Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1895, Page 9

mas & new year’s cards, ee © _Colendars and Novelties, superbly ee cd; epitomes of elegance = 9 3 on all KS, ver or mere reasonable stcek in Seasonable Bargains Johnson AND Luttrell’s, 713 Market Space. Special Sale of Ladies’, M Children’s Winter Wraps. OUR CLOAK YE RECENTLY BOUGHT FROM AN STOCKED MANUFACTURER A BIG LOY OF SEW SACK AND, OU PATRONS THE MAKEINS LA $4.98 For $7. Jackets. 5O LADIE MADH IN THE LATEST STYLE, BOX RIPPL BACK AND — LAR 7 Ww AV LD HU VLE CLOAKS AT A IN SUCH ©. dies’ Double BY a $5.50 TO $15 LADIES’ LON SON, AT ABO CHILDRE AT COST. ZES 4 TO v8 LO $8. Fur Capes. ‘OONT OF THE MILD WI THAN W "THEN a puey Pur Coney THESE REDUCTION full sweep. $20 Prer bet trimmed $5 Electr lf you have a Wrap to buy don’t fail to see our’stock before doing so. Specia! Values in Blankets & Comforts. 93-75 For $s. Blankets. ‘ASE OF 11-4 WHITE WOOL, ULAR $5 VALI OUR PRICI QUALITY IN 10-4 Siz WW AS SL oN Al SAME, ELANKETS AS S10, BUT rites ORDIN ALY FE COTTON-FILLED COMFOR! St AL Oi Ss, FROM $4. Warm Underwear. WAEM MOSTE Y¥ AND WARM LADIES, MEN AND CHILDEE: VELL-KSOWN LOW PRIC Friday, R “REMNANTS OF DAMASK, &e., ple PRICK. isc. Canton Flannel, roc. 1,000 YDS. OF EXYILA HEAVY CANTON PLA SEL, ULA INL re HH ADE, Foit le, YARD. FROM 5 TO 12 YD: es’ and NG STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1895—SIXTEEN PAGES C. A. C’S CARNIVAL Brilliant Opening at the Club House Last Night. SS VARIED AND- ATTRACTIVE EXERCISES ’ BLACK ROUGH CLOTH JACKETS, RONT, DREDS OF THE SON FOR $7, BUL AS ie PRICE WiLL BE | Handsome Decorations and a Great Variety of Articles. PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT carnival of Club opened in the spacious home of the organization, on G street, last night with which brilliant men a bright-eyed women joined with the to make supremely daz- So mzch had been said about what the members of the C. friends were doing to make the carnjval a and a superior sion that every visitor's expec- the highest. realized is a compli- ment, and a deserved one, to the energetic end enterprising gentlemen bored so faithfully blaze of glory, Y TO MAVE AT THIS TIME— artistic event tation was raised this was more than who have la- achieve the ance has been so valuable in selves now that they have virtually taken goes without saying. top to the bottom of isitors last night v ghted at every turn by the tasteful ar- rangement of the de 1 . and the Kaleidoscope ge of the affair, NKETS. $8. WE HAVE Ik AND UP TO EXTRA-| of form and color p SLOVES FOR AT OU | ples | Columbia ¢ | Minnie Magruder, M Oppenheimer's, 514 oth St. N.W., RECORD BREAKERS. $2.87 secrete doudiedreast Sell every whe Our price, $7.99 Asta out with Cloth J andser button Hs every 51.19 head, open inouth. Sell every $4.00. Our price, $1.19. pabsonn For a bi $2.50 red lining. Worth $5.00, Our p: Specials. yd. Our price ives, half doz. F ste Alf doz. ar Shell and Bi Kuire Our pri Christy Patiern Worth 3 handsome me Stam Worth Worth 25 Our pri For s¢ ile F TSC. an ales. our BOC. oe fon sand sn tesns. Worth Covers, handsomely £ Worth spools I Silk. Worth Se. spool. for 3 spools. Sewing Machines for Rent. S19-50 jatiwent ats in On Iy $i ST CHAR PENTIEIMER’S, 514 oth N.W. ae oo = —A pl tle Ko« Rockers, Rocker ve cane seats leather; in both ouk and mab Prices begin at $2. Will you s THE Houghton « 1214 F St The fish Pond. of ladies in attendance whose costumes added decor itions brightness to these stands ually shown on was an end- which found gen- substantial quality over such things 1 less profusion of them, Quality cf Mixed Cloth Misses’ admirers of 1, tailor-mad ening crowd was not igniticant feature of the eveni 3 and gentlemen who were nd most sub people of the capital city, and their pa- ter of the op ome quality Persian and lined through- ss of the carnival. and substant The Opening Exercises. began about 8:3 for the time being the 1 prettily de The opening e: the gymnasiu did not suffice to draw the c away from the fasci metal disks values were fished ating sh pond, where © articles of various in real water ¥ icky numbers h ont things, fre Mink Muff, fine down of flour and tins of co s for the house! ules also kept many on the while to none Full Size Marseil Worsh $1.50. Our pri 1 Mus- Our S yds. Wool ya. newest pat ines all at- a Fandsome banjo to sub unted for 5 OF ALL MAKES REPAIRED. With the Gypsies, When the en- re all sold the num! s are placed lot box and the judges draw forth a vote, which decides which ticket hoider 1s Other valuable