Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1896, Page 3

——— PaCS EN EGs¥y PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. SPIRITUALISM—MISS MAGGIE GAULE OF timore, the during’ day, for “Setings,_ 0s wate ——T rulbar want, Wonn’s Hall, whether poor or rich, is ove who, looking at the uncertainty of individual wealth, pins his faith to the certaiaty of the accumulations of the many and carries a policy in that King of Safe Com- pavies—the Connecticut Mutual Life of Hartford, Coun. Its policies are plain and practical and right in price, with ali possible security thrown about them. A. H. GIBBS, General Agent, jalS-Im,14 918 F st. n.w., Wasbington, D. C. “PSCHORRBRAU* MUNCHEN IS THE IDEAL BEER. As a beverage, there's no other beer we know of that’s so refreshing und delicious. For family use—for the Invalid or convalescent—it bri back the appetite—tones up the system—restores health and strength. We'll supply you. FRITZ REUTER AND 4% ST. Ja31-10d COR. PA. AVE. TROUBLE TO MANSIONS. test your plumbing with « sure and reliable smoke test. A trifling jet of smoke Issuing from the drain or vert pipes means a leak, or trouble. I will cure the trouble and make your plumping secure. WILLIAM KOCH, 724 i3th st. nw. Tel. call 805. _Sazi-2we GOVER'S RENT LEDGER. A new edition in preparattn. Orders solicited for early delivery. Invaluable to Real Agents. H. L. McQUEEN, 1108-1116 WASHINGTON, D.C., January 17, 1896, The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Washington Gas Light Company, for the election of directors, will be held at the office of the company, 415 10th st. nw., MONDAY, February 8, 1896.’ The polls will be open from'12 o’cloc noon to 1 o'clock p.m. line T. W._STUB: and F sts., DR. dita fertz bldg. iT STOVE, AN ARTIS- tie grate, may be used in any chimney, with or without imantel, and combines heating’ qualities With the pleasures of an open fire, burning or soft coal or wood. J. H. CORNING, Tile Shop, 520-522 13th st. jal ‘The. '96 “Columbia” fs the cesult of 19 years of careful study exd constant improve- ment. Its minutest part {s perfect, and taken oll in all, it's th: acme of bicycle perfection. "96 Co- Iumbias” cost $100. DISTRICT CYCLE €O., —“Colnmbias,"* The “Hoosier” Files Keep papers and letters in perfect order—preverts loss — saves lots of trouble. Invaluable for busy men. Only 25 eh, £71,000 Good Envelopes—$1. Easton & Rupp, 421 11th St., Popular Priced Stationers. Just above Ave.) jaat-Ld Spring Building. If you are going to build a house this spring let us attend to the glass work. We are prepared to handle twice as much glass as we did last season. In addition the work will be done by ex- perts. Cnly such methods as have charac- terized our business could win for us the reputation we enjoy. Bring your plans and specifications to us, or let us call for them and furnish an estimate. Perhaps you know that we have the largest stock of Paints, Oils, Varaishes, &e.? Chas. E. Hodgkin, 913 7th, “PLATE GLASS EXPERT. Good Printing —is a necessary sdjunct to any business. ‘The common, ordinary printing will hurt you, f siden more than you imagine. You may ave an ic-a that good peinting Is expen- sive. You pay no more here for the BEST than other printers ask for the ordina:y sort. ByronS. Adams, 512 11th St. “Don't you like a Printer who is prompt?” 430-14 Spier, the Watch Insurance Is the only one in the city who'll Insure your Watch against all kinds of ace, [T&M Gents—for $2 e year! Come in and get particulars, B10 Oth st.; near Pu. ave. ja30- Been imprudent —and fear you may take cold? If so, take a little Tharp's “Berkeley” Rye Whisky— it will. prevent your taking cold! $1 full + and only of us. James Tharp, 812 FSt.NW. ja29-10d COAL! COAL! COAL! Pa. Pea Coal at $4.00, Chestnut and Furnace at $5.00 a ton delivered. JOHN MILLER & CO., fa2t-2w 20t! h and F sts. nw. Cancer in any form positively and perma- nently cured by a new theory of sreatnient =< references. MR. HEWLETT ANGRY. He is Fined Today for Contempt of Court. Witnesses who have appeared in the Police Court have often been obliged to ask the protection of the court from state- ments and accusations made by attorneys, and today one witress was given protection by Judge Miller, who fined Mr. Emanuel M. Hewlett, colored, $10 for contempt and then permitted him to appear in cases before he purged himself of the contempt. A young man named William Carter was charged with the theft of $1.50 from Hezekiah S. Waple, in whose employ he had been. Mr. Waple went on the stand as a wit- ness and related his story of the alleged theft, which was decidedly against Carter, and as he left the stand and started to- ward a seat Mr. Hewlett, shaking his finger at him, said: “That's a deliberate falsehcod, sir, and