Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1896, Page 1

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SITE POR A CONTAGIOUS HOSPITAL Analostan Island Suggested to the Senate Committee. - ——— OTHER MATTERS CONSIDERED — There was a meeting of the Senate com- mittee on the District of Columbia at 10:45 this morning, when considerable business was transacted. Messrs. McMillan, chair- man; Hansbrough, Pritchard, Wetmore, Harris, Faulkner, Gibson, Smith, Martin and Bacon were present, the absente® be- ing Messrs. Gallinger, Proctor and Baker. Mrs. Stewart, wife of Senator Stewart, and Mrs. Gordon, daughter-in-law of Sena- tor Gordon, had requested of the committee a hearing in favor of locating a contagious disease hospital on Analostan Island. They appeared before the committee and spoke earnestly in favor of this plan. A few days ago Senator Stewart introduced a resolu- tion in the Senate, which has been referred to the District. Commissioners for their opinion and recommendation, this resolu- tion providing that a hospital for conta- gious diseases be located on Analostan Is- land. Mrs. Stewart stated that Analostan Island comprises eighty-three acres above high-water mark, which are free from all ‘langer of floods. She said that access to the island would be easy, in view of the fact that a memorial bridge is to be built across the river, and this bridge, they claimed, could t constructed as to per- mit the easy transportation of patients to and f-om the island. The ladies had got the opinions of a number of physicians and health experts on the necessity of a con- tagious disease jospital for Washington city, and they said that many persons were interested in having this hospital construct- ed as soon as possible. A Gas Hearing to Be Given. In view of the request of the East Wash- ington Citizens’ Associaticn for a hearing on the bill to itcorporate the National ital Gas Light, Heat and Power Com- any of the District of Columbia, intro- duced in the Senate by Mr. Kyle and re- ferred to District Commissioners for the committee decided to grant a ig of one hour on this subject. The hearing will probably be held at 2 o'clock en next Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Faulkner was authorized to report favorably to the Senate Mr. Harris’ bill “to amend an act entitled an act to punish false swearing before trial boards of the mertopolitan police force and fire depart- ment of the District of Columbia and for other purposes.” Mr. McMillan was a favorably Mr. of Kate Winter ° Mr. Bacon was authorized to report fa- vorably Senate bill 0, introduced by M McMillan, to amend section 9 of an act entitled “An act io provide for the appoint- ment of a sealer and assistant scaler of xorized to report bill for the relief weights and measures in the District of Columbia.” This bill has been amended, but the amendments are not material. In the case of Senate bill 1222, to license billiard tables and for other purposes, the committee authorized the substitution of House bill 5190 on this same subject in plece of the Senate bill, which will be re- ported favorably to the Senate. Mr. Hansbreugh was authorized to report without amendment House bill 2300, to in- corporate the Supreme Council of the :id degree of Scottish Rite Masonry for the southern jurisdiction of the United States. To Regulate Marriages. Mr. Faulkner has recast his bill “to reg- ulate merriages in the District of Colum- bia” by striking out section 6, which deals with the property rights of married wo- men. It was thovght. best in order that the bill should be free from criticism to strike out this gection and to confine the legislation proposed in the bill solely to the subject of marriages, the question of property rigtis to be embodied in a bill to be introduced at some other time. In his ferm the bill will be reported favorably to the Senate by Mr. Faulkner. To Haye the White Lot. The Senate today passed House resoiu- tion 79, authorizing the “committee of 1896," of which W. H. H. Smith ts chair- man, having charge in the city of Washing- ton, -D. C., of the arrangements for the fifteenth international Christian Endeavor convention, permits for the temporary use during July, 1896, of the White Lot, for the purpose of erecting three great tents, plat- forms, seatings, etc., seating 10,000 persons each, together with such portions of the Monument Grounds as said committee may require. The above resolution passed the House of Representatives January 31. The Recorder of Decds’ Office. A bill to regulate appointments and pro- motions in the municipal government of the District of Columbia and in the offices of the recorder of deeds and register of wills Was Introduced in the Senate today by Mr. Lodge, and referred to the committee on the District of Columbia. It provides that, after three months from the passage of the bill, all appointments to the service referred to shall be by competitive examination, as re- quired for entrance to the service of the United States, Sale of Certain Lands. Mr. McMillan introduced in the Senate today a bill authorizing the sale of the title of the United States td certain lands im the District of Columbia to Margaret Shvgrue, Caroline Lochboehler and John R. Scott. ‘To Pension Mrs. Gibbon. Mr. Hawley Intreduced a bill In the Sen- ate today to pension Fanny M. Gibbon, widow of Major General John Gibbon, United States army, at the rate of $100 per menth. To Practice Medicine. Mr. Babcock has submitted to the House @ report on the bill to regulate the prac- tice of medicine and surgery in the Dis- trict, which was ordered reported by