Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1895, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. :& — 5 responsibilities. The path which we should eee MONROE DOCTRINE [irre Fe Rechetgitews| IS IN GEORGETOWN) = Te hol ?Wines and —— Sp igh p W/ © [f= s Quickens , i f Its Foe beter oe irae a ee ae wie Ba You are weak, “run-down,” osition o: T of the American People. . mn, a Liquors for | the appetite pee oe (Ag Sen gee oe nett heath islvailsteonpth gous Ppe Principle and Application. mistaking the temper of the American peo- Doct 11 Ne Y ple. For thirty years they have been ab- vouthtar com.| DOCtors call your case an- | WY ear’ Ss. Makes the —_— Floral Offerings From Youthful Com, F Street, Corner Eleventh. Storage Warehouse, 22d near M. LA REINE’ FURNITURE POLISH will do more in brightening up and renewing old furniture than anything else you can use. 25 cents for a good-sized bottle. You’re Never Done Buying For your house—always some- thing new needed—something old to be replaced. Maybe the idea of a new CHAMBER SUITE strikes home just now. Good time to buy. Prices here are down. A big saving in every pur- chase. Chamber Suites. Solid Oak Suite, bevel plate glass. $11.75 $15 usually. A Larg> Antique Suite, very pret- bevel plate mirror, ra ght. Price $17.00 ite, very pretty i sign, well made. $30 value for $21.50 ed Onk Polish-finish $26.75 uite, with French bevel plate mirror, Worth $3 22.50 Curly Birch Suite, handsomely carved, very pretty shaped French bevel plate mir- me ror, $48 Suite : $35.00 Art Rooms, 6th Tloor. It LO 2o $2 90-09 00 Co fe ee Surely f aa There is something you will need for New Year in this list: arl Carving Knife, Fork ana 3 peel... .$: ora Carving Knife, Fork abi 2 a Wine Coole ‘Trays, Pun h Ladies, Candelabra, ete. Our entire stock of Cut Glass Bowls, Pitchers, Vases and Bottles ‘ AL'EOSF. 4 e and ‘ |. Goldsmith Son, om Pa. Ave. 627-400 e ee <e ace tooo nad i i id Windy Weather Chaps The Skin —and there's nothing more disagree. oo and lips. so disfiguring. elally for t q CERIN! something es- ALMOND | A little —— —on ‘the skia—makes it soft beautiful. Splendid for the plexion. bottle. OGRAM’S Tw ‘ 13th and Pa. ave Two Drug Stores, {7h and H'sts de2s-28d | Seerecoveacececsoeeessecss gLet us Cater $for your sEntertainments ave yourself a f irouig aad nariers cthing will be tn the late thost approved styl Tine > che ri will . Our per- insure @ suc- supervision. cess. T. Jarvis, € $i gth St. aterer, ontectioner. *Phone 1000. FOoo 290900. ao an . CDOS SESE SUT ET TEV ESC ESS iCOKE °o SOSPPSSI SLIPS SPPOSVONTOT SG 260034 have you gy ever used it? Do so if you would be economical in the fuel you burn. Gives out more heat than coal—costs much less—lasts longer and contains neither dirt nor clinkers. 40 bushels (anerushed). 40 bushels (crushed). Delivered to any part of city. WASHINGTON GASLIGHT CO., 413 10TH ST. 2.90, g e e e e ° e o $ a : or Wm. J. Yeh, 926 N st. ‘Phone 476, 428-28 S5650006600656406000050006 KNEESSI, 425 7th st. Still lots of pocket books —here. We lad in an enormous stock for the holiday trade and reordered just before Xmas. We sold Just twice as many pocket books this season as dis and no wonder. 75¢5 $t, $1.25, $1.50 up. Kneessi, 425 7th Street. F Sd Get the Best— “THE CONCORD HARNESS," Horse Blankets and Lap obes In great vartety and at iowest prices. LUTZ & BRO. 497 Pa. Ave. N.W. BP 164 Adjoining Nationa! MoteLy Established 1S6q, Franklin & Co. pe etme re Pa. Ave. ft opt) It nee lists” seriptioss promptly mb sec y filled. Remove to 1203 F St, January 18. or 14 Bargains in Long Hair Switches. Borme rly Drmerly $0.50. feo. hs uerly $10.50. O>First-class attendance in “alr Dressing, for keeping the batr in S HELLER’ S; 7z0 fs Street N. W. _ set 20d (00. Stork" guarantecd (0c). (aettosa23*) A. KAHN, 935 F nw. ene year. Best Quality Mainspring Crystaig. Specialise 4 30-1. 5-year-old -year-old 2-year-old Whisky, qt... . XXX Sherry, qt.. Fine Sherry, gal. XXX Port, qt.... Fine Port, Cooking Brandy, qt... ..50c. Old Catawba Wine, gal. .7oc. Sweet & Hard Cider, Cal. & Va. Claret, 6 bots.$1.00 All Kinds of Delicacies, A bf could wish Finest In town. below those you'll find anywhere else. 20=lb. bucket ape bucket JELLY. bneket PR! Ibs. CLE: ibs. finest, new MIXED N UTS, store fall Whisky, qt... .75¢. 60c Whisky, qt. z 50c. = 50¢. .$1.00 | =50¢. gal... - $1.00 gal..25c. Everything ron tor New Year's dinner. And priced way $1. g Weak Strong. TIM YER? THE ONLY GOLD MEDAL Sarsparilla Has Cured || Others And Will Cure You. ‘3 Cherry Pectoral for Coughs. IF THE BABY IS CUITING TEETH BE SURE and use chat old aod well-tried remedy, Mrs. Winsiow’s Sootaing Syrup, for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gum, allays ali pain, cures wind colic and is the best ‘remedy for @larthoea. 