Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1896, Page 1

eS ——— THE EVENING STAR. sa Se PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylrazia Aveaue, Cor. 11th Street, by The bvenine Star Nowspapr Ooxpany, 5. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. Ie served to subscribers in the carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents ky or 44 ce: Copies at the eents ea is mail—onywhere in the tes or Canada—posinge prepald—50 cents Star, $1 per year, with foreisn postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Olice at Washington, D. C., a ond-clise mafl mstrer.) C7AU mali subscriptions must be paid In advance. Rates of advertising made known on application, Tipe au. | If you went today’s news tcday you can find it ony in The Star. ’ No. 13,405. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBBUARY 19, 1896-TWELVE PAGES TWO CENTS. FOR SOUND MONEY| THE New coRcan MNISTER| THE WAT Many fouthern States Will Make a Fight ior It. Sis CONGRESSHEN’S CIISION3 How to Prevent Silver Democrats Controliing the Convent:on. ——_- WHERE THE DANGER LIES ae The sound money men in the south ar? going to put up plucky fights in their re spective states to keep the men from controling the coming stete conventions, if what the sound money politicians say is true. Especially in ma, Ten nessee and Louisiana wili they show thei hands and fight for all Tn Georg a there appears to be more hope fur this wing of the party than in any of the other states. Secretary Smith has heer doing missionary work down there for som time, having made a number of speeche: last fall. He ts booked for more in the fu ture. A Star reporter who take] with a numly of the sound money found that their on iver men, who w probabiy all of the t the dele: This program, if carried State, will shi the other facti ne matier how a minor’ hav: ton practica? the southern 1 be in the ma. siate conventi how to vote gates is given the inion of the s) nd such a measur. nz Som Texas has decir . and there i from that stat In J @ held in the nent of the voters or pould the vote b. Con, when to Chi the soun get the ents decited on a te democratic ex Patterson Tatks for Tennessee. In talk money souther: the with the = will have much of bekeve t the na debatatl of Alabama his state than Mr. on did as to Tennessee. “Iam said, “tt men will not get a soid delega’ Alabama. We have as good 2 chance, i than the silver men. far as 2 sat large are concerned, | am pret- sure we wili get all of them. Though the stricts will be divided, we will get our share of 0 A change is taking Fiace in t si m what 1 can learn, Clark, the date for gevert nd money ca ining ground every further that ne matte: onvention does, Alabama I don’t think we will A Chance in Seuth Congressman Elliott of of South Carotina man from t Elliott's distr posed to the po ment of the par “Wile 1 know that all point to a solid delesa cago from my st » could ear black district the only sound money on is in Mr. been op- ng ele- the indications om fo; I do not ment of South received ‘arolina is for ber of lette n what he had te of the state demo k the delegation to Chicago ted. ‘Turner and Georgia. would be inst Congressman Turner of the Brunswick district of sit is looked upon as the leader of the sound money r in his and all the indice tions are that, if 2 cendidate for the on, the Congr r Georgia will be selected as pund money mer er of Jude on, that not believe the Will be solid for s The Crisp, Livingston Constitution and Augusta Chron will lead the stlverites, while Judge Turner and ed by the Atlanta Jour- nh News, will do the tight- i money m The dele- by the convention in a thoveh they selected by dis- the convention has the right of n. ‘This is where the silver men may get in thelr work. + 2+ __ MAIL BAG REPAIR SHOP. Work Has Fallen Of and Employes Have Been Furtoaghed. The Postm pair shop for the first fifteen Is. The Postmas: neral explains that there was a falling off in the amount cf work performed by the hand sewers in both January and the first half of February because of the reduced number of sacks that came into the shops for repairs and their being divided among the full number of sewers. To obviate this, “he said, twenty-five women have been fur- Icughed, covering the three different classes, machine operators, hand sewers and darn- “ers | | He Presents His Credentia!s to President Cleveland at the White Houss. He Was Accompanied py Min Secre- tary and Secretary of State Olney— Pleasant Speeches Made. Prince Sch Kwan Pom was formelly re- ceived by the President today as the diple- matic representative of the King of Corea. He was accompanied by Pak Yong kiu, secretary of