you know it.” Mr. Muilowny, the prosecuting attorney, said he felt it his duty to call upon the court for protection for the witness He repeated the language mentioned, which Mr. Hewlett denied having used. Mr. Mullowny insisted that he had used the language, and a number of jurors who appeared greatly incensed at the attack made on Mr. Waple arose and declared that they heard the language repeated ty the prosecutor. The court thereupon fined Mr. Hewlett $10 for contempt and the ease proceeded. Carter was acquitted. A few minutes later when Mr. Hewlett was defending another case he had another tilt. This time he objected to Mr. Mul- lowny asking an alleged leading question, and thinking the court was not giving his objection the proper consideration, he an- nounced that he would take the matter in his_own hand. When court was over the $10 fine was paid, and Mr. Hewlett explained to a Star reporter that by taking the matter in his own hands he means he will knock some- bedy down and then pay for it. es He Did Not Pay. Chief Justice Bingham today, upon the motion of Mr. W. Preston Williamson, counsel for Mrs. Catherine Fitzpatrick, or- dered the marshal to arrest her husband that was, James Fitzpatrick, for failing to obey an order of the court made on the 18th of this month directing him to pay Mrs. Fitzpatrick the sum of $150. The parties vere divorced the 2d of this month vpon the petition of Mrs. Fitzpatrick. and later ht was ordered to pay forthwith to his wife the sum of $150, and $15 every three morths, as alimony. Unless he obeys the order of the court, Mr. Williamson will ask that he be committed to jail until he —— B. L. B. C. Reception. The B. L. B. C. gave a reception last night at 472 Washington street northwest in honor cf its president, Wm. S. Hawkins. The attendance was very large and the évening was greatly enjoyed. The success of the event was due to the efforts of the committee of arrangements, consisting of Miss S. Davis, chairman: Miss B. Brown, Mr. E. E. Williams and Mrs. E. Sharps. ——-—_— The Maennerchor Ball. The annual masquerade pall of the Ger- mania Maennerchor will pe given at the Masonic Temple next Monday evening. DISTRICT EXPENSES Figures Agreed Upon by the House * Appropriation Committee. COMPARED WITH THE ESTIMATES Details of the Bill as Completed for the House. ———— SALARIES CUT OUT The report on the District appropriation bill makes the following detailed compari- son between the Commissioners’ estimates for 1897 and the appropriations carried by the bill: OBJECT. Estimates Recommended for 1897. for 1897. Salaries: Executive office $65,293.50 $49,889.00 Assessor's offic 39,000.00 35,000.00 Collector's office. 27,400.00 15,200.00 Auditor's office. 18,900.00 17,700.00 Attorney's office. 9,600.00 9,000.00 Sinking fund office 8,000.00 2,400.00 Coroner's office. _ 7,800.00 1,800.00 Market masters +. 4,260.00 3,860.00 Sealer of weights and measures (in urgent de- ficiency act for 1896).. _ 3,940.00 3,940.00. =+ 70,392.00 67,332.00 900.00 900.00 crintendent: ities. 3,840.00 3,840.00 Surveyor's ary civil act for 1896) 12,500.00 10,000.00 Miscellaneous: Contingent expenses, Dis- trict offices. -+ 25,000.00 22,500.00 Ccntingent expenses, sta- bles, Engineer's dept... 5,500.00 5,000.00 Rent of District offices.: - 10,000.00 7,000.00 Rent of property yards. 300.00 ‘300.00 Collecting overdue per- sonal taxes. 1,500.00 ‘Indicial expenses. 1,000.00 Contingent expens: ‘oner’s offic 1,000.00 Morgue. 12,000.00 Advertisi 2,500.00 Advertising, taxes In arrears. 10,000.00 Preparing arrears of tax- es on real property..... 2,000.00 2,000.00 Preparing general assess- ment and numerical a 4,000.00 2,000.00 plats of subdivisions, Georget’n. 500.00 316.90 Market houses, repairs.. 2,175.00 1,500.00 Addition to Eastern Mar- BER RE Rs ++ 1,500.00 Total, salaries miscellaneous. Plats: of subdivisions. Extension of highways. Assessment and it. work: Alleys, sidewalks and sewers... $195,000.00 Permit work! Roadways of streets... ++ $15,000.00 ... THE OFFICIAL il Hi I } | a ek a iia ie aati Vi L oy Nal Sao At THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1896-FOURTE = = = WEATHER MAP, tf ii i eS Nil Al ie Vek: Re NO Ceiihy — Me Raay EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at § a.m,, 75th werldiaa time.