25 cents a bottle. sel0-1y ST A = |YTruth More—— y * |Y———> Than Pays. We tell you only what we know about our Shoes—claim ( them to be worth only what the Shoes will prove oy | “As dry as a bone” —Is the wearer of one of these handsome mackintoshes that we are ** and summer alike. ‘or_gentleme! the finest qualitle: ee oe showing. A sensible ladies garment—useful in winter ‘We have them for nall-priced, and of Goodyear Rubber Co., 807 Pa. av. de28- 20d put plain facts in plain lan- guage—and the result is we have your confidence. Remember, we're positively 7 our regular line of \ $5 Cork Sole Shoes at $3.35. Q Nothing more. \ We thought we had sold lots not selling $6 and $7 Shoes for / less than ‘half—but we do offer of these Cork Soles—but Fri- day and Saturday’s sales showed the Shoes were just be- coming known. Furniture, & New Year’s Craig & Harding seh and sts. FURNITURE. You will want to “dress ae as rari Room, Reception Hall and Yei ars day. ior on New We propos? to help you by inaugurating w “special sale” of ‘Dining Koom and Parlor pleces. We do not belleve that there Is a larger or more select Hue of Dining Room Furnt- Sideboards, China Mlosets, tension Tables, Dining Chairs, Side Tables, Se.—In Au ica than I js to be found here. $35 Sideboards, $23. Here fs the handsomest and best Sideboard ossible to obtain In Amertea for its price. It is made of select quartered oak, swell-front top drawe: columns, large-shaped French ‘by th ideboard in the city. ut closet below, ‘with od ‘eled plate Will compare favorably with any Special $23 Dining Tables. 5 oft. Dining Table, value 36. price Solid Our famous Extension Dining Tables—greatest ad Ouk Extension law foot” Quarte 6 ft., worth $10, only $6.75. 8 ft., worth $12, only $8.75. $2 75 Dining Chairs, $2.25 Tigh-class Mox-seat| High-back” Rub-finish Dining Chatr, to Spe the world. price More than ¢ of China Closets. 315 to $: Ne w York. made by the best chair maker Fully worth $2. $2.25 different styles and shapes ‘The finest Ine south of CRAIG & HARDING, ‘Langlois’ F &13® S20 DY 3 \F°* orm Nothing but Women’s and_¢ Childe: "3. ‘8 Shoes. * * Do you reaiize the importance * * of using good washing soaps? * * You can't expect your wash- * * woman to make your clothes * * look white and clean unless you * OK keep her supplied with Weaver, Kengla & Co.’s ‘Laundry & Borax’ S= =0=@=p=S=. When you order them of your grocer be sure he sends them to you and not a worthless imita- tion. Plant, 3244 K St. N. W. 32d WINE at reduced rates \)) for New Year’s. eee % [eee aoe di Red and White Wine Panch Fumous—teady f none bet Compare pri ample Wines. x:tilon, free In large or suai nantittes Last Chance to Secure Opera Glasses ae the discount of 331-3 per cent off marked Every style of mounting to choose Foci as well as all the famous maken. CFThe filling of oculists’ prescriptions—a peclalty. Claflin’ Optical Co., 907 F St. de30-14d We'll Guarantee Your Hav- Furniture, &c., 13th and F Sts. ing a Warm Time of It eer * 2 —this winter—if we have the job of over. © © hauling your home heating apparatus. Ws eee eee | 8 ore tl olde: experiences in the busi- (J ]] t cre pees 30 years ut It. Small chi ges and rustworthy mcn only employed. ‘elephone ewe ry a 2 Se pel mail orders have quick secing to. “Phone ( Robt. M. Harrover, 438 9th St. ‘Actual Cost! {| ws. My stocks of Diamonds, For New Year's ss “fii 33 Watches and Clocks are also in- the proper ess Hines cluded! : 8, CUFF: rm ont king this radical step to clear bal ce of my stock—prepara- —— tory to restocking up with new goods —— after the tirst of the ycart = PEDERSEN, sees 427-29 7th St., Opp. Lansburgh’s, de2s-2 aS id A good story will bear telling twice’’— * Shirts made to measure, in the Wells style— * $1.50 for a sample Shirt. Frank Wells, de30-16d 1411 Pa, Ave. FURS REDUCED. le $10, rie Seal Astrukhan Cupe, $2.50. ed from $19.54 Russian Marten Neck Boas, $1.25, reduced from ine Mink Cape, 30 inches long, 110 sweep, $75, reduced from $1 iuine Marten Cape, 30 inches long, 115 sweep, . reduced frot $140. ‘ape, 30 inches long, 100 sweep, reduced from $18.5 30 inches Iong, 100 sweep, $1 NEW YEAR'S RECEPTIONS— For sandwiches—there’s noth- ing else so good as SMITH- FIELD HAMS. Finest qual- ity—1 year old—of delicious flavor. N. W. Burchell, 1325 F St. 10-34. WILY O TO FLORIDA 2, : ida Lung Pad ‘a cure for coughs cK WHALEN, In LIAN, Agent, 308 So. § 10 per cent discount on all.'Trimmings and Mufts. | _V#- F, Home- 2 28-254 utif St_N.W. | ade rut t Alike. OO —Only the best—the purest mate- Lowell Hasone, fruie'ant excel = 2EC. ‘Ingrain 9 Cela a Sees home oven, Orders, d rote best quality, All-wool by postal quickly filled. a pound. owell Ingra n excel Rat ANDOVER Tent carpet that wears well HOLMES' LANDOVER MARKET, 1st and E sts. ioe look nice long as it 59QC. 1 aes mg ee THE Houghton Co., w. 28.200 J. JAY GOULD, 421 9th st., has eyerything for pa er fancy “work. f favors, re priz spansles, beads, sea flowers, lamp book — ple- tures, paper dolls, napkins, ete. ‘Gray Hair A cov fade positively not a dy. nt, arrests dandriff and makes the nicest dressing pe'the hair one can use. No poison. stains, 1 ¥ CIPS E ‘Neither Painful Nor Expensive 1s used. Brie ing of tke past when Nattan's Crystal