artl- rive the wheel. cles were being disposed of in the at the carnival, and ov and fun the r all the laughter med the pop, pop of the rifles in the shooting gallery could be The various booths were and the flower girls st, for no raan was al- without having a Loutonniere pinned on continually heard. also well patron reaped a silver h lowed to take ten s fragrant and loy Commissioner Ross’ Address, When the exercises began Dr. W. R. King, ter of ceremoni gymnasium gallery who represents the district where L: was born, has presented to the collection of relics in the house fn this city where th: martyred President breathed his la block of wood taken from the ca which Thomas Lincoln and Nan his father and mother, were married. ning address was made by District ommissioner Ross. stomarily ple: said it was a question of serious doubt whether the Columbia Athletic Club had a rival in the country in point of position and standing, and then went on to show the wisdom and necessity in a public serse of American citizens being strong and mus- cular, so they might be ready, if need be, to protect their country in time of war, and be better able to enjoy the blessings of -peace by reason of enjoying the good health that waits on exercise. Dr. Thomas Calver read an original dedi- catory poem, “The Athlete.” 1t was an excellent effort and well received. A living picture, “The Apotheosis of Ath- leties,"” was next’ given, and was a hand- some-group. ‘There was a murmur of ap- probation when the Marine Band struck up Prof. Fanciulli's spirited composition, “The Athlete,” which he wrote for the oc- casion, and dedicated to the C. A. C. In The Bower. splendid time and full of movement the muste rang out merrily, and ere long the march will doubtless be the favorite “two- step” at the winter dances. The junior athletic class gave a ve! good thenic drill, followed by the Madrid Mandolin Club in tuneful sele end after structor in vent a repr arring of “Ves a pain vy, a lovely you figure. he great crowd then s he building, joining the above, and until m buiiding wu ng in ng tered through described the immen: the scene of merriment at > verdict of all was that the rival would be the grand sue- oO be. cess it deserve Beoths and Those in Charge. The booths and the I: in charge of | them sre as follows: Toy booth—Mrs. R. S. Allen, Misses Kate and Libbie Small, Miss McLinden, Miss Rose Fa: x and Miss Edith Harris. Lincoln memo: Miss Annie Kelly. Miss Kate Small, Miss MeLinden, Fe Miss Edith Harri Reeves, Miss Annie Hurley . Allen, Miss Libbie Small, Miss Minnie Ma- gruder, Miss Florence Harris, Miss Ade- laide Wilton. Japanese booth—Mrs. Efe McNeil, Miss J. ‘Trenholm, Miss B. Irving, Miss Lillian Simpson, Mrs. H. A. Burg: Popcorn—Miss Louis Stetson, Miss A. L. Draney, Miss Felicite Roman, Miss Mary Fox, Miss Irene White, Miss Tren- holm, Miss Annic Irving, Miss ferd. Plated ware—Miss Ca: Marie Burgy, Craig, Miss Weaver, Miss Johrson, George E. Emmons and Mrs. Padgett. China—Mrs. L. S. Brandenburg, Mrs. Dr. T. B. Hood, Miss Flora Holden, Miss Ida Tcmlinsen, Miss Addie Halpine, Miss Cora Clay, Mrs A. Nixon. Flowers: rs. Wm. R. Spe F. Hood, Mrs. C. W. Sehneide Herron, Gertrude Holden, M s 2 C Mi: M Young, Mis: Johr Miss ne R. abella Smith, } Young, ta de Roncer: an. booth—M er, the Mis Ina Doe, srerar, Miss vanaugh, Miss Mrs. Ellen H. Lucy Rynex, Miss Hoi ble, Miss Meding, Mrs. Stewart, the dlisse Donn. paper—Mrs. W. R. King, Mrs, Wm. Mrs. Wm. Zeh, Mrs. Wm. Plunk- . CA. Brandenburg, Miss B. Cram- Miss Brandenburg, Miss Dean Owen, Ferson, Miss Mary Ferson, Breuninger, Miss Moriarity, oda—Mrs. W. M. Dove, . Miss Fannie Hough, Miss gh, Miss Mary Dove, Miss’ M Dorsey. th—Mrs. Bernard Kopf, Miss M. z, Miss I. [f Adams, Miss Annie ‘The gypsy booth, where fortunes are told, in charge of Mrs. Walling, Miss Bangs, ss Johnston, Mrs. S._F. Park: the ses Van Entress, Mrs. E. J. Prindle. Post office—Miss Glgason, Miss Foss, Miss riffin, Miss Breitbarth, Mi: Hickman, igs Reading, Miss Durphey, Miss Shelton, Miss Fletcher and Miss Bates. The Winged Arrow, a bright paper, is fublished nightly, and ics sanctum is pre- sided over by Mrs. Kessler and Miss Es- telle Herron, who, in addition to their irk- seme editorial duties, are also disposing of ribers Tonight's Program. Tonight will be “boating night,”” when the Old Dominion Boat Club of Alexandria and the Analostan and Potomac clubs of this city will be the guests. The program ren- dered will consist of numerous pleasant features, including two living pictures, “The Fates” and “Napoleon Announcing His Pro- ject for Divorce to Josephine;” fancy danc- ing by Miss Zoe Righ: chair pyramid by Me Hallbrooke, Cabrera, Ross, Spurrier Nolan, instrumental mu: y Cullen and Collins, the banjoist rnaney, the planoist, and club s: Arthur Plant. ee From the Lincoln Cabin. Representative J. W. Lewis of Kent ee (LIS? OF APPLICATI NO LICENSES YET ——_+- Liquor Dealers { Who Will’ Have to Make Explanations, ONS HELD UP Proposed Extension of the’ Sewers to the Suburbs. —__ + —__—_ OTHER DISTRICT AFFAIRS Four hundred applications for retail liquor licenses have been considered by the excise board, and all of them have been marked ready for action. The following is a complete list of those applications that have been held up pending a further in- quiry into the merits of the cases. The applicants under the rules of the board must show cause why their applications shculd not be rejecte Charles A. Sensehey, 304 14th street north- west; George Rheinfeld, 1101 C street north- east; Wm. H. Schleuter, 980 Sth street northwest; John F. Clark, 1022 7th street southwest; P. J. Collins, 1300 5th street northwest; Patrick Cannon, 305 10th street northwest; Matthew Ruppert, 1008 7th street northwest; Jno. McDonald, 1235 3d street southwest; C. Schlag, 2528 H street northwest; Sophia Lurig, 1020 C_ street northwest; Wm. Cannon, 1218 7th street northw ; Elizabeth Guy, 1251 3d street southwest; P. J. McDonald, 33 H strect northwest; Wm. McGuire, 1500 7th street northwest; Ernst Dahle, 1429 North Capitol street; Hugh McCann, 302 14th street northwest; E. T. McKenney, 620 11th street southwest; J. F. Dugan, 83 K street south- west; Fritz Herzog, $5 K street north- west; Louis Steerman, 1917 14th strect ncrthwest; Hugh Hartens, 23832 G street nortimvest; James Steven: Wt M street northwest; Andrew Beach, L street nue northeast; John Costello, st; Laurence Hickey, 320 Pennsyl- ; Gregor Gerst, {4} - ser, 309 G street northwe: 700 North Cap- itol street 600 K street southes 1001 3d street 2 Sth street norfheast; Charles street southwest; M. C. Cannon, strect nerthwest; David Riordan, street northwest; D. A. ‘Driscoli, 18¢ street northwest; Charles Kraemer, street vorthwest; Susan Knight, 1168 19:h street uorthwest; J. A. Ruppert, street northwest; Jacob Diemer, strect nerthwe Sullivan, 1: street rorthwest; M. E. Donahue street G. Mantagari, 11 st; Michael Dougherty, northwest; J. C. Bauma et northwest; i 1 Hallinan, 1250 » street northwe: Plitt, 521 Q street northwest; C. street northw Jno. O'F i Fiorida ave- oue n. 1400 Ist street n.w.; John 3onini North Capitol street northeast; Catherine 714 Ist street R. Killman, 101 Pennsylvania northes rthwest; C. 1. Misel, 1200 11th outhesst; M, rthwest: Otto Sta 20 Mary- » southwest Murray, et northwe F. Atzel, : Wr. 4m Mth street southe: outheast ; northwe Hoffman Burke Riordan, B. Buckley, Lynagh, northwest; southwest northeast: northw Jno. 9 ard Lieb, 400 K Rush, Kelly, Hall, Dougherty, street northwest northwest; southwe northwest; Mary rginia avenue southeast; 5 (g street southwest: D. » 7th street northwest; Albert Pifferling, 729 Sth street souths Jno. Eller, O street northwest - Me- Carthy 41 M street northwest; Will Harned 8 M street northwe Folk, street southwest; T. R. shall, treet no: thw nell, treet northy 2028 M street northwe T street northw street southwest; J H street northwest; W street southwest; E. S. street southwe: street loft, 1 1M street treet north- reet south- 2 G street . 475 L street north- M street northwest lth street southe: Michael O'Leary, 1134 26th street northwest: K. Fischer, 1004 Pennsylvania avenue northwest; C. J. Schaefer, 15 southeast; J. J. Murphy. vente northwest st northw Theo. Ruppert, 3 enue northy i Ino. ¢ eet southwe street northw: reet southw D. A. Sulliva ham Morri vid Heaton . Sheehan, y Vil Miller, corner Sth roll, 201 315 H_ street northwest; H. J. street northwest; Wm. H. Brooker, ) 1D street southeast; Wm. H. Quacken” 4 M street northwest: M. 