-. Soll@-lines. are 1s dara or lines of equal air pressure, d:awn for each tenth cf ar inch. Mnes of equal ‘emperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Dotted lines are isotherms of Shaded: areas are ‘regions where’ rain ‘or snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours, The words ‘High’? and ‘Low’ show location of areas of high and low barometer. Small arrows fly with the wibd. RAIN IN PROSPECT. It Would Be Well to Carry an Um- brella Tomorrow. Forecast till 8 p.m. Saturday: For the District of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland, tonight, threatening weather and warmer; Saturday, rain, probably be- ginning late tonight; northeasterly winds, becoming southwesterly. For Virginia and North Carolina, increas- ing cloudiness with rain in western portions tonight; Saturday, rain; warmer In western portions tonight; Saturday, warmer; north- east to east. Weather conditions and general forccast: An area of high pressure covers New England and the Atlantic states, highest in the Saint Lawrence valley. A second area of high pressure covers the Rocky mountain districts. A trough of relatively low pressure extends from Mianesota to eastern Texas, but without a well-defined storm-center. The barometer has risen in New England and the middle states; also on the Rocky mountain plateau and slope. It has fallen generally in the central val- leys. ‘The temperature ts lower in New England and the lower lake region. and higher. in the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys. Rain has fallen generally in the Missis- sipp! and Ohio valleys, and fair weather has prevailed in other districts. The following heavy precipitation Qn inches) was reported: During the past twenty-four hours—Pal- estine, 2.46; Little Rock, 1.80. - Generally fair weather with higher tem- perature is indicated for New England; fer the middle Atlantic and east gulf states threatening weather, with rain zonight and Saturday and rising temperature; and for the west gulf states clearing weather with lower temperature. Condition Temperature and of the Water. condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 36; condi- tion, 4; receiving reservoir,.. temperature, 38; condition at north connection, 6; condi- tion at south connecti 3; distributing reservoir, temperé condition at in- fluent gate house, effluent gate ‘house, 3. Tidé Table, Today—Low tide, 2:35 a.m. and 2:09 p.m.; high tide, 7:40 a.m. and 8:08 p.m. * ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 1 a.m. and 3:46 p.m.; high tide, 9:18 a.m. p.m. The Sun and Moon. Sun rises, 7:10; sun sets, 5:17. Moon rises, 7:07 p.m. today; sets, ‘8:02 a.m. to- morrow. The Bicycle Lamps. The new police regulations require that all cycles, bicycles and trieycles in motion after dark shall carry a suitable light. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 6: tinguishing begun at 5:50 a.m. ing js’ begun one hour before named. dered. Naphtha lamps all Eghted by 6 p.m.; extinguishing begun at 6:14. The naphtha lampg burn fifteen minutes later in the morning than the gas lamps, and the moon schedule does not apply to them... Public are lamps lighted at 6:00 p.m. and extinguished at 6:44 a.m. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: the time If clear less Ughting may be or- 8 a.m., 36; 2 p.m., 41; maximum, 42; min- imum, 33. Improvements and i repairs: Work on sundry streets and avenues. . Grading streets, and roads..... Repairs to pavements. Condenmation of streets. alleys Total, improvements ‘and repairs. ‘ Sewers: Cleaning and ‘repairing sewers and basins...... Replacing obstructed sew- ers and for relief sewers Main and pipe sewers... Rock Creek and B street intercepting sewer, Eekington Valley se’ Brookland sewer. Kenesaw avenue i ‘Tibe- Creek and New Je Sey avenue intercepting sewer. Suburban sewers. Condemnation of rights of way. < Automatic flushing tanks. Total, sewers........ THE WEATHER FORECASTS BY FLAG SIGNALS. No. 1. No. 2. No. 8. No. 4. No. 5. wf ins Clear or falr Rain or Local rain Tempers turds iq, _, Cold wave. , weather. snow. ‘or snow. csignal. | . * = - ee Explanation of the Fings. ‘The flags are holsted each day pon tbe fssne of the morning weather map ard float until dark. ‘They indicate the weather that may be expected during the following thirty-six hours, but” more par- ticularly the last twenty-four hours of that perlod. If more than one kind of weather {s predi-ted for the period frow.8 p.m. to 8 p.m, the corditions first named in the forecast will be represented by the wppermost flag. of & “cold wave’ is included in tae forccast mestage, the cold-wave flag will beidisplayed below the downward. _ proper weather fing. ‘The temperature flag, when placed above numbers 1, 2 or 8, Indicates Warmer ‘weather; when placed below numbers 1, 2 or 8, indicates colder weather; when not displayed, the\Andications are that They are to be read from’ the top of the staff When a warning Streets: Repairs, streets, avenues and alleys... =. $45,000.00 $30,000.00 Replacing sidewalks and curbs, public reserva- tions. . 