the committee last Wednesday. The report says that the committee finds that in con- Sequence of the enactment of medical prac- tice laws im forty-three states and terrl- tories the District has become a rendezvous for those who, from lack of proper qualifi- cations, are forbidden in nearly all states and territories, and that a uniform grade of qualification for medical practice will €levate the standard of medical education. ‘The repert says there are five medical echools without uniform standard of cur- riculum cr qualification for the degree of doctor of medicine. There are also three medical societies. each authorized to ll- cense men to practice medicine in the Dis- trict upon the presentation of such di- ploma as the applicant may offer. Under the law five men can obiain a charter authorizing them to confer the degree of doctor of medicine to any person, and a representative of one such institu- tion admitted to the committee that it had no building or provisions of any kind. to teach medicine in any of its branches. = i strongly urges the passage of e bill. THE DUBOIS RESOLUTION Senator Hill’s Championship is a Diminn- tion of Democratic Support. They Fear It Will Be the Opening Wedge to a Change of Rules. The championship by Senater Hill of the Dubois resolution to distribute the appro- priation bills is said to have much to do with the falling off of the support of the resoluticn among democrats. Mr. Hill be- ing the chief agitator of the change of Sen- ate rules so as to prevent filibustering, and to provide for the previous question, the argument has been used among democrats by the friends of the appropriations com- mittee that the “revolutionary” step now prcposed will be followed by the still more revolutionary change of the rules. It has been pointed out to the democrats that if the bars are once let dgwn and the revo- lutionary ele nent were permitted to run amuck with the rules, all honored tradi- tions would soon be disregarded and gre: evils would result. They have been e: horted to remember that as a minority, with the prospect of being put more deeply in the minority in the next Congress, their interests lie in the resistance of all’ inno- vations. which may lead to the curtallment in the future of the powers of the minority ; to obstruct business. The great interest Senator Hill takes in the distribution of the appropriation bills Fas been declared to be due to nothing else than the realization on his part that through this innovation would be found the road to still others, and vl- timately to the adoption of his pet scheme of the previous question in the Senate. This argument proved very effective with | the democrats, ved the Dubois resolution of a great pert of Its support on that side of the chamber. A Slight on Mr. Allison. The principal argument made among re- publicans was that it would look bad to put a slight, as they insisted it would be the committee of any of its powers, upon Mr. Allison, who has but recently become chairman of the appro- priations committee, and is a candidate for the presidential nomination. Whether they favor*or oppose his candidacy, it was urged that it would be ungracious and of very questionable propriety for any repub- lican to attack Mr. Allison at this time. It Was to prove that the motion aimed no at- tack upon the lowa Senator, that Mt. Proc- tor, In supporting the resolution yesterday, referred in complimentary terms to Mr. Al- lison’s eandidacy. and depr A General Understanding. It is believed that there is a general un- derstanding between the managers of the House and the republicans of the Senate appropriations committee as to the general policy to be followed, and that that fur- nishes another reason why the appropria- tions committee has made such a deter- mined fight to retain all the bills. The policy of Mr. Reed, whieh is to have the appropriations cut down as low as possible and to have all the bills got out of the way speedily, so as to insure an early final ad- journment, is fully concurred in by Mr. Al- lison and his colleagues on the committee, and that every nerve will be strained on both sides to carry it out. To Cut Down Expenses. It is intended that the river and harbor bill shall be confined to current work and be cut as low as possible; that there shall be no new public buildings provided for, and no new projects of any sort sanctioned which would involve an appropriation. Those who are determined upon the strict carrying out of this policy want to hold the powers as closely as possible in a few hands. THE PRIZE FIGHT. BILL. It is Likely It Will He a Law Before Tomorrow Morning.- The Catron prize fight bill will be sent to the President today, and ft is likely that it will be a law before tcmorrow morning. The emergency due to the prospective Fitz- simmons-Maher and other conte: has caused the friends of the bill to move with a celerity extraordinary in congressional Procedure and, now that formalities only remain, pains will be taken to insure the speediest pessible action” on the measure. The clerks of the Senate and House yes- terday took precautionary steps in the way of preparation of the bill for signature by the two presiding officers of the House and Senate yesterday, so that all remaining to be done is for the customary enrolling com- mittees to make announcement aud then secure the signatures needed before the bill is sent to the President. Speuker Re sigu manval will be affixed to the biil early in the efternoon, and it then will be rushed to the White House. e President's attention will be called to it at once, and no doubt is entertained regarding