legation, and Secretary Ocney, by whom they were presented to the Pres- ident. The two orientals were in European civilian dress, including the regulation sik hat. There was a noticeable absence of yieues. ‘The ceremony tcok place in the east room and marked by the exchange of the usual felicitous addresses. The Corean Minixter’n Address. “Ing enting my instructions,” said the Corean minister, “I am specially instructed to express to you, Mr. President, the per- tisfaction of his majesty in the cordial relations that have existed be- een our res ples r so many relations that you and ‘our representauves in Corea have ever edulously cultivate ‘orea can never be unmindful that the ted States was the first power to enter silo treaty relations with ker, thereby rec- gnizing her independent sovereignty. May be permitted recall, Mr. President, hat it was my privilcee to be a member of he emba that represented Corea in hat important and fous tr ion. am deeply le of the honor that has cenferred upon I am ¥ impressed the responsi- lities growing ou of t t will, be earnest desire, my off ty ender the de ruction Majesty, to co-operate a measure h_ promise 3 re closely he bonds of friendship which have in the past been of no I aed aa to Corea an of honor to the United i The President's Response. The President respunded as follows: ‘Mr. Minister: ‘In receiving the letters you present in the haracter of the aceredited envcy plen‘po- entiary of his majesty,the King of Coret,to sat this capital, I have heard with such pleas ajes the cordial retions iat atve marsed :-niercourse of tie two couniries in the 4 to which the efforts ef this gov- jo not that ds your com:nunication of h's personal grai ficai.on by reason your honorec rs have well contrjur toward the ntenanve and siter ng of th tes of hy, and { can «# ou of the s: t to respond with n coming to reshi rou will r Uhe agvecabie memori: our earher to ths country as assy that opened the a 5 hetWeom coret and ‘on will de- i esteem of t and the this country, in whose name I velcome you.” + of A JOINT CALC atepublicans of Both H. ress to Hh wed for a joint caucus of the House and Senate, errow nigui in the hall of the talives, to select the nal commit- poisaiVe program may ached,with a view to concerted action. Dxious taat houtd be taken up by the 1S poss.iie tuere May be a Xchange of views at the ——_—_—§_<« Personal Mention. Ashton Blarchard is visiting his father, the Senator, at the Riggs House. George rt. Utier ana J. &. saxson, promi- went R. 1, and croni mgressman Arnold, are at the merchants of Westeriy, of ¢ ss House. A party of P.ttsburg tourists at Page's sts of Thos. D. and Robert B. Carna- jr, and D. H. Wallace and 3Lss Ensineer A. G. Menocal of the and Mrs. Menocai are at the Shore- Mrs. of the ss at A. ©. A. Griscom, wife of the president Internationa: Navigation Company, the snoreham froin Paiadelphia. J. pengman, the Helena, mone, bank- yer Of Lue well-known New iiy of financ.ers, is at the Shore- Cross and W. G. Morse of New Gen. E. P. Meany and H. D. ‘olnpos.ng the Hudson river pal- 5 are at tue Normandie. a ess with Congress regard- sures for preserving the palisades. vill be held ths evening of all embers of the New York and New Jer- essional delegations, on the sub- Brackett of Long Branch is at Norm: Frederick ii, Cone, who is here in con- rection with the microphone patent, is at © Norman: ssman Sherman Hoar, now ates d.strict attorney for Massa- chuseits, and Wm. F. Rooney of Waitham are at the Arlington. A distinguished delegation of New York al managers and playwrights is at Arington. It comprises T. Henry M. Palmer, Bronson Howard, zvey Fiske, Charles Kiein, Frank- Fyies, Nelson Wheatcroft, J. T. C. ‘ke, Daniel Frohman and Judge Ditten- . ‘The purpose of the visit is to se- from Congress an amendment to the copyright law that will prevent the piracy of plays. Cay Markland of the army and Mrs. Kiand are at the Ebbitt from Crook's Crest, near Vakland, Md. Major Henry G. L.tchfleld, retired, of the army and Capt. Hugh G. Brown of the twelfth infantry are at the Ebbitt. WwW. H. Yerby, chief clerk of the Hygeia Hotel at Old Point is at the Ebbitt. party of prom.nent bus.ness men at the RB gh from Fall River, Mass. nsists of William S. Green, George 1. Wuey, John S. B. Clarke and James D. Crosson. R. T. W. Duke of Charloitesville, Va., is ut the Raleigh. W. Bennett Gough of the Etna Insurance Company is at the Raleigh from Philadel- nia. P Licut. Commander S. M. Ackley has re- ported at the Navy Department for duty. Capt. Matthew Markland, retired, is in the city on a visit. Lieut. H. T. Hawthorne, first artillery, is in the city on leave of absence. Capt. J. W. Summerhayes, quartermas- ter’s