10,000.00 5,000.00 Repairs, county road 60,000.00 40,000.00 Construction, county roads 167,000.00 25,000.00 Grading unimproved streets, roads and alleys Sprinkling, sweeping and cleaning. femoval of snow and ice from cross-walks. Parking commission. Improving District park in front of Washington 38 is $33 388388 Lighting, gas or oil- Lighting, electric. Harbor and river front Harbor boat, improvem’ Public scales. Bathing beach. New fire, ce in boat. Publie pumps. Drilling deep Bridges, care of. Total, street Rock Creek Park... 3 Washington Aqueduct: Engineering, maintenance, ete. 000. Protecting be ae at Great Falls....... ee 3,000.00 Inserting valves in mains —_ 6,250.00 Total, Washington Aqueduct... ++ $32,250.00 $25,000.00 $8,050.00 me TBA.S75.00 For night s 6,000.00 Contingent, ¢ x right seho:ls. For janitors and care of bags buildings ...... 57,731.00 Rent of school buildings 12,5000 Repairs and. improve- ments to bulldings..... . Tools, ete., for maial San 8,000.00 35,000.00 4,900.00 28,000.00 supplies. iz 35,000. New buildings and sites.. 1177900-00 Total, public schools.$1,306,961.00 $1,078,556.00 Metropolitan police: For salaries ..... He Police relief fund ‘deft- ciency ..... Miscellaneous Additions to houses . $655,450.00 $553,480.00 Metropolitan ‘Total, police + $708,418.00 576,730.00 $167,840.00 $140,900.00 ment ++ 117,606.00 27,700. Misceliancous “expenses: "64,009.00 37,000.00 Total, fire depart- ment ... $341,446.00 205,600.00 Telegraph and telephone Seas service: For salaries. . $12,720.00, $10,900.00 General supplies... 13,000.00 -" “11,000.00 Extension of fire alarm teleg aph .. 21,800. Renewing efty lin 5,600. Special repairs. Total, telegraph and telephone . $61,110.00 $26,800.00 Nicotine Neutralized CHEW AND SMOKE CA IOC POUCH TOBACCO. NO NERVES QUAKING. 3 NO DYSPEPTIO ACHING, =-NERVOUS. ANT cpyspeptic, Estimates Recommended for 1897. for 1597. Health departmer For salaries. seecese $40,800.00 Rent .. é 20.0 Chemical ia! 1,000.60. Removal of ee, 57,000.00 Prevention of scarle ver and diphtheria. 13,500.00 Hospital for minor tagious discases. 49,000.00 ....+ Ambulance for contagious diseases... ee |, health de- erattoent seceeeee $161,420.00 Courts: For salaries. $19,196.00 $18,196.99 Miscellaneous 20,800.00” 16,900.00 Defeni.ng suits (a urgent det for 1896).. 2,500. Writs of lunac 2,500.00 For interest and sii inking: Emergency fund.. Municipg) building, Reformatories and pris- aie ‘ons: = Support of convicts...... $50,000.00 $45,000.00 Court house, District of Been Columbia - wees 12,960.00 12,000.00 Warden of jail 1,800.00 1,800 ee Suppert of prisoners. : 45,000.00 45,000. Transportation of paupers 3,500.00 3,500.00 and prisoners... ...++++ Washington Asylum, sal- aries... Miscellanecus Reform School, salari Support of inmates. Buildings ond grow Total, reformatories ‘and prisops.......- $237,370.00 For support of the Insane. $104,049.00 _ $104,049.00 vor instruction ‘of the = Feat and dumb.......-. $10,500.00 $10,500.00 For Charities: Relief of the poor. . Municipal Tadeing House ‘femporary Home for ex- ‘Union Soldiers and Sal Emerg Columbia Hospital Lying-in Asylum. . Children's Hospital. and National Homeopathic Hospital. ..2-.0..+ +--+ Freedmen’s Hospital and ‘Asylum. Reform School for Girls. Washington Hospital for Foundlings........ Church Orphanage clation.....«- German Orphan Asylum. National Association for ‘Destitute Colored Asso: Wo- men and Children. ..... 9,900.00 St. Ann's Infant Asylum. 5,400.00 Association for Works of Mercy. : 1,800.00 House of the Good Shep- herd... 2,700.00 St. Rose Industrial School 4,500.00 St. doveph's Asylum. 1800.00 ve ¥ istian: Young Women's ai eee 125,000.00 ‘9,900.00 27,400.00 and Help 7,000. Newsboys and’ Childre ‘Aid Society. 1,000.00 Eastern Dispensary 1,000.00 vi ¢ for Wenratless:-<20 2,000.00 Total, charities... For the militia of the Dis- trict of Columbia. Grand total, exclusive of water departm’t.$: Amount paysble from United States Treasury .$3,745,878.73 $2,612,682.83 44,610.00 4,448.73 rhereat ‘on account of 48- Anch ard 14th street mait Inst ‘11,761.51 nS... + nttee . 7,457.00 tallment on account of 48-inch and 1ith street total, i Onto Gepartiment. “7,706, 405.22 §5,417,900.29 The bill reported shows @ decrease of 224 salarics. under. the . Commissioners’ esti- mates, divided as follows: kixecutive office, 13; assessors’ office, collector's office, 1; auditor's office, 1; engineer's office, 1; plumbing board, 5; sprinkling, sweeping and cleaning, 17; school janitors, 1; Met- ropolitan police, 108; fire department, 37 telegraph and telephone service, 3; healt department, 9; for prevention ‘of. scarlet fever and diphtheria, 12; Washington Asy- lum, 5; reform schogl, 3; Freedmen's Hos- pital, 4; girls’ reform school, 1; District militia, 1; water department, 4. ——-—_- CHARITIES. Allegations Made by Ex-Warden Barke as to Certain Institutions. The