his prompt signature. Tne bill, from this moment, will be a law of the United States, it being effective immediate- ly. The temper of the officers of the gov- ernment is so well known that, although they decline to be quoted on such a matter at present, it can be stated positively no effort vill be spared to prevent the fight. The Catron bill makes prize fighting a felony, with imprisonment for from one to five ‘years, and should those connected with the prize fight have the temerity to bring it about in violation of law, they will find themselves rigorously prosecuted as a the warning to any persons who design fol- lowing in their footsteps. > -<—_______ PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. Col. Wilson's Report of Operations During the Month of January. Col. Wilson has made a report to the chicf of engineers in regard to the operations on the public buildings and grounds in the Dis- trict during the month of January. It shows that the usual care was bestowed upon all the government reservations in his charge, and that they are in good condition. Small additions have been made to the furniture end table equipments at the Executive Man- sion. : During the month there were 12,537 visi- ters to the top of the Washington monu- ment, of which number 9,025 ascended by the elevator and 2 by the stairway, mak- ing a total of 1,156,680 persons who have visited the tep since the monument was opened to the public October 9, 1888. Col. Wilson suggests that the War Department printing office, on F street between 17th and 18th, be thorcughly overhauled, in order to put it in proper condition for a printing office. The propagation of different varieties of tropical, subtropical and bedding plants for xt season was continued at the green Fouses and the nursery. The usual care was taken of the docorative plants brought in from the various parks for the winter. An addition to the propagating house, 130 by § by 71-2 feet, was completed and filled with young bedding plants. During the extremely cold weather in the early part of January 210 panes of glass in the various green houses were broken. Some vandal maliciously broke off the stand pipe in the fovntain basin in Folger Park. Some thoughtless boys, not realizing the possible damage from their act, set fire to the dry grass on the lawn of the monument grounds about the middle of last month, but for- tunately the fire was discovered and ex- tinguished in time to prevent any serious results. FLOODS AND WINDS of the Extent of the Latest [sports : Storm. MEN TAKEN FROM THE LAMINGTON Damage by Fire and Water at Bound Brook. TERROR AT MORRISTOWN, N. — NEW YORK, February 7—The storm which began Wednesday night and raged with hurricane force all through yester- day continues today, but greatly mod- erated. Steamers which have come into port to- day report having experienced the full force of the storm. Several sailing vessels are anchored off the harbor, waiting for a subsidence of the wind. Throughout the country tributary to New York, and par- ticularly in New Jersey, traffle is much | impeded by washouts, and many com- muters were compelled to go from their homes to their trains in rowboats. H The Rahway river overflowed its banks, and the streets of Rahway were flooded. For miles around the low lands also were | fentirely submerged. On some farms along | the Middlesex county, lines the farmers | were compelled to move their live stock to places of safety. Outbuildings, fences and other things were washed away by th storm, and the meadows extending from the Staten Island sound and the Wood-}{ bridge creek were flooded to a depth of four feet. 2 | At Paterson the Passaic river was never so high as it was last night. Floods and Washouts. The Oldham bridge was washed away. and two small bridges across the river at! Litule Falls by | the storm. Cedar Grove has gone | and the streets in Little re flooded. | The Beattie carpet mill has several fe: of water in it, and work will not be r sumed today. The water has receded somewhat today. The electric railroad in Litue Falls is u der water, as is also the lower portion of the city. | At Belvidere the tracks of the Pennsyl-| vania railroad were washed out for a dis-/ tance of half a mile and no trains are rum ning. The Lehigh and Hudson Railway Company, which runs between Belvidere | and Grey's Court, is completely under} water. The Pequest creek has overflowed its banks. At Oxford people are going about im rowboats. At Flemington there was also xreat dam- age. The iron bridges along the Delaware river were loosened. The heavy iron span over the Belvidere divisign of the Pennsyl- vania railroad at Cooper Hill was partly washed away, and the train could orly go as far as Lambertville. A ten-foot freshet in the Rondout creek last night carried out ten or twelve canal boats ‘and tugs at Roundout, N. Y., somé of which were sunk and one man, who was on board of the canal boats, has not been heard from, A washout of fifty feet on the Wallkill Valley railroad suspended travel for four hours last night. Rain in the mountains was very heavy: At New Milford, Conn., damage to the extent of $5,000 was caused by the storm. A stream known as Butter brook became a torrent and carried away a culvert located under the factory of the New Milford Hat | Company and undermined the dye connected with the factory. Traffic by r road was suspended till almost noon. Taken Off the Lamington. A dispatch received from Patchogue, Long Island, early today says: “It is blowing a gale all along the coast. The men who re- mained on the stranded steamer Lamington taken off by the breeches