck. At least no man sat upon the seat. The horse was not stopped, as it was presumed the driver was walking behind some distance, the piece of road then traveled being on a stiff upper grade. Later consideration of the matter has developed the belief that the owner of the team was lying in the bottom of. the wagon to escape from being seen, and that in all probability he knew something of the assault. The union depot, where Storty was struck, is just over the District line, on the Rockville turnpike, and is the ter- minus of the Georgetown and Tenleytown, Bethesda and Glen Echo roads. The case is therefore in charge of the Montgomery county authorities. Storty is the original “‘hokey-pokey” ice- cream man of Washington. Frequent quar- rels have been had with the colored rougbs of Crow's hill (a negro settlement, a mile off), who make the union depot often a gathering point. Dr. Slaymaker is attending the injured Italian. Revival Series. The final meeting of the revival series at the West Street Presbyterian Church last night was one of the most interesting and impressive of the series. The attendance was large. The discourse of the Rev. J. Russell Verbrycke was on the text “Greater love has no man than this—that a man lay zu his life for his friends;” from John xv:l3. The singing was unusually good, under the leadership of Mr.Hunter, the precentor, who was present for the first time, sick- ness preventing an earlier attendance. Mrs. Graham presided at the organ. Death of Thos. Knowles. Mr. Thos. Knowles died yesterday after- noon. Death came after lingering and much suffering, at his home, corner 33d and P streets. Mr. Knowles was another prom- inent representative of the fast-passing older citizens. He was active in business up to the day of his confinement, being connected with some of the leading finan- cial institutions, the Potomac Insurance Company, the Georgetown Gas Light Com- pany, the Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank and other business enterprises. His grocery emma tmany was one of the very oldest ere. Notes. Wm. Hunter, chairman, and Wm. Bar- ber, secretary of the emancipation com- mittee, have called a special meeting for Monday, March 4, at 3000 M steet, to make arrangements for the celebration of April 16. The West Washington division will this year be reinforced with a division from Tenleytown and one from Falls Church. The Tenleytown celebraters will be under command of John Scott and the Falls Church contingent under Samuel Honesty. The former's rank will comprise seventy- five men and the latter’s fifty. The Knights of St. Augustine, No. 4, under command of Capt. Gen. Neal, will also be in line on the day of the celebra- ticn. The Independent Lodge, IL. O. G. T., meet- ing last night was very interesting. There were visitors present from Minnehaha and Silver Star lodges. An excellent program was provided by Miss Emma King. Among the participants were Mr. L. Law- rence of Independent, Mr. Russell, Miss Bessie McHiroy, Mr. Madison, Mr. Parsons, Mr. Morrison, Mr. Coleman and Mr. Taylor. —— ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS, Notes of Local Events Told in Short Paragraphs. Mr. H. H. Young, clerk of the court for Alexandria county, yesterday sent to Mor- ton Marye, state auditor, whose office is located at Richmond, the collections under the new law for the past six months, as follows: 242 deeds, $311.67; 20 suits, $23.50; delinquent lands due the state, $414. fines and costs ccunty court, $97.50; fines paid in by justices of the peace, $24.50; administra. tions and guardians, $2.75; 15 seals, $15; mu&xing a total of $839. OMecers Elected. The fcllowing have been elected officers of the local council of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew of Alexandria: President, Wm. W. Parker of St. Paul's Chapter; vice pres- ident, Wm. H. McCuen of Grace Chapter; secretary, John W. Herndon of Christ Chapter; treasurer, Wallace H. Fawcett of St. Paul's Chapter; chaplain, Rev. Samuel A. Wallis of Pohick Chapter. Dismissed the Suit. For some time past there has been pend- ing in the corporation court of this city a Givorce suit between Richard Murphy and his wife. Mrs. Murphy brought the suit, charging cruelty, desertion, &c., while Mr. Murphy filed a cross-bill, charging adul- tery. On yesterday, after reading the de- positions and hearing the arguments on both sides, Judge Norton decided that neither side had proved its charges, and entered an order that the suit be dismissed. Notes. Prof. Samuel A. Wallis of the Theological Seminary delivered an interesting address at Grace Church last night. ee Thomas Henry of this city, the deserter from the United States* marine