department, is at the Bancroft. ‘Mrs. E. R. True is seriously ill at her residence, 83 New York avenue. Dr. Henry L. Hayes of Capitol Hill has returned to this city after a year’s absence en the continent, most of which time was spent in practical study of medicine and surgery in the principal hespitals of Ger- ER SUPPLY Col. Elliot’s Letter in Regard to the Great Falls Dan. WHAT IS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY Proposed Amencment to the Li- ccnse Law as to Clubs. OTHER DISTRICT MEASURES Col. George H. Elliot, corps of efgineers of the army, has replied to an inqu&y made by Mr. McMillan, chairman of the Senate comm:ttee on the District of Columbia, in regard to the water works of the District. Col. Elliot says: “The extent of the water rights at Great Falls owged by the government has never been determined, judicially or otherwise. My own belief is that the United States owns at least one-third of all the water rights there, and probably much more. This belief is founded on the facts stated in my report of March 20, 1894, and the map which I compiled to accompany this report. The only judicial decision touching this question is the decision of the Court of Claims of 1879, in the case of the claim of the Great Falls Manufacturing Company against the United States for $500,000 for damages by reason of the abutting on Conn’s Island, an island belonging to the claimant, of the dam across the Maryland channel of the river. The award was against the United States (for $15,60 but the decis%n has but little bearing on the question, for the reason that the dects!on was mainly founded on an agreement be- tween the Secretary of the Interior and the claimant in 1862 as to the amount of dam- age, which agreement the counsel for the United States in the suit of 1879 claimed to ave been illegal. ‘Since the decision of 1879 the United States extended its dam across Conn's Is- land and also across the Virginia channel of the river, and this work gave rise to the enormously excessive claims for damages against the United States stated in my re- port, which claims have never been settled. he top of the dam, which extends from shore to shore of the river and is about 3,009 feet long, was at reference, that is to say, 148 feet above low water at the navy yard in Washington. An act of Congress passed at its last session di- rected that the dam be raised two and -half feet. This raising of the dam, is now in progress, will doubtless be the is of addtional claims against the United States, and I understaud that the Great Falls Manufacturing Company, or rather its successor, the Great Falls Power Company, has already taken steps leading to such claims “The amount of waier now taken from the river at Great Falls is about 50,000,000 tons per diem. The amount of from the river at ‘ater that can be taken eat Falls by the exist- ing conduit when the raising of the dam shall have been compicted is about ullons per Clem. ‘This is unde s ion that the water in the dis- tributing reservoir west of Georgetown is Lo be kept up to its preper height of 146 feet above datum; that the new reservoir near Howard University and the tunnel leading to this reservoir from the 4d tributing reservoir (commonty called the i el) will completed: that an ng capacity of the necessary increase in capacity will be made up to capacity required for the dis:rihntion of the above mentioned quantity of waier. “This supply of about 75,000,000 galions per diem wiil proWably be sufficient for a period cf about nine years, or until 1K, when an additional ‘supply from Great Falls by means of an udditional conduit will be required.” Railroad on 17th Street. Mr, H. L. Cranford bas written to the Senate committee on the District of Colum- bia in favor of the extension of a street railroad to Mt. Pleasant and the Zoological Park. Mr. Cranford says that there is an urgent and widespread demand for a mod- ern street railroad direct to these localities, so that people can reach them from the city for one fare. He says that from his examination of the District map it is very apparent that 17th stree! from H street to Mt. Pleasant and the park is the most di- rect route and divides more equally the ter- ritory between 14th street and Connecticut evenue than any other route. A Reassessment Bill. At the regular weekly meeting of the House District committee today a favorable report was agreed upon on the bill author- izing reassessments in cases where general taxes or assessments for local improve. ents in the District of Columbia may be q' -hed, set aside or declared void by the Supreme Court of the District, by reason of some technical defect. To