buoy. n of the steamer is very bad. The sea is continually washing over her, and she is pounding heavily on the bar. The opinion seems general here that the Lam- ington will be a total loss.” One Life Lost. While the loss of property at Bound Brook, N. J., last night dy fire and flood will be well up to expectation, based upon the meager information obtainable in season for the morning papers, !t is now reason- ably certain that but one life was lost. This man, whose name was Miller, perished in empt to aid people in distres: le the flood was at its height Miller entered a row boat, intending to rescue a family, whom the rising waters had driven to take refuge in the upper part of their home, which was situated about 100 feet back from the Raritan river. Before he had gone far the swift current upset the boat, and Miller was not seen again. At daylight, when the last messenger who has reached Somerville, N. J., left Bound Brook, the flood had begun to subside. The water spread backward from the river about 1,000 feet, and residents within the sub- merged section had heen forced to leave the lower parts of their houses and take refuge in tho upper stories. At % o'clock this morning the water was nearly ten fest high in the main street of the town. The flood was caused by the heavy rainfail overfiowing the Raritan river. The water in the Meadowbrook, about a quarter of a mile from the heart of Bound Brook, also overflowed its banks. It swept on both sides of the Central riifl- road bridge, submerging the bridge and rushing along the tracks. The surrounding untry for a quarter of a mile on each side of the heart of the village was flooded. Fire at Bound Brook. The three main blocks in the village were flooded with water, and while the citizens were trying to rescue people from houses that were !n danger of being swept away by the flood a fire was discovered. It was first seen in the lumber yard of B. D. Cook & Co. An alarm was turned in, but the volunteer firemen of Bound Brook, thinking they would be unable to cope with the fire, sent word to Somerville and Plainfield for assistance. Engires were started for Bound Brook, but they had not gotten far outside the limits of their respective towns when they were forced to return, the roads being impassable on account of ‘the floods. Citizens were unable to do anything in the direction of fighting the flames or rescuing were also carried away dam + and property because of the swiftness of the current of water rusting through the streets, which threatened to carry men off their feet. Under these conditions the fire had simply to burn itself out. it is thought that twenty houses have either been destroyed by the fire or were wrecked by the flood. Many small out- houses belonging to farmers on the out- skirts of Boundbrook were carried away by the flood and were swept down the Raritan river. People driven from their homes by the fire and flood took refuge at first in the Presby- terian Church, but the flames spread to that edifice and the irmates were obliged to leave it. All escaped. There are reports current of the loss of iife in Boundbrook beyond that of Mr. Mil- ler, but the basis of the rumors cannot at present be agcertained. Many of the resi- dents of Boundbrook whose business is in New York were unable to reach their homes last night. Much live stock belong- ing to farmers on the outskirts of Bound- brook were carried away by the flood. Driven From Their-Keyn. The telephone wires in Manning's drug store were deserted by the operator at’) o'clock last night. The telegraph operators in the Lehigh Valley and Central railroad depots for a time sent messages while standing in water up te their knees, but finally, when the water began to get higher, they were compelled to leave their posts. ‘The water got so high that it put out the fires in the Raritan water works, and this leaves Raritan and Somerville without wa- ter, The Raritan river was over twenty- five feet higher than {ts normal level last night. The river and the canal, which were 200 yards apart before the water be- gan to rise yesterday afterfoon, were all one last night. The woolen mills in Somer- ville were flooded, and work had to be sus- pended. Terror at Morristown, ‘The residents of the lower section of Mor- r’stcwn, N.J., were kept in a state of terror all night by the floods caused by the break- ing of the Pocahontas lake dam in the upper end of Morristown. The water rush- el into the valley, Sweeping everything be- fcre it, The people had to take to the uper steries of thelr houses, and remain ttere until they could be removed in boats. ‘The water in the streets rese to a depth of trem seven to ten feet. No lives were lost. The most serious damage was done to the Bygienic Ice Company, Malley estate, the electric light power house end the Cody and Seeley estate. This morning the water had gone down considerably in the southern section of the town, and was not more than three or four feet deep. ‘ 5 The tracks of the Whippany River rail- read are still under Water. The lake dam bad fo: a long time been in a dilapidated condition, reauy to break during any se- vere storm. ‘The supposed stranded _three-masted schooner reported by Capt. Downs of the Holly Beach life-saving station last night turns out to be three slaop yachts lashed together for protection. They are now in- de the Two-Mile Beach, Killed by a Falling Bridge. Three men were Killed by the fall of the Fequabuck river bridge at Bristol, Conn., Gurirg the great storm last night. ‘Che bodies of the victims were recovered today. Their names snd places ef residence are artin Curry, New Britain; Daniel O'Brien, Hartford; Nicholas Rich, East Hartford. There w thirteen men on the brid nen it Ww down. 