Dis- Guaranteed. to” restore. hair to its natural color in 3 to 10 days— ir from falling tg Telal TS, diment, “Bruce,” OF 12 WEST 30TH ST. NOW AT WILLARD WILL SELL BEFORE EW YORK, HOTEL, EW YEAR'S, or —To have most effleac tistry and a enable us to dental work and satisfac traction, 50 portionately small. ‘our teeth treated here. The painless methods cf den- ps uf competent operators do the most skillful sort of in an absolutely painless tory manner. — Pai ex- cents. Other charges pro- Evans Dental Parlors. Cn, Penna. Ave. N. W. Vas 4 PDI : ann nn nt is a table should be without a bottle of Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters, the world-renowned arpetizer of exyulsite favor. Beware of counterfeits! A Tablet in Jefferson's Honor. A handsome bronze tablet has been placed on the house at the corner of 6th and Spruce streets In Philadelphia, where Joseph Jef- ferson was born. The tablet bears the in- scriptio: “Joseph Jefferson, the actor, here 20th February, 1829. health and your fe long and prosper. The panel upon which these words appear is tastefully surrounded with laurel. It was was bern Here’s your good ilies’; may they all live Deed TAKER, t cure ja or mly DIGESTIVE CORDIAL. all diseases, Dut {t will cure Indigestion.” AN druggists, designed by Charles Lamb of New York at the instance of Francis Wilson, Dewitt Miller, the lecturer, and Dr. A. W. Wheip- ley, librarian of thé Cincinnati public li- brary. THE VENEZUELAN DISPUTE DISCUSSED No Mistaking the Temper of the American People. GREAT BRITAIN RESPONSIBLE Senator Lodge said in the Senate today that he would try to show what the Mon- roe doctrine is, what it means to the United States, and that it is vitally involved in the Venezuelan controversy; also that this is not a petty question of a South American boundary, but one in which, so far as it concerns us, the safety and the honor of the United States and its place in the scale of nations are all deeply involved. These, sald the Senator, are the gravest questions whch can confront any people, and must be treated by those charged with the conduct of public affairs with dignity, calmness and firmness. Wild denunciation of public men responsible for the nation’s peace and safety and bound to protect her rights are as wholly out of place on the one hand as bluster, threats and violent lan- guage are on the other. The war scare and the war talk do not, the Senator continued, come from those charged with the responsibility of govern- ment, but from outside, and chiefly from the stock market and the meetings of the advocates of peace. No responsible public man desired war. History of the Doctrine. Then followed a sketch of the history of the Monroe doctrine up to and including President Polk’s time to show the view: taken of it by all the administrations and by all our statesmen, with one exception, in the course of which the Senator made the statement that it was Interesting to ob- serve that the first public proposition look- Ing to the exclusion of Europe from the western hemisphere was made by Great Britain and accompanied by a renunciation on her part. of any desire to acquire new territory there herself. President Polk's administration sustained the Monroe doctrine in its widest applica- tion, and Mr. Calhoun was the only Amer- ican statesman of any standing who tried to limit its scope. Since 182% there had been many cases in which the Monroe doctriie had been cited and discussed, but until the present time the French invasion of Mexi- co was the only instance in which it had been openly disregarded and actually in- fringed by a European power. A second case had now arisen, and the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine was again threatened, as it was by the French in 1852. This second attack upon the principle of the Monroe doc- trine came from Great Britain, and was made under cover of a boundary dispute with Venezuela, while Lord Salisbury, in his let- ter to Mr. Olney, assailed the ‘validity of the doctrine itself. Importance of the Present Contro- versy. .To understand the importance of the con- troversy and how deeply the very existence of the Monroe doctrine was involved, the Senator traced very briefly the history of the dispute between Great Britain and Ven- ezuela, which had now reached a crisis affecting almost gravely the honor, the tn- terest, the rights and the well-settled pol- icy of the United States. No new rights had come to England or to Venezucla since IS13- Is14, since the declaration of President Monroe. They had the rights of Spain and more and minister had nivh Great ent to arbitrate, and be Holland, respectively, nothing nothing le: Every British offered a different line within w Britain would not con every British minister had gone his predecessor in making fresh claims to territory beyond the line which he offered and about h he would arbitrate. There was apparently just as much support for one line as another, when the: be- ond the valley of the Schomburg down, arbitrary. Personally he did not believe