Regulate Storage. A favorable report was also made on the bill to regulate storage in the District, the committee accepting the bill heretofore re- Forted by the Senate District committee, and which has been published in The Star. Future Hearings. ‘The committee decided to give a hearing next Saturday at 11 o’clock cn the bill au- tho 1g the Falls Church and Potomac electric railway to extend its line into the District. A hearing will be given Monday, March 2, at 10.30 o'clock, on the Sunday rest bill. ‘The committee will hold another executive meeting next Friday morning to cons:Jer such blls as may be reported from sub- committezs. Vor a Farmers’ Market. Mr. Wéllington has introduced a bill in the House directing the Commissioners to assume control of, and use as a farmers’ market, the open space at the intersection of Ohio and Louisiana avenues with 10th and 12th streets, the said open space being bounded by B street, Little B street, and 10th and 12th streets northwest, which the city of Washington was authorized to incld and use as a wholesale market by the rct of Congress approved May 20, 1870, entitled “An act to incorporate the Washington Market Company.” ‘he Commissioners are required to im- prove the open space with a concrete and asphaltum, or other suitable pavement; to ir troduce water, and to provide necesvary sewerage, and to erect thereon such suit- able open building as may be necessary for the frotection of the country produce that may be brought there for sale, and to cover the same with a suitable roof, which shall extend over the whole of. said open space ard over the abutting sidewalks; to provide for the improvements and building the Commissioners are directed to issue bonds not to exceed $100,000, payable twenty-five years after date, bearing 3.65 per centum interest per annum, payable semi-annually. ‘The Commissionez§ are directed to estab- lish such reasonable charges and fees for the occupation of space and stands and stalls in the building as will provide a prop- er sinking fund for the extinguishing at their maturity the. bonds issued under the authority of this act, to provide for the payment of the intercst on the bonds, and to many, Austria and Great Britain. Mr, W. H. Burk of Norfolk, Va., is in the city the guest of Mr. W. P. Van Wor = Medical Inspector Thomas N. Penrose of the New York Naval Hospital is on a vis.t to this city. Capt. L. Brechemen, assistant surgeon, is in the city on leave of absence. defray the necessary expenses of manage- ment of the market; the building shall be used as a market for the sole accommoda- tion of actual producers of farm products; the Commissioners shall make such regu- lations and appoint such officers to control the market as they may deem expedient, and set aside for the gratuitous use of tran- sient farmers such portions of the market as can be spared, due regard being had to the revenues above required and gpecified. Liquor Licenses to Clubs, Mr. Faulkner has introduced in the Sen- ate, by request, a bill further to amend an act entitled, “An act regulating the sale of intoxicating Hquors in the District of Columbia,” approved March 8, 1893, It provides that in the sixth section of the above act the following words be stricken out: “And provided further the said excise board may, in its discretion, issue a li- cense to any duly incorporated club on the Petition of the officers of the club, and that the said excise board may, in its discretion, grant a permit to such club to sell intoxicating liquors to members and guests between such hours, as the board aforesald may designate tn said permit,” and that in Ileu of the words so stricken out of the said act the following are in- serted: “And provided further that the said ex- cise board may, in its digcretion, permit, without Heense fee or other charge, any duly incorporated club in the District of Columbia to sell and dispense intoxicating liquors to its members and guests without regard te any of the other provisions of this act.” The measure was referred to the commit- tee on the District of Columbia. Metropolitan Railroad Report. The annual report of the Metropolitan Railroad Company for thé year ending June 30, 1895, was submitted to the House today. The receipts from passengers dur- ing the year amounted to $324,822.07, and from the sale of bonds ,to $95,000. The ccmpany disbursed $70,054 for provender, $59,074 to drivers, $58,516.02) to conductors and $43,749 for electrical equipment. The balance on hand at the end of the year Was $24,908.91. To Relieve Mr. Gloetzner, A bill to relieve Anton Gloetzner of the effect of the law restricting the ownership of real estate In the District of Columbia to citizens of the United States was intro- duced in the Senate by Mr. Faulkner today. The Diocese of Washington. Mr. Gorman in the Senate has pre- sented a petition of Revs: John H. Elliott, Thomes G. Ad.llson and others, asking for the prompt passage of a bill to incorporate the convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the diocese of Washington. Against Horse Power. In the Senate Monday the Vice President presented a petition of citizens of Ecking- ton asking that the Eckington and So!