Hotise committee on appropriations remained in session until a late hour last night to wihd up a few details of the Dis- tut appropriation bill. While in session the committee gave a hearifig to ex- Warden Burke to present a protest against } the allotment of apprdpriations to certain sectional charitable institutions, Mr. Burke gave testimony as to alleged abuses in these institutions, and named first a hospital not mentioned in the Dis- trict appropriation bill. As it is provided for in another bill, however, the committee received his statement. It was to the ef- fect that a member of a Grand Army post in this city, an ex-captain of the army, had been sent by his comrades to this hos- pital for treatment. A few days afterward, when his friengs went to inquire about him, they were told that he was dead and buried. A search of the alleged burial place showed that no corpse was there, but later the body was found in the dissecting room of a medical college, minus the head and Jegs. He said a.similar thing occurred in the case of an unfortunate young wo- tan who died at the hospital. Mr. Burke also stated that a certain sup- posedly non-sectarian institution, aided by jsthe pending bill, was under the domination of a particular sect, to the extent of pro- hibiting the children from learning to read the Bible. : The committee adopted an amendment to the clause regulating electric and gas lights as follows: Provided further, That in ease such low- est responsible bidder be not provided with @ system of underground pipeS’for the pur- Pose of conducting gas (or electric light wires) in the streets, roads and alleys to be lighted hereunder, the Commissioners of the District may, under such reasonable conditions as they may prescribe, authorize such bidder to lay down an approved sys- tem of underground pipes for said purppse in and along such streets, roads and al- leys as may be necessary for said service; such privilege as maybe granted hereun- der to be revocable at*the will of Congress without compensation. © ae Papite Diiicer. | To the Editor of The Evening Star: I wish a few words through the medium of your worthy paper. Our statute books contain the following:. “A law regulating the practice of pharmacy in the District of Columbia.” It distinctly says ‘no drug store shall be conducted except under the immediate care ofa registered pharmacist.” Congress, with the citizens of Washington back of ‘them, realizéd the ‘necessity of some measure to insure the public pretec- tion when the dispensing of medicines and physicians’ prescriptions were needed. This good. law ig now practically dead and buried, notwithstanding the fact that five medical men sre appointed by the Commis- sloners to see that the provisions of this act are carried’ out. A large number ‘of the drug stores of our city are continually left in charge of mere boys in age and experi- ence. Is this right or. safe?. No. It is ex- posing a people to all the dangers of an ignorant person in dispensing their medi- cines. The doctor is lable to @ove his pre- scriptions wrongly compoundeu;thus endan- gering the precious lives of his patients. I write this a:ya physicion in order that it may call attention to the danger that bescts the physician and-general public. A DOCTOR. —_—————_ = = The PablieSchbols, __, In The Star's’ Almanac for 1996, on page 17, Will be’ found intetestIng informa- dion, concerning the. publics schools of. the District. At all news stands and at The Star office. Price, 25¢e, copy. MR. VILAS ON SILVER], "25% 7° {2t=rse=s. Vivid Word Painting of the Terrors of Free Coinage. DESPOTISM OF WESTERN MINE OWNERS Danger to Pensioners in the Wild Schemes of Remedy. ELOQUENCE AND FINANCE “It will,” said Senator Vilas, in his speech today on the silver bill, “doubtless never be necessary to discuss this bill as it came from the House. But it may be said it deserved its fate—strangled by sil- ver. It was but the fraudulent pretext of response to the exigency which it pro- fessed to meet, and to the reasonable sug- Gestions of the President, which it de- nied, while it avowed their wisdom. With the exception of provision for emergency certificates—which ought to stand in the permanent statutes—the House bill con- tained nothing commendable; everything else was but mockery of the legislation demanded by our fiseal conditions. And so again, as a year ago, partisanship or imbecility, or both, has stricken Congress with paralysis, and the rescue of business prosperity from its recurring peril has been thrown upon the executive. it is almost as fortuitous as fortunate that an old statute has remained untouched during eur financial madness which can again serve the turn; ayd although in a clumsy w when considered with reference