that Great Britain had a good claim to a foot of land beyond the Essequibo. All that he desired to show was that there is a dispute a the ownership of the territory lying wes the Essequibo, and that neither Britain nor Venezuela holds an uncontested title to any portion of it. That disputed territory either belonged to Hoiland or it did not. If it did, England ought to have it, and there would not be the slightest dis- position on the part of the United States to interfere with her po: ion of it. If it aid not, it bgionged to Venezuela, and enezuela ought to have it. The question was one for the arbitration of an tmpartial tribunal, and by the decision of such a tribunal the United States would cheerfully abide. But if England with no authority but a disputed claim seized territory and declined arbitration upon ft, her action did not dif- fer from seizing and holding new territo: in the Americas by the right of conquest. If she could seize territory under a claim which had grown larger with each succeed- ing year, there was nothing to prevent her taking indefinite regions in South America. A Violation of the Monroe Doctrine. Senator Lodge, continuing, said: “The seizure of this South American ter- ritory by England is an absolute violation of the Monroe doctrine. We declare the Monroe doctrine as a principle which we believe essential to the honor, safety, the interests of the United States. It inter- feres in no wise with the rights which the principles of international law give to all nations. It does not touch the question of reparation for injuries inflicted upon the subjects of any European power by any of the Central or South American states. We cherish that right jealously oursely we do not deny it to others. But, Mr. Presi- dent, the question of reparation must not be mixed up with the acquisition of terri- tory.” In this connection the Senator referred to the claim for reparation made by Salis- bury upon Venguela on account of the arrest by the authorities of the latter coun- try of British subjects on the disputed ter- ritory. If Venezucla pays now the indemn- ity fixed and demanded by England, the Senator held, she acknowledged, in so do- ing, that that country is British territor and gives the whole case aw yond Great The Monroe doctrine was very simple, merely the declaration that no foreign power must establish a new government, acquire new territory by any method what- ever, or seek to control existing govern ments in the Americas. This is what Mr. Monroe declared. That is what we should declare it to be and to have always been. Continuing, Senator Lodge said, in part: Our Foreign Policy Neglected. “Mr. President, we have neglected too long our foreign policy and the great in- terests of the United States which lie be- yond her borders. We have permitted this English advance upon Venezuelan terri- tory to go unchecked for years. The time has now come to end this state of things. We wart this matter settled, and settled by arbitration, because if it is settled oth- crwise it is a blow to a principle vital to the welfare and dignity of the United States. But, Mr. President, there is more in it than this. If we neglect our foreign affairs, England does not neglect hers. “At the last session of Congress I called the attention of the Senate and of the country to the manner in which England had absorbed the islands of the Pacific, and to the necessity of our controlling the Hawalian Islands, a necessity which be- comes more pressing with each succeeding day. I ask you now to look at the Carib- bean sea. I ask you to note the strong naval station which England has estab- lished at St. Lucia. Follow a line thence to the westward, and you find Trinidad, the development of which has been strongly pushed of late years; then Jamaica, and, finally, British Honduras. That line faces the South American coast. This territory claimed from Venezuela is being pushed steadily to the westward along that coast, and the point at which it aims is the con- trol of the mouth of the Orinoco, one of the greatest river systems of South Amer- ica. The purpose of all these movements is written plainly on the map. If successful, they will give Great Britain control of the Spanish main and make the Caribbean sea little better than a British lake. “We are a great nation, . President, and we have a great nation’s duties and sorbed in healing the ravages of civil war ard in completing the conquest of that great continent which was our inheritance. That work is done. The American people have begun to turn their eyes toward those interests of the United States which lie be- yond our borders and yet so near our doors. They see those interests have been neglected. They see another nation hem- ming them in with fortifications, encroach- ing upon regions which must remain what they have always been—American. They are resolved that there shall be an end to these things. “I do not believe, Mr. President, that the people of England have the least desire to engage in hostilities with the