- diers’ Home Railway Company be required to dispense with the use 6f horse power Siiny the limits of the city of Washing- ‘on, THE DEFAULTED It Has Been Decided to Award Them to J.P, Morgan & Oo, BONDS As has been gencrally cxpected, the Secretary of the Treasury has decided to award al! the defaulted aljotments of the 4 per cent loan io J. P. Morgan & Co. at their blanket bid of 110.6877 for all or part of the loan, The following statement was given out by Assis curtis today, with the rem tleke was nothing more to be said onthe subject at present “Messrs. J.P. clate: U. S./4 per cenit bonds of 19 accordancy with the recent the Secretary of the 1 $4,700,000 in addition to they have already been notified figures cannot be stated until returns from various subtreasuries are fally verified.” Profit to the Syndicate. It has been calculated that the Morgan syndicate will make a cl profit of neur- ly $275,000 by securing the additional al- lotment. The sum mentioned rcpresents the difference between the rate at which they get the bonds and the prevailing mar- ket rate. la Although the returns of the bong transac- tion are still incomplete ft is known that gold to the amount of ¥ ready been deposited in ee Motments, of Morgan &°Co. and esso- under their bid for $10,060,000 of in payme this” amount but 24 has yet been covered into the treasury and ccunted in the stated gold reserve of $04,000,000. posits, amountin; WO34, will swell the reserve to $113, 1.” The deposits are much in excess of the first installment of 20 per cent, due by the 15ih Instant, and indicate that many of the subscribers have paid their entire subscriptions. ‘This was the case with the Morgan syndicat ee “BLACK SNOW” FALL EXPLAINED. Chief Moore Says ‘That It is Earth Caught by thé Winds. The explanation given by Prof. Moore, chief of the weather bureau, of the fall of black snow in the west is as follows: “The black snow that has falien in Chi- cago and the northwest is entirely simijar to the great fall of January, 1695, the na- ture of which was thoroughly investigated by the weather bureau at that time. Not- withstanding the theoretical suggestion that the black deposit of last January might have come from beyond the earth and might be met.oric, or cometic, or might even be the volcanic dust from Alaska or Japan, careful investigation showed that it was due to none of these causes. On the contrary, microscopic ex- amination proved that the black deposit contained about four per'cent of the most Gelicate organic structures (such as diatoms and spores) and about ninety-six per cent of the finest possible inorganic matter, such as makes up the ordinary fine silt end clay soils. “All this fine material fs easily caught up by the dry winds whenever they exceed twenty miles per hour, and is carried to great distances before it has time and opportunity to settle on the ground. It is easily brought down in large quantities by show or rain, but is unly perceived by the crdinary observer when there is a clean surface of snow for it to fall upon. Large portions of the country from Nebraska southward to the gulf are covered by this fine soil, whose depth sometimes is one hundred feet. A gale of wind has been known to carry away six inches of the sur- face soil from a freshly cultivated ficld and spread it over the land a hundred miles away. The blackness is due to the finencss of the silt and not-to any magnetic iron.” ———+ e+. _____ The Gridiron’s Leap Year Dinner. The Gridiron Club hag invitations out for a ladies’ leap year dinner on the 29th in- stant. The club is unique in everything, and such an éxtraordinary affair as the one pending is not the ieast of its remark- able undertakings. That the occasion will be one of great pleasure to all who are for- tunate enough to participate goes without saying. The dinner will be largely at- tended. Efforts are being made to keep the num- ber of covers within a limit-which will in- sure the most graceful ¥ecorations and floral effects Ladies are always welcome at Gridiron diners, and ghey are always constructively- present, put the idea of making ladiesthe Principal guests at this The balance of de- month’s dinnér found