'T. Green, 41z street southwest: J reet southwest; 1 reet_ northwe: reet northwes Otto Toussant, reet northwest; M. V. Moran, 3011) M reet northwest; Rose A. Lynn, 482 Penn- sylvania avenue northwest: Michaei Clark, t street northwest . > street northwest; W. J. O'Callahan, O51 E street northwest: F. P. Baley, 604 24 street northwest; J. J. Dugan, 115 weeney 000 Half street Anderson, Water ar Wth street sduthwest; Jas. Allen, outhwest. nm on the part of the excise does not mean that the applicants inentioned will be refused a liquor license, but the cares are held up for one reason . and licenses will not issue un- ‘tory explanations of the cases are Susy of the report of the inspector, who duri the past year visited every saloon in the nd made a memorandum ot the viola- of the regulations Fe noticed. These e considered when the applica- is taken up, and Chairman Johnson of the board puts a hieroglyphic on tke border for the guidance of the board when final action is taken, Sewers in the Suburbs, The citizens of Washington who live in the suburbs will be glad to know of the sewers which the Commissioners hope to lay if Congress grants the appropriation they esk. There is no doubt of the Com- missioners’ desire to extend as rapidly as ystem of sewers into the sub- realize that much of the sick- ¥ heen due to the lack ge facilities in the suburbs, and y of the city has been greatly the outlying districis. 1 long time the off jals ot the engineer ¢ partment have been hard at vork lool McHugh, 238 Schmidt, "702 1249 7th Louis er the ground, with a view to determin- ing wh vere Most needed. ‘Their reporis raging, since they have recommended the entire sewerage of the uburbs, but unless the bond bill becon law this much-needed improvement will not be ac for o i come. The i We plete Hist of th : York avenue northwest; Peter treet south- avenue and Grant street. =. $4,095.00 Fourteenth street road betwesn Whitney avenue and Center street z . 14,425.00 Flagler place sewer 15,800.00 Sewers and basins (formerly term- ed pipe sewers and basirs)...... 30,000.00 Meridian avenue between Huron and Erie streets... +. Trunk sewers for Petworth Brightwood systems... é Lincoln avenue from R street northward Lees w stircet between North Capitol and Ist streets, and North Capitol street be- twecn W and Detroit streets..... West Petworth system: 4,262.00 and 0,400.00 Jefferson street, Anacostia. + 1,483,00 Alley rear of Arthur street, An- acostia. «+ 1,150.00 RECESS POSTMASTERS A Large Batch of Presidentials to Be Sent Up. The President Criticised for Ignoring the Senate—A Rejected Man Reappointed. The Post Office Department has washed its hands cf the recess “presidentials,” and the batch is on the President’s desk at the Write House for his review and approval before being sent to the Senate. There are 4 in all, covering the smaller offices, such as originally became presidential by reason of increase of business, and whose post- | masters were first appointed in the recess between Congresses. There are probably rot over a dozen large offices in the whole lot. Among these is Providence, where Richard Hayden was appointed, and as beth the Rhode Island Senators live prac- tically in that city, it is to be presumed they agree on Mr. Heyden, and there will be no opposition to his confirmation. The Lewiston, Me., cffice is in the list, that city being Representative Dingl home. So, too, is Newark, N. J., Senator Smith's home. Danville, IL, where a hot, fight occurred over Representative Cannon's choice, John Baird, is in the list, and it is said Raird will be confirmed without any trouble. Bismarck, N. D., is another large office in- cluded. ‘A recess appointment was made necessary there by the death of the former postmaster. Danbury, Conn., is another important office, and there was a hot con- test there over the appointment. There is likely, it is said, to be trouble over Dan- bury in the Senate. A Constitutional Case. ‘The most important case in the recess ap- pointments is the Sioux Falls, S. D., case. Senator Pettigrew lives in Sioux Falls, and he had a desire to be consulted in the choice of a postmaster there. When the President nt in the name of Alfred B. Tinsley last ion Senator Pettigrew opposed his con- ate rejected it. Ina se: firmation, and the Se few days the President promptly _ reap- pointed the man who had been rejected. Senator Pettigrew is said to be charged with a firm purpose to make a hot fight, and it is believed when Tinsley’s name comes up that it will be again rejected. Fight in Prosp id to be more than st in the Tinsley case, as ard the President's ac- ion as distinctly unconstitutional. If the “by and with the ad of the Sen- any force or mea ointment of a man w ed by the Senate would ct opposition to the u that definition of the power ri pate in the matter of ap- pointn he reappointinent of men who had been rejected by the Senate, it is recalled, that aggravated the n and the n inter many Senator: elar in dir brought a t him was this s over post offices o with those who \ the war directiy er contes| it is the usual cou to make a fight to carr} the post office