'The ten surviyo) stained painful bruises, but none of them was sericvsiy hurt. The men constituted a sang of engineers, mechanics and laborers, who were ergaged In strengthening the ‘idge, which had recently been condemned ‘They were raising a derrick, d toppled over, the fall of s the bridge to give way. It was impossible, owing to the flood which was running In the river, to aid the men, fell into the stream with the bridge, they were swept on Into the pond which receives the Pequabuck river. Ashore on Liberty Inland ‘The ship J. Bb. Walker, which was blown ashore on Liberty ‘Island yesterday, 1s still fast on the rocks. The ship's spars Will be taken down today and the 200 tons of ballast in the hold will be taken out to ten the vessel, and this, it is hoped, will enable the wreckirg tugs to pull her into deep water. So far as can be seen the vessel has sustained no damage to her hull, WILLIAM H. ENGLISH DEAD Was Democratic Candidate for Vice Presi- dent in 1880, End of a Two Weeks’ Atinck of the Griposhetch vt A Long Career ax a Legislator. INDIANAPOL) Nam H. English Hotel Enclish today at 12:35 p.m. Mr. Eng- lish had been ill with the grip for two weeks. Several days ago rheumatism set in and the heart trouble became bad. While his naturally strong constitution gave Mr. English’s friends strong hopes for his recovery, his condition has throughout been considered grave. For the past three days the patient had lapses of unconscious: and since last hight he has been able only at long inter- vals to reeognize persons about the bedside. Those present when death came were Mrs. Walling, Mr. English's daughter and her kusband; Dr. Franklin Hayes, the family physician; Mr. English’s priyate secretary and Will English, his son. While no details for the funeral have yet been arranged, the statement has been given out that the interment will be at Crown Hill cemetery, this eity, next Sun- day afternoon. S, Ind., February 7.—Wil- Career of Mr. English. William Hayden English was born at Lex- ington, Scott county, Ind., August His father was one of the poneers of In- diana,_and was honered with many public trusts during a period of forty years. Wil- lam was educated in the common schools and at Hanover College; studied law, and was admitted to practice before the bar of the United States Supreme Court before he was twenty-three years of age. Jn order to raise funds to pay his college expenses he served as deputy clerk of Scott county, and also as postmaster at Lexing- ton before he was of age. In 1843-44 he was a principal clerk in the Indiana house of representatives, and was the principal sec- retary of the state convention of 1850, which framed the constitution of Indiana. He was speaker of the first house of representatives after the adoption of the new constitution, in 1851. During the administration of President Polk Mr. English came to Washington, and accepted a clerkship in the treasury. He was elected to Congress in 1852 as a demo- crat, and served until 1861, when he re- signed to engage in banking. He was prominently identified with the legislation of that troublesome period, and was the author of a compromise measure, in relation to the admission of Kansas as a state, which became & law and was a pro- lific theme of controversy in the heated political contests ‘of that day, under the name of “the English bill.” From 1863 till 1861 le was one of the regents of the Smithsonian Institution. In 1880 Mr. English was unanimously nominated for the office of Vice President cn the ticket with Gen. W. S. Hancock, by the democratic natienal convention. He was the author of ‘a historical and bio- graphical work onthe -eonstitution and law makers of the state of Indiana, which Was published a few years ago. a Broke His Handy While Fighting. MEMPHIS, Tenn., February 7.—Wiley Evans of Cincinnati and:Edward Walt of this city, bothenegroes, met fn the city last night for a twenty-five-round glove contes The former’ weighed. 144 pounds, and had the advantage of the,seven pouhds. At tne end of the twelfth réund Evans threw up the fight, having breken-his left hand in that round, a A FAMILY NEWSPAPER is one that allows nothing that is indecent to appear either in its reading matter or its adver- tising columns,—nothing that would bring a blush to the cheek ofmofher or child. That is the kind of a paper The Evening Star is; That is what makes it 3 brite journal in » the households of Washington, and the Jvalaable advertising medium that itis, d at his rooms in the! FOR FREE SILVER KEYSTONE DEMOCRATS The Democrats Will Make a Stub- born Fight at Chicago, THE DELEGATES FROM THE SOUTH SSS Old Lines Probably to Be Drawn in the End. AN_ INTERESTING, BODY —— The free silver demccrats in their old stronghoiis are mustering for a stubborn battle at Chicago. This is apparent on every hand, and it explains the reporting of two free coinage bills to the Senate within a few weeks of each other. Infiu- ence cn natiopal tcpics radiates from here, and as much silver as possible is to be in- jected into the congressional debates with- in the next few months for use at a dis- tance. The Southern States, In Arkensas the canvess for delegates to the rational convention will be enlivened and intensified by the canvass for the seat in the Serate row occpied by Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones aspires to succeed himself, and is opposed- by Goy. Clark. Both are fr coinage men, and the fact that so high an honor is being bid for by pledges to the cause of silver in itself shows how Arkan- sas will vote at Chicago on the financial question. Mississippi will go to the convention salid- ly fer silver, Mr. Money's election to the Senate is wccepted as insuring that. Mr. Catchings, the only sound money democrat of prominerce in the state, and one of the abiest men in the state, did not receive single vote in the senatorial contest. Silver was supreme at Jackson. 