ny supporters, and the several club ‘committees will, doubtless, + the evening one long to be remembered. The entertainment of ladies does not preclude members desiring to do so from bringing gentlemen guests. —_—__e._____ Mrs. Morrison ia’ Better, Mrs. Wm. R. Morrison, whose condition for several days has caused much anxiety to her friends, is rapidly improving, and is expected to be able to be up.and about in two or three daya, AMBROSE BIERCE TALKS WILL NOT [NiERFERE His Views on“ Pacific Railroad Legis- lation, DIPLOMATS AT ODDS A Coolness Between Mr. Patenotre and Mr, Rockhill, TT CRIGINATED OVER IN CHINA Secretary Carlisk’s Letter to Ken- tucky D.novats, SENATOR CL3 Rigi NT SCEPRISED Most Caustic Writer En- Baged In Fighting a Con- acienccless Monopoly. The French Ambassador May Ask to Be Transterred Elsewhere. When Collis P. Huntington concluded not to pay the United States the money he owes it, he did something which makes him responsible for the presence of Am- Free Silver Men Lisplay Consider- ab-e Lisa: po ntment. brose Bierce in Washington. Maybe that THE CAUSES DETAILED | "3t!t 48 surprising: it certainly was un- welcome, for of all the clever talkers and forceful writers with whom this country is blessed there are few who can excel the man who was sent here by the San Fran- FULL TEX? OF Vil ee MESSAGE M. Patenotre, the French ambassador at | cisco Examiner to oppose the funding bill FRANKFORT, Ky., February 19.—In re- th!s capital, and Mr. W. W. Rockhill, the | Which gives to Huntington & Co. one hun- | ply to the a woctece mcLuvers of the legis- lature who ure supporig Uie caucus nom- inee for Un.ted Siaics wor, and who ap- Pealed to Secreuiy Casto vo urge the five dred additional years of credit. Ordinarily soft of speech and possessed of a charming manner, Mr. Bierce is not ene who would aypear cn casual inspec- newly appointed first assistant secretary of state, are the principal actors in a bit of goss:p that has created quite a stir In soc! and diplomatic c:reles. It has been known | tion 2s a man of war. His appearance democrats who ojc Mr. Blackburn te to their friends for a long time that ~ie Shehe torts — ve, ie ls bg wegen join them in dus suj, ori, Wie following let- a . He was wo du ew war © Z ‘euegetonodic relations between the two gentlemen, offi-| the rcioilion, servirg much of the thne on | tf BAS beew seco... trom Seerctary Car- eial as well as personal, were severely | the staff of the late Gen. Hazen, and al- s . strained, but its inciting and continuing | iLough he ceased Lo be a soldier when the “Trease:y Wey ariment, - Ace OF Une Secretary, “Wasinsgton, v. C., bevruary 17, 1s “Gentleme, great conflict closed he carried into hs journalistic career the methods o iful combatant. But he is not a cenary. eause has been a well-kept secret. According to current gossip the estrange- ment between the two had its origin while] juying his thirty years of 1 Song | B Wich you appeal to m¢ they were both in Pekin, China, many | Caiifornia he has undoultedly had many . _ crag years ago, M. Patenotre in a diplomatic | oppertunities to enter the service of the sembly glen expacity and Mr, Rockhill in a private | 8-@5tic monopoly he has fought and ts ny OEE ne Fangs ponnacitye CONeLmel tise bul these Gpportunities were vous a ees Bere extremely cordial and. the French Hee et Oe ie Sohne, | fon aehigh & ‘oi te number and Acccrding to the story new In cireulation | 317 THerce's) curly baie acting in a re tw copariy, ond ane here the disagreement was the resuit of the last one of these visits. The Cause of the Coctness. The following is the stor: familar w the cireum=t bound to tent than situat.on and all os (Gui ied with it, I am me that they sie more compe- rmm.ne what their tei tache was positively fier reporter chatted with him about Huniing- ton men, means and m “The day he choze for this call was a swingln and | duty to a y ree » chose fo es a Dusty 1S. an -scharged warm and sultry one, and Mrs. Rockhill dhe Heads ORE an ! their was not prepared to ive callers. When on misht Very pro > regarded by ¥ hy Hors nierference, in a Mr. Patrenotre’s card was presented to 2 nference, Mrs. Pockhitl she sent word to him ask. | {Mtensely real that no languaxe of mi portance, Ww ha iy to thes own n adequately de: ing to be excused. ‘The French diplomat’s | ghout it with Juder f this were not so, 1 reply, Tam told, was: month and would not I ssume that the honest “Fell Mrs. Rockhill I have -ome a long | jicre, in the seems to i pentiemen alluded to way. It is hot. When ayitis Milling dike ma reasonable on could be changed by them as a pre » | mat Patenotre the ladies wi Mrs. Rockhill’s ans m idently not injustice