to existing conditions and suitable measures of relief, yet it shows God’s pity and merey are not wholly withdrawn from us. Recreancy Charged. “If,” he continued, “‘any trusted agent in private affairs should so deny duty ard abuse trust as Congress did a year ago, and now r@peats, no judgment in his con- demnation would be too severe. Over $16,000,000 in the public debt were then thrown away in the reckless rage of par- tisanship, and the injury that must now be sustained by the people for the same reason is probably no less, although the exact measure of it is not quite so clear. ‘Then republican management was able to show pretense that but for the pepulists and free silverites there might have heen relief. It was not true then, and this bill has now unmasked the fact by denying under republican dictations the only remedy available to the increased mischief.” Dezlaring that the b.ll as it came from the House wes a mere sham and fraud, Mr. Vilas proceeded to show that the Senate amendments made it worse than the orig- inal measure. “It was a bad stock,” he asserted,“though it has been budded with a warm scion. The best hope is that both will Shrivel and die in the desert air of the Senate.” Horror of Horrors. Jn the Senate, he said, Midas fs the hor- ror of horrors; everything turns to silver. He said he had hitherto concluded that it was the wisest policy to sit quiet and al- low the silver advocates to do the talking, as they were in the habit of doing at the ratio of about 16 to 1, but he had heard it asked why the opponents of free coinage did not justify their faith in debate. He then proceeded at considerable length to d.scuss the free coinage provision of the pending bill, declaring that the financial distress and public m:sery of the past three years were the direct products of the ef- forts to force silver upon the country. “And,”” he said, “our course to relief is a return to sound principles.” He believed especially that every step of the fatal pro- gress in error had been opposed to the car- dinal doctrines on which the democratic party is based and by which it must abide or sink in recreancy while the spirit flies from our institutions of liberty. He divided the silver advocates into three classes: First, those who were interested in silver mining; second, heavy debtors, and, third, those who believe in the prin- ciple of bimetallism. Of the first class he said that they were few in number, but wonderfully potential; of the second that they might “deserve sympathy if they did not shock it.” The third class he regarded as honestly mistaken, and to them he ad- dressed his argument. The Silver Despot. He contended that the silver mine owners were largely responsible for the agitation for fre2 coinage, and after asserting that silver mining was confined to the western States, said the mines were owned by com- paratively few people, and largely by cor- porations, who, by the employment of la- bor, often make large profit on compara- tively smal) outlay. The keenest and best- trained intellects, he said, were enlisted by | this solid interest, which was possessed of “great strength of numbers and riches, powerful in intelligence. learning and skill, Keenly perceptive of its special interest, hardy and resolute to seek it.” That in- terest was in to win, to secure the best price for silver. He declared the people of the Rocky mountains to be subservient to the mine holders. “The veriest despot of story, the ‘Grand Khan’ of Tartary, the Great Mogul, never had more submissive subjects than the sil- ver king of the Rockies, nor was ever tyrant more pitilessly exacting. No independence of thought or speech is tolerated there. No party, no creed, no business, can thrive which dares to doubt in the realm of that monarch, the law of finance as it is in sil- ver. “The business man finds it prudent to say nothing, and As for the politician who dares to flaunt his independence, woe be- tide him. “Where,” he exclaimed, “is that sturdy Senator,the brave, unbending Carey? Where is Dolph, the strong, able and indefatigable? Look on the bloody Moloch of silver to learn their fate.” Silver and Protection. He traced the past legislation in the inter- est of silver to the theory of protection, which he characterized as vicious and wicked. The Senator then proceeded to a review not only of silver legislation, but of silver production and silver coinage in the United States, showing that the production was small before the civil war. “Bimetallism is,” he said, ‘‘a high-sound- ing, splendid word. If only bimetallism! But alas! What is it and where is it? Like dreams that wane before the half-shut eye or gay castles in the clouds that pass, for- ever flitting in the summer sky, always dancing before