4, A state campaign Is in progress in Louis- jena, and the legislature to be chosen in April will elect a successor to Mr. Planch- ard in the Senate. Mr. Blanchard will stand for re-election, and he voted last Sat- urday for free coizage. He virtually, there- fore, rests his case on silver. His col- league, Mr. Caffery, is for sound money, but Mr. Blanchard’ represents the great farming sections in the northern part of the state, where democ fie control ts un- disputed, and where the majorities that control the state’s affairs are thrown. Lou- isiana at Chicago, therefore, will have something to say for silver. Mr. Pugh aspires to another term in the Senate from Alabama, and will run on a silver platform. The canvass year and will soon begin. Connected with this necessarily will be the canvass for dele- gates to Chicago, and the ances 4 thought to be two to one that silver will win. Tennessee clects a state ticket this y and only free silver democrats are off for places on it. The platform, it is pr ised, will undoubtedly declare for silver. This of itself will fix the status of ina State at Chicago. Bitter Fight in Kentucky. “In Kentucky another contest is coming en. The free silver democrats will en- dcavor to secure instructions by the state convention for free coinage and to place Gen. P. Wat. Hardin at the head of the delegation to Chicago. They will be bit- terly opposed in this by Mr. Carlisle's friends, but tha: they will be strong in the fight is evidenced by the balloting now in progress for Senator at Frankfort, where Mr. Blackburn, the party’s caucus nom!- nee, is shy only about half a dozen demo- cratic votes. The two Carolinas and Virginia are cer tain to send solid silver delegations to ( cago. The veering around to silver again of Mr. Voorhees shows the situation in diana. The hoosier democrats are for fre: silver, and not improbably will send Mr. Voorhees again at the head of their ¢ gation to their national convention. his is a distinct defection from the ranks of the sound money democrats as organized b Mr. Cleveland. -The silver democrats are in control of the Illinois state committee, and the gamble in sporting circles is two to one that the sucker delegation votes with the friends of silver. Old Lines Will Be Drawn. What does ail this show? If anything, clearly, it is thought that the old lines will again be drawn. Democrats from the east, with no electoral votes at their command, will insist on writing the platform and nominating the ticket, while the democrats from the states which must be depended upon to elect the ticket will be asked to pocket their disappointment and try and look pleasant. That the Chicago convention will be an interesting body is considered quite as cer- tain as are death and taxes. ——__ 0+ FLAGLER CASE, Probably Come Up Next Month, It was stated in the district attorney's of- fice today that the case of Miss Elizabcth Flagler, charged with manslaughter, in shooting Ernest Green, a small colored boy, the 2d of last Jugust, will probably be tried early next month. It was thought that it could be called up the latter part of th!s month, but the illness of District Attorney Birney has delayed the trying of cases which have precedence of the Flagler case. It is believed now, however, that unless the illness of the district attorney prevents, the Flagler case will surely be tried early next month. It win ———— Personal Mention. Dr. Wilson C. N. Randolph of Chariott ville, Va., rector of the University of Vir- ginia, ard a great grandson of Thomas Jefferson, and Judge and Mrs. R. T. W. Duke, jr., also of Charlottesville, are at the Raleigh. Dr. J. G. Justin, the inventor of the pow- erful explosive shell that bears his name, and which has been undergoing successful tests at Indian Head, is at the Riggs House. A party of well-to-do Brooklynites who are seeing the sights of Washington and stopping at the Ebbitt comprises Richard Healey, Miss Ellen Healey, Robert Wright, Mrs. Crist, Mrs. Cohen, Mrs. Myers, Mrs. Blood and Dr. and Mrs. V. G. Honill. Wallace Jones and W. H. McNally, tour- ists from London, are at the Ebbitt. Miss Keitt, daughter of Judge Keitt of South Carolina, arrived at the Ebbitt to- day. Miss Keitt is ene of the most beauti- ful women in the south, and her addition to Washington society will be very wel- come. J. C. White of Morgantown, W. Va., one of the most eminent of American geolo- gists, is at the Ebbitt House. George W. Quintard, president of the Ba- topilas Minirg Company; ex-Congressman James R. Cuming and Kk. F. Palmer of New York are at the Arlington together. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Cooke, jr., Mrs. George C. Thomes, Miss Thomas, Mrs. Wade and Miss Cooke cf Philadelphia are at the Ar- lingtcn. Ex-Senator and Mrs. Manderson are at the Arlington. Capt. O. M. Carter, corps of engineers, is in the city on official business. Lieut. Herbert Cushman, retired, is on a visit to the city. = = Lieut: Commander W. P. Randall, re- tired, is at Page’ . There is Kicking in Their Ranks as Well as Among Republicans. ir. Harrity’s Plan—The Opposition and What It Hopes to Ac- complish, Lively as they are 2. present, the repub- licans of Pennsylvania, it begins to appear, have no monopoly of racket in the keystone state. There is @ Qvay among the demo- crats—to the extent a: least of aspiring to swing the state in national convention— ard those who object to his domination are Uftirg up their voices in the high places. Mr. Harri Plan. This min is Chairman Harrity of democratic national committee, and his rerienced eye is sweeping the state for de!