United States any more than we seek or desire hostilities with them. Nor do I think that they take any serious interest in this disputed Ven- ezuelan territory, or realize even now that the question involves for us a principle which we consider vital to our safety and welfare. “We have seen British forces at Corinto. We know the attitude they sume in Ven- ezucla. Tuecy are attempting to take land cn the Alaskan boundary. They have just denounced the modus vivendi, and respond in that way the perilous dispute of the northern fisheries. It is not by accident hat these events have all occurred or all come to an acute stage within the past not due to us for we have commi ggression upon anybody. Of all th ulties, which are now upon us, the most Immediate {s that Involved in sispiiie with Venezuela. They tell us that this territory is remote and worthless, Be i perhaps, but it 1s not worth- if it had been, the Venezuelan ion of It weuld be undisturbed. rent Britain Responsible. President, who is responsible for the unhappily strained relations between England and the United States? As I have pointed out, we have not been the aggres- sors on any of the points now in dispute, “Mr. whether in ka or la. What, then, our relations? Is it not beremptory 1 to arbitrate this ques- tion of bcundary? Who gave that refusal? Great Britain, We have provided for the appointment of a commvission, not to ar- bitrate between Great Britain and Venezu- ela, but to inform after careful inves- tigation, what the true divisional line, in their opinion, should be. Who has drawn an acbitrary line of boundary and declared that they should not arbitrate to the east of it? Not the United States, but Great Britain, Ultimatums are what strain re- lations, and they have come from Great Sritain and not from us. I believe that this question will be peacefully settled by the good sense of the representatives of England and the United States, but I am very clear that such sentiment can only be reached by action on the part of Con- gress and of the President, ‘hich shall he as firm as it is temperate, and which shall maintain the Monroe doctrine abso- lutely, and at all hazards, wherever it justly applies. That doctrine is as import- ant to us as the balance of power ts to Europe, and those who maintain the latter must rot attempt to break down the prin- ciple which guards the Integrity of the Am ns and protects them from the in- terference and control of the foreign pow- ers.” a “THEMSELVES TO BLAME. Coroner's Jury Verdict on the Balti- more Thenter Disnster. A coroner's jury was in session for sev- eral hours yesterday in Baltimore in an at- tempt to learn just why the terrible Front Street Theater accident happened. After sifting the testimony of a large number of witnesses, the jury returned a verdict stat- ing that “there was no ground for the stampede; that the cry of fire which was raised was entirely without foundation; that if the audience had remained in their seats no one would have been injured.” In conclusion, the verdict says: “We can attach blame to no one exce) the audience itself, wh! became panic: stricken and raised’ the cr hecause some one had ig a gas pipe, which lea’ of ‘fire’ ein ly in. ited a leak was so tri that testified that it could have rema ning for hours without dam- Sebneiderman’s testimony created tion in the jury room, He swore that a gang of fifty pe: ble for the horror. It was their intention to cause a stampede for the purpose of rob- hery=jeweiry, money, clothing, anything which th uid take from the exc people. He asserte many of the gang me from other but that some of members were residents of Baltimore. he jury, apparent not believe hneiderman’s stor: ns were responsi- INSURANCE RATES ADV. Effect of Trolley and Electric Light d Wires. From the Baltimore Sua. The destruction by fire of Oehm'’s Acme Hall last Thursday night, preceded only a few days by a disastrous fire in the store of Heidelberge. & Co., not far from Oehm's, on Baltimore street near Charles street, s aroused insurance mer to the necessity dealing with one of the causes—ov > light wires—to which many of ure attributed, Then, too, their interfere seriously with the firemen i work. The placing of wires underground is re- by insurance men as the only avail- ution of the problem wh them. Property holders, it re interested nee ed be ause of the muiti- ars it is stated e of the Introduction of the trolley n for street cars here of electric light have advanced in some. sec! of the city from 20 to 30 per cent —+e+- ¥F ts Wa Knowing. Sound moves about 3 mils per hour. The Chinese invented paper 170 B. C. The first watches were made in 1746. Rome was founded by Romulus in 752 B.c. Only one person in 1,000 dies from old age.. An inch of rain means 100 tons of water on every «cre. . ‘There are at ‘east 10,000,000 nerve fibers in the human body. The thickness of human hair varies from the 2th to the uth part of an inch; blonde heir is the finest and red the coars- The “seven wonde cient times we Pharos of Alex¢ s of the world” of an- he Pyramids of Egypt; Walls and Hanging emple of Diana at s; the Statue of the Olympian Jupi- Mausoleum of Artemisia and Colossus ‘apitol Building at Washington, D. is the largest building of the United 102 and 103 are full of just such the above, and repr ture of The FE news stands. ———— Gladstone's ghty-Sixth Birthday. William E. Gladstone celebrated his eigh- ty-sixth birthday yesterday at Biarritz, France. He was first elected to parliament sixty-three years ago this week and In two years after he entered the house of com- mons his remarkable learning, industry, sagacity and great common sense had so distinguished him that he was made junior lord of the treasury by Sir Robe Peel. That event also happened in the last week of December, sixty-one years ago. It will be fifty years next week since Gladstone was appointed secretary of state for the colonies in Peel's second ministry. He be- came prime minister of England first in December, 18 again in 1880, again in 1850 and the fourth time in 1 —---— +00 To Examine Consular Applicants. Judge John Davis of the Court of Claims has been appointed a member of the board to examine candidates for appointment in the consular service, in place of Mr. Faison, solicitor of the State Department, who did not find it convenient to serve. ————— The schooner E. ©. Cotton of Philadelphia, bound to Savannah with a cargo of coal, stranded off Pea Island life saving station, North Carolina, Friday morning. The crew of seven were saved. panions—Other Notes From Across Rock Creek. Willie Burnette’s body was yesterday borne to Glenwood cemetery. The newsboy is now forever at rest. There were hundreds Present at the burial services in Peck Me- morial Chapel. Four policemen had to keep the crowd in check on the outside of the church, in order that the cottin might be carried in. The pallbearers, who were from the Hud- son Tent of Rechabites, the Peck choir and from deceased's class at the Sunday school, were Harry Culver, Leonard Waters, Wm. Mutchler, Edward Kloche, William Quack- enbush and Harry Decker. The services were very impressive. Several hymns be- fitting the solemn occasion were sung, to- gether with a resurrection anthem. Mr. A. P. Burridge, the choir leader, sang “Jesus, Lover of My Soul,” the dead hoy’s favorite. wo ministers conducted the services, Rev. Alvin Smith, the pastor of Peck, and the Dr, Childs. Mr. Smith dwelt upon the innocent life and the happiness that ted the coming of the earthly end. he case of the boy excited deep sympathy all over the West End and hundreds found themselves unconscious- ly the little sufferer friends. The attendance was not composed of curious people—they were sympathizers, people who had been sincerely touched by the distress- ng affair that ended in death. The floral tributes were very handsome. There was a pathetic incident in connec- tion with the funeral. Willie died on Thurs- day afternoon. That evening there was the usual gathering of newsboys at the “home,” en the corner of 3d and C streets. Willie’s death was mentioned, and it was suggested that perhaps they would like to send a few flowers for his funeral. The little fello including those living at the home, at once seized on the suggestion and eagerly in their pennies and nickels until they an even dollar. Two little boys from the home afterward walked over two miles to add _ twenty-six cents to this sum. Mr. J. H. Small, the florist, heard of this, and with his usual generosity, without regard to cost, prepared for the boys a beautiful design in roses and lilies of the valley of “the gates ajar. No more beautiful or touching offering was lald on the coffin of Willie Burnett yesterday than that of his fellow newsboys and their companions of the Newsboys’ Home. On the card attached to the design was the inscription: From the Newsboys and Children of the Newsboys’ Home. In Memory Installation Services. On the 15th instant a public installation of the newly elected officers of Potomac Com- mandery, No. 3, Knights Templar, will take place. This is something new in West End Masonic affairs. The announcement has occasioned much interest. Invitations will be issued to ladies. It Is expected that the grand master of Templars of the United States will conduct the installation ceremonies. He is due here on the lith, to institute the new Grand Com- mandery of the District of Columbi: The Templar installation exercises are very beau- tful and impressive. Watch Night Services, Watch night services will be held at the Dumbarton Avenue M. E. Church. The doors wil be opened at 10 o'clock and closed at 11. Late comers will not be per- mitted to enter the church. There will be a short sermon, in which the events of the ibe | review and experience The love feast custom in all probability will also he observed. Notes. The Christmas celebration at Dumbarton consisted mainly in the presentation of the cantata “Dorothy's Dream,” which had been under rehearsal for three weeks. Mr. A. J. Woughton was the Santa Claus of the