the vision, always some- thing to be gained, but never realized, the glittering bauble has filtted on afar be- fore the fatuous pursuit on which the pub- lic have so long been conducted, yet always to disappear save in the pleasing speech of silver advocates, while the realities of gain could be matched by the other and master- ing purpose.” He declared that from the beginning practical bimetallism had never been pro- posed to Congress. He declared that Sen- ators Teller and Wolcott as champions of silver had based their contentions upon a protective foundation. Danger to Pensioners. Referring to the claims of the debtor class, he said that at best they asked to have something taken by law from one class for another class. He claimed that a free coinage law would be especially hard upon pensioners—an unspeakable and un- paralleled outrage. Mr. Vilas’ peroration was a vivid word picture of democracy, menaced on the one hand by federalism rejuvenated in the re- publican party, and on the other by that ‘“portentous cloud of a party never known in days of democratic justice, charged with wild, fantastic theories of social disorder and wilder schemes of remedy, threatening, should it grow apace, no one can foretell what violence of social tempest.” After reciting the glories of the old party of Jefferson and Jackson the Senator con- cluded: “This party will continue on its great career, yielding neither on one side or the other to the reactionary forces of old absolutism or the lurid fires of anarchy.” ———————— Against the District. Because of injuries alleged to have been received from falling through an unpro- tected sewer trap opening a+ ith and C streets northeast, the 25th of last August, Emma B. Payne has filed a suit against the District, claiming $10,000 damages. i BEEoSEEABESERSERS FOR RENT (Flats). FOR RENT (Houses)..... FOR RENT (Miscellaneous) etter ett tts FOR RENT (Omtices). Page 12 FOR RENT (Rooms) -Page 12 FOR RENT (Stables) Page 12 FOR RENT (Stores) Page 12 FOR RENT (Warehouses). ‘age 12 FOR SALE (Bicycles). ... FOR SALE (Houses). FOR SALE (Lote)... FOR SALE (Miscellaneou: HORSES AND VEWICLES. HOTELS LECTURES LEGAL NOTIC! -Page 12 LOCAL MENTY: -Page 10 LOST AND FOUND. -Page 12 MANICURE ++-Page 13 MEDICAL -Page 12 MONEY W -Page 12 NEW PUBLICATIONS. -Page 9 PERSONAL . -Page 12 PIANOS AND GRG. -Page 13 POTOMAC RIVER BOATS -Page 13 PROPOSALS e -Page 12 RAILROADS ...... -Page 13 SPECIAL NOTICES. -Page 3 STORAG! : -Page 12 SUBURBAN PROPERTY. NDERTAKERS WANTED (Ilelp) pr 13 12 12 12 12 ANOTHER LUMINARY. Saturday's Big Star Will Shine for All. The following are a few of the many features that will appear in tomorrow's twenty-four-page Star: : SPEAKER REED'S PEN (llustrated.) How he is able to do so much wérk and to do it well. ANDREW JACKSON (illustrated.) Old Hickory’s early life described by Amos Kendall. THE COMING OF MOLLY PECOY (ilus- trated.) A short story complete in tomorrow's Star, by Will N. Harben. ~ SLOPING SHOULDERS (illustrated.) Ellen Osborn says that smaller sleeves will be worn in the spring. SCRAPPY “PARLY VOO” (ilustrated.) Sterling Heilig tells of the difficulty of picking up French in Paris. THE GHOSTLY MANIFESTATIONS OF AUNT DRUSILLA (llustrated.) An entertaining story by Elizabeth Pul- len, published complete, : A NOVELIST’S VIEWS (llustrated.) F. Marion Crawford thinks there is an- other side to the Armenian question. REGION OF ORION (illustrated. The skies in February, and where the splendid constellations may be found. BLACK CAT FARMING. A unique scheme to produce feline furs for the market. HOLD THE FORT. Recollections of a soldier who marched through Georgia. ABOUT FOOD WE EAT. | Pauline Pry tells why Uncle Sam's infor- mation needs woman's aid to make it available. AN EMERGENCY MAN. A day with the Vice President, who holds an office of dignity, but with little in- fluence or patronage. COIN IN THE SLOT. Machines showing great ingenuity for saving labor and time. SPORTS AND GAMES. A page of interesting news about base ball, bicycling, horse racing, whist and chess. RANDOM NOTES. A page of things heard and seen about town and at the Capitol, interspersed with numerous short stories tersely told. —_.