- egates who will go to Chicago and follow his lead. His place gives him power. He is net only chairman of the national eom mittee of his party, but he stands so near to Mr. Cleveland that he is recogaized as almost the President's personal representa- tive in Pennsylvania affaifs. He has dis- tributed the federal patronage of the state, and in this way these effices throughout the ccmmonwealth are filled with his friends, who are expected now to respond to his wishes, and who are doing so in a way most disqvietirg to the other faction. Leader of the Opposition. The oj position is led by ex-Gov. Chaunc Black, who may be designated as th David Mertin or the Chris Megee or the Gov. Has bf the contest. Gov. Llack i nd a fighter. He is likew persenally very popular. But for some rea- sCn—and there are scores of eminent men who have long puzzled over the problem without solving it—he has never bee ccrded any recognition by this administra- tion. His democracy has never been qu Ucned, and he works like a Trojan in ever: compaign. He is the creator and preserve of the National League of Democratic Ciubsy ard he watches over the organiza- Gon with untiring faithfulness. Still, he is withcut office, and is making this fight only with the aid of his pen. The sword is te paarily elimirated from the equation, and it is now to be seen whether the pen in the hands of a very accomplished wielder of it is mightier than office. What Anti-Harrity Peopte Want. The anti-Hurrity people are not the selves playing for control of the delezation That result fs not within range of th abilities. Their aim fs to prevent, if pos- sible, the invoking of the unit Tule, by which Mr. Harrity will be able, if he is p mitted to invoke !t, to de with the dele Uon what he may like. 1 able to poll at le th tes out of the rmanding to h allowed tu make their own disposition ¢ themseives in all matters affecting efthe the platform or the ticket, and not be con- verted into a tatt for the Harrity kite and be switched about in the cireumambient of the’ convention hall at Mr. Harrit pleasure. Different ations, While there is a likeness between the re- publican and the defocratic contests, th is much more involved in the one than in the other. The anti-Quay people are fight- ing not alone for independence of the Quay domination, but for an opportunity to par- ticipate on their own account in the nam- ing of a national ticket which may sweep the country. It may be of the greatest mo- rent, therefore, how this man or that votes in that cont There will be the greatest indycement for the exercise of individual judgments at St. Louis, but at Chicago the situation will be different. It does not ap- pear today that the Harrity people and the anti-Harr! people are haggling over the candidate or even the platform. Both fac- tions are for sound money, while neither i vociferous in the matter of booming any- body for President. The anti-Harrity peo- ple seem simply to be tired of the Harrity dcmination; and they offer as the justitica- tion for that tired feeling the present con- dition of the party in Pennsylvania. A strong glass, they complain, has become necessary since Mr. Harrity took charge to find the shrunken reniains of a once robust organization, +--+ —_____ THE TARIFF BILL. Mr. Quay‘s Resolution to Recommit At Likely to Pass. The Quay 1esolution to recommit the tariff bill to the Senate finance committee, which is to come up for consideration on Menday, will probebly be adcpted, with the modification he agrees to, striking out_zll instructions. The resolution in this form will merely send the 1ill back to the com- mittee, leaving the committee at liberty to act as they please. The resuit will proba- bly be that the bill will be held up in the committee or again reported with a fi silver amendment. Se ee Changes in the Interior Department The following official changes have be made in the Department of the Interior: Office of the Secretary—Promotion: John W. Bixler of Nebraska, member of board of appeals, $2,000; from special examiner, $1,300. Patent office-Appointment: Ogde Edwards, jr., of New Yerk, fourth assist. ant examiner, $1,209. Promotions: Mrs. Mary A. Jordan of Texas, $1,000 to $1,200; Miss Kate E. Lozier of Connecticut, §100 to $1,000; Charles F. Haden of lowa, §hW to | $1,000;,Charles H. Pierce of Tennessee, $720 | ; Miss Mary C. Tavlor of Missouri, 20 to 3800; James L. Mock of Georgia, $800 to qy00, Pension office — Appointment: Sidney Smith of District of Columbia, messenger boy, $400, after competitive examination by civil service commission. Resignation Miss Caroline Wilson of Missouri, $1,400: | Edwin P. Wolfe of Iowa, $1,000. General land office—Promotions: Wm. F. Osburne of Arkar $1,200 to $1,400; Miss May Foley of Ilinois, $0 ‘to $1,000; Mrs. Fanny V. Washington of Virginia, $600 to $800, Geological survey — Appointments af competitive examination by civil servic commission: Wm. E. Raab of District of Columbia and W. Alfred Falconer of Dis- trict of Coimbia. assistant engravers, 31 y; John W. Brashears, jr., of District umbia, map printer's assistant, 30 cents per da! =e Use of Firearms. The Sceretary of War has made a de- cision in regard to the use of firearms by members