committee of the S none of the recess cases has the Po Departmeat any complaints or any charges on iil WHAT MURPHY SAID. extimony ‘Today in the Case of the Haxer: The first evidence given before the court of inquiry at the navy yard today was that of J. T. Harris, a reporter of Tne Star. Mr. Harris’ testimony occupied almost the ertire mcrming sess’on. In reply to questions by Judge Advocate Terhure, he testified that during the time that the court was closed for the transac- tion of public business nearly all of the accused memlers of the gunners’ class ngaged in conversation relating ‘o Murphy, addressing this portion of his remarks to the reporter in partic . said, “I did not say, ‘Let us organize a lynching party,’ but, ‘Hang the nigger. During, the cross ¢xamination which fol- lowed, the witness said Lamont and othe! whose rames he did not know, had agreed in his hearing to refuse to y anything in regard to the case when they shall be placed on the stand. Murphy did not de using the remark atiributed to him, but tried to prove that he bad reference, when he spoke,to anocher matter. John Morris also testified, but his evi- dence developed nothing new. SaaS Tomorrow's St. Asaph Eatrics. First race, selling —Claurece, 113: Juanita, 0; Jews Harp, 11 Rufus, 11 Way- wayonda, 110; Flakewood, 110; Joyeuse, 150; ty Gordon, 110; Too Much Johnson, 110; Counte Solomon, 110; Nobby, 110. Second race, six furlongs, selling.—Top Moderate, 10) , 108; Remor: 108; Blondy qs. four and one-half furlons selling.—St. nce Sec- Kite, 10 5; Torres eh- William, R., 108; nd Leonidas, 103; Charma, ton, 103. ri and a quarter furlongs, selling—Dr. yn, Jers 111; Lady Rich- nond, Siva, 109: Ruction, ; Annie z Genese, 10: May Pink th race, five furlongs, all ages, sellin Con Lucey, Herndon, Black Hawk, Geampian, All Night, 110; ck, Austin, Tanglefoot, 105. scoe, Capt. J sixth ‘race, n lerman, 118; Van Dyke, Ponce d'Leon, 115 108; Mcte, Geo. Hak Imp. Samaritan, 1 Entertained fb a Bible Class. ‘yhe Pennell Bible class of the First Con- gregational Church entertained about one hundred and fifty of their friends in the lecture room of the church last evening ‘The program consisted cf an illustrated jecture upon the interesting scenery of the Island of Mauritius by Mr. Wm. H. Per- rell_and selections on the piano by Prof. Thoraid Jerichau of the University of Co- penhagen and on the zither by Mr, Miller of this city. ee Bought Mr. Leiter. Mr. Levi Z. Leiter has purchased the old burying ground on the farm of David Strite, in Leitersburg district, Washington county Md. M Leiter has given a contract {f the erection of a brick wall around the grave yard, in which are interred the remains of pis father and other relatives. mb oon entered suit at law for dam: timore and Potom read Compan: received by falling from a railroad car bi ndria May The colater ate of the late Senator Fair have sold their inte! to the children for $400,000, By the terr the will. The compromise is said to have been effected to give the direct heirs an impor- advantage in a trial befere a jury. COMMITTEE GOSSIP/CAP1TOL ToPics Speaker Reed Having More Trouble Than He Anticipated. HR. DINGLEY TO HEAD WAYS AND MEANS Foreign Affairs to Have the Strongest Assignments. =e NNOUNCEMENT NEXT WEEK Mr. Reed is having more trouble with his cemmittee than he anticipated, or than Wes indicated a few days ago. He had pretty well made up his mind as to what ke wanted to do in the main when ne came to Washingten, hut many difficulties un- foreseen have ariscn, and some whicn were anticipated have proven unexpectedly stub- born. he understanding is that the an- nouncement will be made Wednesday or Tharsday of next week, but Mr. Reed will have some high hurdles to jump in order to finish by that time. Appropriations Committee. The greatest difficulty he has encounter- ed is the selection of the chairman of the committee on appropriations. This ‘s much mere perplexing than is the ways and means. As to the latter, there is really no aciive fight, though disappointment will follow the announcement. Over the appro- priation chaifmanship there is a very bit- ter rivalry between Henderson and Can- non, and there seems no prospect of a set- tlement which will not excite bitter an- tagonism. = The difficulty is not so much in making the selection as in preparing members to accept the result without grumbling. Mr. Reed und certain of his confidential friends, to whom he has assigned the task of as- sisting him in the diplomatic mission, are now endeavoring to soothe members who are booked