corps, has been sentenced to two years in a military prison. Mr. Edward Rogers and Miss Emogene Lisle of this city were married in Washing- ton yesterday. Miss Lee of Richmond is the guest of Miss Civalier, on North Washington street. An organ recital was held last night at the M. E. Church South under the auspices of the Epworth League. Bookmaking was resumed at the Driving Park yesterday. The tug Harlow is expected home today. The fish wharf was rented at public auc- tion this morning. Rev. C. E. Ball of Grace Church preached at Falls Church last night. There wére no cases on trial in the police court this morning. The orphans from the Masonic Home at Richmond will visit Washington on Mon- day. They will be accompanied by Maj. Courtenay “and Charles Nesbit. They will be given a dinner at the Masonic Temple in this city, and taken to Mount Vernon by the ccurtesy of Vice President Reed of the electric railway, who is a prominent Mason. —_—————_ A movement is on foot among citizens of Lancaster, Ohio, to erect a monument to Gen. W. T. Sherman, CHASE CROSS-EXAMINED. Lively Times in the Court Yesterday Afternoon. 4 Just after The Star's report of the trial of Wm. Calvin Chase, indicted for crimi- nally libeling--the President's choice for the offlce of recorder. of deeds of the Dis- trict, Mr. C. H. J. Taylor of Kansas, closed yesterday afternoon, the defendant was turned over to District Attorney Birney for ‘cross-examination. Mr. Birney for about an hour industriously. plied his ques- tions, and at times rather severely so, but he was almost constaritly interrupted by the defendant’s counsel, so that most of the time was taken up by controversies over what counsel for the defense con- tended was improper and unfair cross-ex- amination. Judge-Cole, however; uniformly ruled that the district attorney was pro- ceeding properly,» but~ so excited became the defendant's counsel that at one stage of the examination the court remarked: “We must proceed more quietly. Counsel must address the court one at a time. There is no occasion for excitement, and unless counsel restrain themselves, you will ex- cite the court.” Mr. Langston smilingly explained that they would not for anything cause the court to become excited, and Mr. Birney was allowed to proceed without. interrup- tion. “Mr. Chase,” inquired Mr. Birney, “you believed Mr. Taylor to-be a monster, you not?” “I did,” replied the defendant, after some hesitation, “and I think so now,” ,’ continued the district at- torney, “did you seek to place two respect- able women in his office?” “I did not seek the offices,” answered the defendant. “Mr. Tayior gave me the offices, five of them, for getting him a loan of $190. I was under no obligations to him, for I had bought the , and.Mr. Tay- lor knows that as well as I do.” “You have sald, Mr. Chase, that Mr. Tay- t $100 in last May through you. Now, don’t you know as.a fact that he got but $85—that he was shaved just $15, and that you got part of that $15?” “No, sir; I don’t know kind. He got $100 so and never got a penny of the $15.” “The note has been paid, has it not?” “T believe so.” d Mr. Birney here produced the note, which “Why, then, did you call him a grand scoundrel?” inquired Mr. Birney. “Oh, that was said jocularly,” replied ase. “Well, then, you didn’t mean what you ar’ “Yes; I did. You know, Mr. Birney, that we are sometimes in earnest when we are joking. Anyhow,” exclaimed the defend- ant, amid the laughter of the court room, “I mean it now.” Just befcre the court adjourned for the day Mr. Birney called the defendant's at- tention to the $20 he had received from Miss Blanche Brown. At first Chase de- clined to say anything, claiming that as he had been the attorney for the woman at the time the matter was a privileged one. Judge Cole thought differently, however, and the defendant stated that the $20 had been paid to him by Miss Brown to be turned over to Still and Barnes on account of Taylor in consideration for a position in the government printing office. “There was to be another payment of 30, was there not?” asked Mr. Birney. ‘No, sir,” replied Chase; “but one more of $20." The defendant denied that he, Still and Barnes were to divide the money, and that he knew that Taylor had nothing to do with the matter. “I don’t know anything of the kind,” exclaimed the defendant,“and Miss Brown will tell you so.” “Weill,” replied Mr. Birney, “we will see ind then Judge hereafter what she knows,” the case until Monday Cole adjourned morning. te RE , Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Dizziness, all derangements of the Liver, Stomach, and sy give you a lasting cure. 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