evening. About fifty participated in the presentation. Mrs. Isaac Birch was largely responsible for the success of the affair. She trained the children in the various and mainly conducted the whole. sar Prager was arrested here Satur- y for contempt of court. He had been red to remove certain insanitary nui- sances, and had ignored the court's will. Richard Young and bride have turned from their honeymoon trip. re- THE SENATE COMMITTEES. List as Submitted by the Chairman of the Caucus. The democratic steering committee of the Senate completed the assignment of the minority membership of committees and handed the list to Senator Mitchell, chair- man of the republican caucus committee, Saturday. This list of the committees as thus completed is as follov Appropriations—Allison, chatrma: Cullom, Teller, Quay, Pettisrew republicans; Cockrell, Call, Gorman, Black- burn, Brice, Faulkner, democrats. Finanee—Morrill, Chairman; Allison, Al- drich, Platt, Woicott, | (Nevada), populist; Voorhees, Harris, el Jones (Arkansas), White, Walthall, demo- crats, Foreign Sherman, chairman; Frye, Davis, Cameron, Cullom, Lodge, re- publicans; Morgan, Gray, Turpie, Daniel, Mills, democrat —Hoar, ch: (Oregon), rman; Teller, Platt, ark, Thurston, repubiic Vilas, Hill, Lind. Commerce—Fr Jones (Ne-| vada), populis | Elkins, Nelson, White, democrats. te commerce—Cullom, Wolcott, Aldrich, Gorman, Brice, Gorman, chairman; ‘arter, repub- Lindsay, Smith, rs—Hawley, chairman; Proc- Shoup, Warren, Elkins, re- “ockrell, Palmer, Mitchell n), Walthall, democrats. 1ifairs—-Cameron, chairman; Hale, McMillan, Chandler, Dubois, re- ns; Blackburn, Gibson, — Smith, | Bacon, Tillman, democrats Rules—Aldrieh, chairman; Hoar, Mitchell (Ore, ‘Teller, republicans; Blackburn, Harris, Gorman, democrats. Privileges and elections—Mitchell (re.), chairman; Hoar, Chandler, — Burrow Pritchard, republicans; Gray,’ Pugh, Tur- pie, Palmer, democrats Public buildings and _grounds—Quay, rman; Morrill, Squire, Mantle, Warre republicans; Vest, Dantel, Gordon, Blanchard Murphy, democrats. Public nds—Dubois, chairman; Petti- grew, Hansbrough, Wilson, Cart Mc- Bride, republicans; Allen, populist; Berry, i Vilas, Tillman, democrats, Indian affairs — Pettigrew, chairman; Platt, Shoup, Mantle, Wilson, republican: Stewart, Allen, populists; Jones (Ark.), Morgan, Roach, Blanchard, Chilton, demo- crats, Claims—Teller, chairman; Mitchell (Ore.), Burrows, Warren, republicans; Stewart, Allen, populsts; Pasco, Caffery, Chilton, Bacon, Martin, democrats. Coast defenses—Squire, ey, Proctor, Burrows, McBride, republi- cans; Butler, populist; Gordon, Irby, Mills, White, Smith, democrats. To audit and control the contingent ex- of the Senate—Jones (Nev.), popu- nairman; Gallinger, republican; Jones democrat. us—Chandiler, chairmai Cullom, Pettigrew ry, White, Mur tof Colur Galtinger, Hansbe Baker, Wetmor Faulkner, Gi dei chairman; Haw- Hale, republicans democrats. Alli- Tur- son, pie, con, dueation and labor--Shoup, chairman; Cla republicans; Caffery, Murphy, Mantle, George, Perkin populist: Is—Cockrell, democrat, republicans. hairman; Dubols, democrat, i chairman; Sewell, Elkins, Thurston, Hill, Blackburn, Bate, Call, ts. i railroacs—Gear, chairman, lican; Stewart, populist; Davis, Frye, republicans; Brice, Morgan, ner, Murphy, democrats Patents—Platt, chairman; Pritchard. Shoup, republi- White, Squire, cans demée Pac repub- Wolcott, Faulk- zemia—there is a fat-fam- ine in your blood. Scotts Emulsion of cod-liver oil, with hypophosphites, is tne best food-means of getting your strength back—your doctor will tell you that. He knows ee that when the digestion is weak it is better to break up cod-liver oil out of the body than to burden your tired digestion with it. Scott’s Emulsion does that. Scorr & Bowne, Chemists, New York. soc. and $1.08 = Clark, Wetmore, rry, democrats. sions—Gallinger, cl populist; republicans; Call, Mills, airman; Shoup, re- Hansbrough, ley ker,reput Palme Brice, ", Mitchell (Wis), Linds: Roach, democrats Post’ offi and post roads—Wolcott, chairman; Mitchell (Oreg.), Chandler, Bu Carter, republicans; Butler, populist; Irby, Hill, Blanchard, democrats. Vilas, Agriculture and forestry—Proctor, chat ; Hansbrough, W: Butler, populist; rren, Gear, republ George,Bate, Roach, chairmar; Hansbrough, 2 emocrat. private land Claims—Harris, chair- Paseo, Berry, Turpie, democrats; Hele, Plat!, Baker, republicans. Library—Hansbrcugh, chairman; Wet- mcre, republicans; Voorhees, democrat. Manufactures—Wetmore, chairman; Cam- eron, Squire, republicans; Gibson, Sinith, democrats. Fisheries—Perkins, chairman; Proctor, Frye, Wilson, republicans: Butler, populist: Call, Gibson, Hill, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Aemocrats. Civil service and retrenchment—Pritch- ard, chairman, Lodge, Morrill, Dubois, El- kins, republicans; Gordon, Irby, Walthall, Chilton, democrats, Immigration—Lodge, chairman; Chandler, Squire, Sewell, Nelson, republicans; Peffer, populist; Hill, Voorhees, Faulkner, Harris, Gibson, ‘democrats. Improvement