for disappointment, and to get’ them to agree to accept the situation. It is being represented to members that Mr. Reed has a very delicate task before him, and that he must be sustained in doing, as he intends to do, that which will secure the most perfect and harmonious organization and best represent the whole country,with- out respect to individual ambition. In some quarters this is readily acquiesced in, but there are many who cannot be convinced that the interests of the country and that ae their personal ambition do not coin- cide. Dingley for Ways and Means. Mr. Reed desires the appointment of Ding- ley as chairman of the ways and means committee, and will probably make that as- signment. Dalzell has long since relin- quished all claim to the position, though he nts to be a member of the committee. Payne is making no fight for the appoint- ment, but has given Mr. Reed to under- tand that he expects the assignment as a matter of course, and it is evident that he will not relinquish his claim. He has been amiable but entirely non-committal to all suggestions of self-sacrifice. In selecting Mr. Dingley Mr. Reed is embarrassed by of his coming from Maine, but he dof the appreval of the House, believed that he will adhere to that selection. Henderson and Cannon. He has slated Gen. Henderson for chair- manship of appropriations, but the fact that Mr. Cannon will not take his disappoint- ment philosophically is extremely emba Z to him, It is understood that ef- forts have been made to break the force of the shock to the Illinois leader, but that the latter is not to be soothed. ‘The belief prevails that in spite of this Gen. Hender- son will be appointed, but the pressure of M s friends may ultimately bring change. There is bad blood in the guise the him. Another difficulty is that of dealing with a great number of new members, who say that if they are not given the places they want it will interfere with their re-eiection to Congress. It is very carnestly argued that everything possible should be done to strengthen republicans in close and doubt- ful districts. Fighting Shy of Chairmanships. One of the curious things of the struggle is the manner in which the old members of the Pennsylvania delegation are fighting shy of chairmanships. Mr.Reed wants Gen. Bingham to take the chairmanship of the post office committee. The general insists upon remaining on appropriations and does not want a cha:rmanship. Dalzell does not want a chairmanship and is content to re- main on ways and means. Harmer has notified Mr. Reed that he does not want to be chairman of the District committee and has relinquished any claim to membership of the foreign affairs. He wants to be only a member of the District committee and to get fair assignment bes! sires only to remain on riv nd claims no chairmanship. C. W. Stone understood to be assigned to chairman- ship of coinage, weights and measures. The currency committee is expected to go to Waiker of Massachusetts. Foreign Affairs. It is significant of what is expected to de- velop during the session that Mr. Reed is aiming to make the foreign affairs commit- tee the strongest of the House. He has said that he wants the very best men that can be had on this committee, regardless of in- dividual preferences. Mr. Hitt will be chair- man, and members are given to understand that the assignments on the committee will be the best prizes of the list. Contested Election Cases. Mr. Reed is considering a plan to divide the work on contested election cases by forming two elections commiitees in thi: House. The plan, if adopted, would great- ly facilitate the work of disposing of the contests before the House, and would give the contestants who may be found to be entitled to seate for which they now hold ertiticates their rights sooner than they might obtam them otherwise. here are thirty-two contests on hand, and they will furnish much work for one commitiee to crapple with. The business of this committee corresponds largely to that of a court, as it hears all the evidence in every case and then votes upon it and reports to the House. It is said that the guestion of economy counts with Mr. Reed in the matter, for when a member is unseated the salary for the ‘ition during the time contest was pendig Is paid to both of the claimants, well as the expenses of conducting the case before the committee The Committee on Rules. A fight 1s being made by Representative Bailey of Texas against the selection of Representative Catchings as one of the minority members of the committee on