of the hospital corps, in which he says: “When detailed for service in the field during Indian wars, or when left with the sick or wounded under circum- stances which justify the expectation that their rights as non-combatants, under the Geneva convention, will not be recognized, commanding officers will issue to members of the hospital corps revolvers or other ‘available firearms. With these exceptions no side erms will be issued to members of the hospital corps. a SS Nev Movements. The cruiser Raleigh has arrived at Hainj- ton Roads after ner unsuccessful cruise after an. alicged filibustering expedition: The trairing ship-Alliance has arrived at St. Thomas. The practice ship Essex has sailed from Annapolis for New York. ee eee Naval Orders Captain Nicol Ludlow has-been detached from duty with the steel inspection board and ordered to’take command of the cruiser Montgomers. Chief Engineer A. B. Canaga has been relieved from duty with the Columbian works in Baltimore and ordered to duty at the Navy Depart- ment. j the he If you want today’s news today you can find it only in The Star. A LIVELY TIME - —- The War Feeling Aroused in the House by Mr. Talbert. A RESOLUTION CF CENSURE OFFERED: Senator Frye Elected President Pro Tem. Without Opposition. ————— OTHER MATTERS BROUGHT UP The debate on the free silver substitute for the bond bill proceeded steadily in the House today. As the House took a last night until 10:30 this morning, the parliamentary fiction obtaining the members re: his mo! legislative day of yesterday wa istence. The early hour of me conducive to-a large attend: 188 under when ing the s still in ng wee not when Speaker Reed dropped the a few stragglers were in the galler Mr. Newlands ) took the awoke the empty o with free ed that ms id had ma: e United Hartman ( 1 in favor At 11:59 the House adjourned, lative of yesterday s the hands of hour of noon, S; ed the rostrum, wel the + day cea the cl aker Reed and with a pointed to th again as privile uninte in the put » he said tation ot Was an himee t between himeelf and “Tam not here,” said ize or 1 but to re-e. i.” He rec clash with wanted Mr. 2 foliowed South Caroi ud had gotten whi; With the palmetto state. “In a joey way, Mr. 8; tinued Mr. Talbert, “I dec were not whipped, but had worn o: out trying to whip the othe of the moment,” y. 1 said that South ¢ shamed of the part that she took that she was proud of i!, and tt for one indorsed secession then. 1 tho we w right: I think so yet, and under the seme circumstances, surrounded by 1 conditions, 1 would do the same thing again, Now, Mr. I repeat it.” Speaker, Mr. Barrett's Request (Mass.) jumped up at th ked that the words be 1 1 members appeater sc, and the Speaker as ted upon his demand. . Barrett seemed to hesitate, when M ‘albert again got on his fe and decin loud voice that he was willing io his words taken down. “I will them,” said he. These words seemed to rett’s resolve, and Mr. B: the Speaker, with feeling: 1 want to sce if a member oath in this fashion.” he ¢ understood that the man from wth Carolina was only repe in hat had said on @ former siv i r Reed. A Point of Order, <8 ken to him Mr. not to Barrett Mr, Barrett replied that in that case he had a point of order to submit, Mr. Crisp, the democratic leader, however, at this point crowded into the arena and moved that Mr. Talbert be permitted to exp The words were then read at desk and Mr. Barrett then torr the point of order that wh: mede by a member had been question and he deliberately reitera constituted a new fense. “He statement that in, the clerk's in ead it it atement and a new of- d and has repeated the nder certain circumstances 1 propose now + By this time s Inter lution ©: ‘itement on the floor Crisp (Ga.) said thai he had 1 pwn an instance when a member was called to 01 and the motion made that he be allowsi to explain his utterances and the motion was not considered, ett replied Uhat he had gentleman from South at the proper time his statement; that the gentleman having taken an oath to sustain the Constitution of the United States said he would under certain circumstances attempt to oy throw and humiliate the government. r = very able that the House should procee jer, and then there was more parliamen- sparring between Mr. Crisp and Mr. 1 over the interpretatjon of the An Excited B During this dise cited buzz on the floor, and the House rapi¢ ly filled. The question was asked by Mr. Cannon whether Mr. Crisp understood that Mr. Talbert was proceeding to explain his utterances of Wednesday night. Both Mr. t said that he wa some older and more experie had not called Mr. Talbert to nesdwy night, when he made remark e to the Constitu ng that Mr. Talb in, if his resolution could be pending. With a contemptuous wave of his ha Mr. Crisp remark: All this kind of busi- ness is unseem| fhe Speaker said that if the Mr. Talbert’s hi he offerec sur Hous was * said Mr. Dingley, does not intend to ion of censure without ac- cording the gentieman from South Carolina an opportunity to explain.” These generous Words won the applause of the democratic side. Mr. Talbert availed himself of the oppor- tunity, and explained that he had arisen correct a misrepresentation, When he hae spoken of right he had then existing. The question had h mitted the arbitrament of t In conclusion to and settled forever. clarcd that he looked with pride u past life and that he had contempt for his comrades of old who were continual oxvizing for the:r share in the wa cratic applause.) A Resolution of Censure. Mr. Barret offered his resolution as soon as Mr. Talbert finished. It recited the