——_ Hotel Arrivals. National—C. G. Griffey and wife, Michi- gan; H. A. Jennings, Bridgeport, Conn.; F. E, Tilke, New York; W. O. Lee, Detroit, Mich.; W. P. Leiser, Brooklyn, N. ¥.; W. J. Wolff, Winston, N. C.; C. Eckert, Cin- cinnati, Ohio; T. J. Smith, Worcester, Mess. Arlingtcn—Mrs. Geo. H. Reed, Miss Mar- garet Reed, Pittsburg; S. S. Huntley, Mon- tana; Lloyd Wilson, Chicago; A. Means, Illinois; E. C. Stere, Portland, Oreg. Shoreham—B. F. Spangler and daughter, York, Pa.; Geo. W. Stevens, Buffalo; O. R. Wolff and wife, C. C. Rogers, New York; L. D. York, Portsmouth, Oreg.; W. P. Hol- comb, Boston, Mass. Riggs—L. I. Morris, J. O. Doherty, Bos- ton, Mass.; J. P. Van Hood, Philadelphia; Geo. P. Olcott, wife and child, Florence Decker, Ethel Lyon, Mabel Condit, East Orange, N.J. Willard’s—E. T. Malone, Chicago; Thos. Ferriss, New Yerk; C. O. Talcott and wife, Cincinnati, Ohio; Matthew McClug, jr., Knoxville, Tenn.; A. Morri and wife, One- onta, N. Y. Raleigh—Jas. S. Marx, Mrs. C. Marx, De- troit, Mich.; J. F. Norton, Chicago; Frank P._Woomer, New York. ~ Page’s—C. H. Seitz and wife, Brooklyn, ¥.;.Geo. R. Moore, jr., Philadelphia; E. Grigg, Richmond, Va. Normandie—Mrs. Wm. B. Kempton, Miss Inez B. Kempton, Philadelphia, Pa. Howard House—Thos. J. McManus, New York; J. N. Smith, Atlanta, Ga; J. B. Edams, W. B. Henry, Philadelphia; D. J. Travel, Cotumbus, Ohio. —— Many Congressmen Were Guests. The guests at the banquet of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Association at Baltimore last night included Mr. Morton, Secretary of Agriculture; Shinichro Kurino, Japanese minister; ex-Minister Charles Emory Smith of Philadelphia, President D. C. Gilman of Johns Hopkins University, Representatives T. C. Catchings of Missis- sippi, J. P. Dolliver of Towa, Charles A. Towne of Minnesota, Marriott Brosius of Pennsylvania, J. H. Bromwell of Ohio, Binger Hermann of Oregon, John K. Cowen, Harry Welles Rusk and Chas. E. Coffin of Maryland. SSeee Sees An Oratorical Contest. The third annual oratorical contest of the Metropolitan Epworth League will be held this evening in the lecture room of the Met- ropolitan M. E. Church, corner of 4% and C streets northwest. The judges of the con- test will be Prof. Lee Davis Lodge, Dr. Geo. H. Qerey and Mr. Levin H. Campbell. An excellent program has been arranged, and a most enjoyable evening’s entertainment is expected. —__.__— Geographic Society Lectures. A lecture on Costa Rica will be delivered this evening in Metzerott Music Hall, the event being the tenth lecture of the course given by the National Geographic Society. ‘The lecturer will be Gen. Richard Villa- franca, commissioner general from Costa Rica to the Atlanta exposition. He will touch on the geography and resources of Costa Rica, and will give some interesting points in the history of the island, FINANCIAL. : The National Safe Deposit, | Savings and Trust : Company Of the District of Columbia. <1] CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE, < Chartered by special act of Congress, ‘ Jan., 1867, and acts of Oct., 1890, and Fet., 1892! 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Sturte Wm. E. Edmonston, } George HI. Plant, E. Franels It Henry A. Willard, John F. Rodgers, Jobn G. Parke, lewis Clephane,’ George T. Du Thomas tiyde, > Andrew Wyli: Woodiury Blair, Z mas C. Rowing, Thomas R. Jones, Matthew G. eJohn Cammack, "> "3, James M. Jobnstoa, W. Riley Deevie. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE . Benjamin P. Snyder, Andrew Wylie, he Woodbury Blair, Robert O. Holtzman, Albert L. Sturtevaut, W. Riley Deedle, SILSEY & COMPANY ANKEES AND BROKERS, Office, G13 15th street 1 National Metropolitan Bank bi Teleph 5: STORAGE. The public is invited to call and inspect cur } 800 PRIVATE ROCMS—well lighted, clean and at moderate rates, We offer the best storage apart- ments in the city. Central, Spacious and Accessible. LARGE FAC LITIES FOR STORAGE OF MERCHANDISE, FREICHT, &c. FURNITURE VANS FOR MOVING, STEAM ELEVATORS. 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OFFICES, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. de10-16tf* represent tl Lowest rates. 023-3m 4 = Officers Elected. The Medico-Chirurgical Society of the District of Columbia held their regular monthly meeting last evening at the resi-_ dence of Dr. A. W. Tancil. A very inters esting paper was read by Dr. N. F. Gra- ham, after which officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows: President, 8, R. Watts, M. D.; first vice president, R. W, Brown, M. D.; second vice president, A. W. Tancil, M. D.; recording secretary, S. M, Pierre, M. D.; corresponding secretary, C, A. Sewell, M. D.; treasurer, Geo. W. Cab- D.; librarian, C. H. Marshall, M. D.; board of examiners, Drs. Robert Rey- burn, D. H. Williams, J. R. Wilder, N. F. Graham and Thos. Martin; committee on essays, Drs. R. W. Brown, J. R. Wilder! and R. L. Gaines. ————_—_—_ Capt. Symons. ; Captain Thomas W. Symons, for ‘several { years assistant Engineer Commissioner of | the District, and one of the most popular Officers ever connected with the District, paid a visit_to the District building today and shook hands with his old friends. The captain is now located at Buffalo, and is in ‘Waspington witn a delegation from that city urging Ircreased appropriations before Congress.