rules. Catchings was the leader of the committee on rules in the last House, and and _ harbors Reyburn de-} in the ordinary course of things he would be one of the two minority men in this Congress. Accorling to custom the ex- Speaker, Mr. Crisp, will be on the rules committee as the other minority represen- tative. Mr. Bailey proposes to enter a t against Mr. Catchings, and has been g up a petition of protest to present Reed. id that in soliciting signers to the esterday he stated that he had petition t forty signers. Mr. Catchings is a sound money democrat, and it is understood that that is the only objection to him, the claim being that he does not represent the democ- racy. He has many friends among the silver men, however, and there are not many willing to object to his going on the committee. If the protest 1s presented it may have some influence with Mr. Reed. Gossip has it that the committee will be made up as follows, in the event of this in- fluence keeping Catchings off: The Speaker, who is chairman; Mr. Can- non, Mr. Dalzell, Mr. Crisp and Mr. Me- Millin. + e+ Workingmen Enter Politics. At the meeting of the South Washington Celored Workingmen’s Club Major Robert Key was indorsed as the club's candidate for delegate to the next republican national convention, and resolutions were passed au- therizing the president of the club to appoint a committee of 100 to urge upon Congress the restoration of suffrage to the citizens of the District. Sonator Morrill Introduces His Library Reform Bill. A Register of Copyrights — Other Measures of In- terest. Mr. Morrill introduced in the Senate to- day a bill to provide for the register of copyright. This bill is in accord with the recommendation of Librarian Spofford in his plan for a reorganization of the Con- gressional Library, and if it becomes a law will relifve Mr. Spofford of much work tha: bus fallen to him. The bill provides that a register of copyright shall be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, whose duties are to be performed under the supervision of the joint committee of Con- gress on the library. The register of copy- right is to give bond in the sum of $10,000), his annual'salary to be $4,000, and the Sec- retary of the Treasury is authorized to ap- peint one assistant register of copyright at £2,000 per annum; also one clerk at $1,200. The bill provides that the register of copy- rights shall deposit daily, or as often as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct, the moneys received by him. ‘The Question of Mileage. The question of mileage is engaging the attention of the members of the House at this time, and they are making out their applications. It is said that no payments will be made on this account, however, un- til after the Speaker appoints a committee on mileage, and the committee has exam- ined the applications and passed upon them. It is the usual custom to do this be- fore Christmas, as the sums received on ac- count of mileage are usually regarded as a clear rake-off by the members, and come in very handy about Christmas time. The stationery clerks are doing a land office business in point of magnitude dis- tributing the numerous perquisites falling to members under the head of stationery. The Senior Major General. Mr. Davis has introduced in the Senate a bill providing that the senior major gea- eral of the army, while commanding the army of the United States, shall have the rank of a Meutenant general,and shall be entitled to the same pay and emoluments of that grade, and to the selection of the same personal staff, with the rank, pay and emoluments as heretofore fixed by law, and on his retirement by virtue of existing laws shall be entitled to the retired pay of @ lieutenant general. Probable House Appointments. Mr. Fred. Britten of Michigan, corre- spondent of the News and Tribune of De- treit, is to be appointed tally clerk of the House, it is understood. This place was held in the last Congress by Mr. Hosford of the Detroit Free Press. It is said that Mr. Henry Robinson of Mercer, Pa., is to be appointed disbursin;: officer of the Hource. Mr. James White of Wellsboro’, Pa., is said to be slated for the position of cashier in the office of the sergeant-at-arms of the House. —--- +. DEATH OF JOHN SANFORD. The Old Affair Brought to Notice Once More. The interesting case involving the death of John M. Sanford, the aged government printing office watchman, who died October 9 last, under suspicious circums took a new turn this afternoon, y petition in probate was filed by 3. Florida