Mississippi_ river—Nelson, ckairman; Gear, Baker, Carter, republi- cans; Blanchard, Bate, Palmer, democrats. Irrigation and reclamation of arid lan —Warren, chairman; Thurston, republicans; Kyle, Stewart, Peffer, populists; White, Jones of Arkansas, Roach, Brice, demo- crats. Mines and mining—Stewart, populis chairman; Pettigrew, Wilson, Mantle, Wa’ ren, republicans; Bate, Call, Mills, Tillman, democrats. “ Railroads—Clark, chairman; Gallinger, Gear, Elkins, Nelson, Thurston, republi- cans; Berry, Gordon, Palmer, Blackburn, Blanchard, democrats. Relation with Canada—Carter, chairman Hoar, Hale, Pettigrew, Perkins, republi: cans; Murphy, Pugh, Mitchell of Wiscon- sin, Tillman, democrats. Revision of the laws of the United States —Eurrews, chairmen; Pritchard, Thurston, republicans; Daniel, Call, democrats. Revolution ary claims—Cameron, Aldrich, republicans; Pugh, chairman; Bacon, Ba‘e, rrats. <n_ depredations—Wilson, chairman; Shoop, Sewell, Mantle, McBride, republi- cans; Kyle, populist; Lindsay, Faulkner, Cockrell, Bacon, Martin, democrat: On orgenization, conduct and expendi- tures of the executive depertments—Butler, pcpulist, chairman; Dubois, Lodge, Wilson, Ww <HBOre. republicans; Smith, Cockrell, Hill, ffery, democrats. . Epidemic Oiseases—Vest, chairman; Har- ris, Irby. demccrats; Jorés, Nevada,’ popu- : Gallinger, Quay, republicans; Butler, To examine several brenches of civil service—Peffer, populist, chairman; Hoar, Gallin republicans; Gray, Vilas, demo- ts. nspertation 1outes to the seaboard McBride, chairman; Squire. Aldrich, ell, republicans; Allen _populis: George, Turpie, Dordon, democrats. Select Committees, To investigate the condition of the Poto- mac river front of Wasnington—George, chairman; Martin, Blanchard, democrats; Sherman, Perkins, republicans. gua canal and Nicaragua claims— airman; Palmer, Martin, Cemo- Irby, Nica Mcrgan, erats; Mitchell (Oregon), Hawley, Squ: Sewell, republicars. woman suffrage—Call, chairman; democrats; Hoar, Quay, republi- » Pepulist, On aiditional accommodations for the li- y of Congress—Voorhees, chairman sh, democrats; Morrill, Cullom,, Ailison, republicans, On the five civilized tribes of India Gray, chairman; Pasco, democrats; Teller, Piatt, Davis, republicans. On transportation and sale of meat prod- ucts—Blackburn, chairman; Vest, demo- crats; Woleott, Wetmore, republicans; Al- len, populist. To establish University of the United States—Kyle, chairman, populist; Sherman, Hawley, Frye, Nelson, republicans; Jones of , Turpie, Walthall, Mitchell of Wisconsin, democrats. International exposition—Thurs: man, P igrew, Sherman, Came McBride, Warren, Gray, Daniel, Gibsoa, democrats. Gealogical survey—Elkins, chairman; Wol- cott, Allison, republicans; Walthail, Mill democrats. National banks—Mantle, bois, Burrows, vepublicans. consin, Chilton, democra’ yn, chair- ‘on, Ha republicans; V. Voorhees, Lind: chairman; Du- echell of Wi Forest reservations and protection of same—Allen, chairman, populist; Kyle, pop- ul r, Mantle, republicans; Morgan, Re iliman, democrats. Corporations organized In the District of Cclumbi—Hoar, McMillan, Aldri repub- Means: Jones of Arkansas, chairman; Gor- man, democrats. Investigate trespassers on Indian lan Baker, chairman, Carter, _ republic: Roach, democrat. Mr. Gorman becomes chairman of the democratic conterence and takes the room now occupied by Mr. Sherman as chairman of the republican coufereace, ION, ow Money From a Member of Parliament. From Tid-Bits Here ts a story about a member of parlia- ment well known for his knowledge about all questicns of finance. This wise states- man was approached by a reputable-look- ing man, who sald, with a deferential, but not servile, ‘nfanner: cuse me, sir, are you not Mr. Blank?” ee am,” said the M. P., with affable dig- nity. “I believe you are well informed upon all fin, ancial qu suons? fr: the press are kind enough to say “You have given much attention to the subject, I think?” “More than to anything else.” “And no doubt you could give a satisfac- elt answer to almost ary question I might ask? The member saw that he was being in- terviewed, and wished to say something that would look well in print. “Perhaps I could, if it were in the power of any man,” he answered. “Well, I have a question of finance that I shculd be greatly pleased if you would answer to my satisfaction “Very good. What Is it? “Will you lend me a sovereign for a day or two?” The M, P. produced the sovereign. ay orge!” he said, afterward, “he could have caught me for five just as well, if he had only known i ————-eee- A Unique Clock. From the New York Sun. A timepiece presented by Philippe Egal- ite to George IV when he was Prince of Wales was recently scld at the Double sale In Paris. It Is in the shape of a ne- gress’ head, with jewels in the wool and a jeweled clasp for the handkerchief. A pair of openwork earrings hang from the ears. On pulling one the hour ts shown in the right eye and the minute in the left; on pulling the other @ set of bells chimes the hour.