F. Sanford. The latter, it will be remembered, was married to Sanford in Baltimore a few prior to his death, and before the body was interred a will of the deceased was presented for probate, leaving kis entire estate, amounting to about $800, to the bride. The uwo sisters of Sanford, Mrs. Emmeline Young and Mrs. Serah Campbell of 46 I street northeast, declared that their brother had been poisoned, and the coroner, after successive delays, held an inquest, ‘the body in the meantime being twice disinterred. A chcm- ical analysis showed the presence of arsenic in the stomach of Sanford, but It was also proved that the fluid used in embalming the body als> contained large quantities of arsenic. The jury decided that death was due to naiural causes. At the same time an alleged first wife of Sanford, from whom, it was claimed, he was never divorced, and who went by the name of Rosa Stockholm, came from New York and declared that she would muke claim to the estate. Since the cor- oner's inquest the case has rested, no ac- ticn eyeiber side being taken until today, when The petition was filed. Mrs. Florida Sanford, in her petition, after setting forth the facts of her mar- ricge to Sanford and his dedth, goes on to say that a rumor gained circulation that Rosa Stockholm claimed to be the lawful wife of Stanford, but the petitioner states that she does not believe her husband de- ceived her; that she had lived in the same house with him and his sister and nephew for two years prior to her marriage, and next door to them fer about four years, and she knew him quite intimately. -Dur- ing all that time he declared himself un- married, she says, and his relatives sus- tained him in this declaration. It was also generally understood in the community and in the government printing office that he was a single man, and so far as Mrs. Sanford knows, she says, no effort was ever made to show that Mrs. Stockholm was the wife of Sanford, and if it could bly be true then the conduct of both S was mysterious and beyond ex- ation. Mrs. Sarford, so called, states that she is jrous that such proof should be taken that the will filed may be admitted to pro- bate and that letters testamentary be granted her, and therefore asks that cita- tions be issued against the sisters, Mra, Young and Mrs. Campbell, and a sister-in- law’ of the dec . Mrs. Durney, requiring them to attend the probating of the will. The matter will come up for hearing in the Probate Court a week from tomorrow. ee They Broke Jail. It now transpires that the late Benjamin Pinkney, colored, of the Marlboro’, Prince George's, district, who died on the scaf- fcld, has some imitators in the matter of his conduct about the little county prison, The little jail would not hold him, and last night Charles 'Pillman and Joseph Johnson, cclcred, each seventeen years old, followed this example and disappeared. A telegram frem the_county officials was received at police neidquarters late last night asking the officers here to look out for the fugi- tives. Tillman is described as being dark gir gerbread cclor, with a cast in one eye, and Johnson as a mulatto. The police in the several precincts wera nctified of the escape of the boys, but they have not been apprehended. —- = Accused of Perjury. As the outcome of the trial of James the saloonkeeper, convicted October last, of receiving stolen property, which attracted considerable attention at the time, the grand jury today considered tes- timony with a view of reporting an indict- ment for perjury against a witness in the case. R ae EE Death of James A. Fenning, Mr.. James A. Fenning, a well known cit- izen, died at his home, 513 4th street north- west, at 9:30 o’clock this morning. Se Gen. George W. Hunt opened the argu- ment for the gas trust before Judge Show- alter in Chicago yesterday. The proposed consolidation could not take place without the consent of the attorney general, and that consent, if given, would indicate that the consolidation was not in violation of the Gecision of the supreme court. Leuis Sells Barrett, pass clerk to General Superintendent Miller of the Pennsylvania southwest system at Columbus, Ohio, has been caught placing employes’ trip passes in the hands of Jack Sneed, a broker, and when taken to police headquarters con- fessed. Bartara Aub,who confessed that she made false charges of assault against Walter L. S. Largerman, has been indicted in New York for perjury. Ths indictment is based upon the statement of Langerman and the minutes of the court proceedings taken dur- ing the trial.