that has been ¢ my interfer« that could be in- what seems to me to be st or duced to intended to be delive m, hut the |; tin a quest a. Chinese footman repeated lit- | je oa lurge pe erally what Mrs. Koekhill is alleged te | can people. Oa th have tol him. prime to; assembly on 1 it will continne to be “Tell M. Patenotre,” it ix said he told the as those who are noi of the ¥ note controversy French diplomat, “that Mrs. Rockhill ts being ground in the mills of now existing, J must resnectfully decl dead.” do so now or } t may not he brief 1 you thet I y “In Catifornia the antevest is fnten ss held to voice San Francisco's op- ton to a measure y to that n was M. Patenotre left, and saw nothing more ef the Rockhills until < tration. Until the present and out ina ner with hegan Mr. and Mrs. Rockhi 1s Who that may be Patenotre as kuch as: 1 big hal made to nit Ss in supporting the last few months, howe they have the demoe > Kentucky or been Invited to several dinners at which |, ie in ma'nta meeratic principles M. Patenotre was also a gvest. The am-| “The great majority thos land poled v constitut bassailor is sa'd to have acted In a manner | concerned folks knew, cf thelr own ku nuthor it! ete and national, which Mr. Roe! unsentle- how eked grecd t » seid to all wh manly, and to hay 4 in the group of which Collis ve cared to as ertn’n my v'ews upon the ss on is now the only ing figuir ect, that Tsimecrts desire to see the how the the Ue m rer ; y elect to the Sen- eof the Up te . moerat who ts full syr business sary between us you will wait until I leave the department ard ange them arr oush the official next in| the work of rank below me. ton poor men M. Patenotre Is said to have provosed to | ine a the report of Mr. Rockhill that while the mize each |} acquired trom fifteen ktew that eompei!- other ottici fn no ly they or the. y recognize each ozhe it is said, declined proposition, A Possibic Result. None of the parties to the affair Kk about it, and it is difficult to b of the story is true, 1 established fact. that M. Mr. Rockhill are not friend that Mr. Rockhill has ¢ 1 official dealings with the French am- dor, it is possibie that the latter will ask for transfer to another capital. famil.es tal eede will ve how mid the well- atenotre aud dn case it is lined to hay 19 pr. W. Goa n i yo AS mi: carnival of a ent end. se things t to be VUPIT SYSTEM. THE DEBATING z00d people of the | Ped to the State TARIFE AND BOND BILLS. ome Taw. Suc! Both Considered by Lenders of the House to Re Practically Dead. a . the ¥ FE in the he eMeations The leaders of the House hi abandoned ar a) siznatu to an an’ the efforts des and Mr. W tition, and did it in ar space of time, without ext all idea of the p: age of the tariff bill by the Senate, and it is un.versaly conceded in Co:.gress that the bill is dead. This ends the work of Congress ington to have the Mil passed as it came from “One of the rather surp) in the] ine campaign is the unwi tem to th ingness way of relief legislation. It is confessed testimony bear. | 2Eceed. by those in authority that nothing what- the the Biate ever can be aone. The bond vill and the plain th gions pate attracted tariff b.ll are both dead. As Mr. Dingley “l themsel a laree y the c and the morn- says, the democrats, populists and a tew Sor die es |e both roais “brought | down siiver men have seen fit to kill these meas- To claim “pod when te zi ee Le eee ures, and there is nothing more to be done t would ning, and spent about it. it 1s now exnected that mere work for Congr priation bills and a few House will probabiy pass a and thers is some chance t 1 ithe Se.ate. If the Pacifie ri comm.tiee report 2 proper bill for the set- tlement of the debt of those roads to ine government, an attempt will be made to Pass it. The prospects, lowever, are not good, for if it Is a fair bill, the railroads will undoubtedly fight it w.th all their power, ardif itis not a fair bill, it will meet with ton which the power of th@ roaus ly be able to overcome. These two measures and the routine busi- at the executive mansion in re will be little outside the consulta These ¢ the ut ad with Congr ally robbed. d give us a government ‘om Omaha to San Franc!sco. i] “To exaggerate the extent of the st which we cry aloud is har een our lot exerted thems: of the Bru tes, who have prom- ves with the anti-re- r singly, and the error pow? The gov ton and other prominent worked earnestly to pro- of the b’ t came from several city delegates, on the mort- railroad have mote the pass morning, and * the bill was ness are practically all that is thought of. 3 present An early adjournment :s, therefore, counted it could hardly n from on. Mr. Dingley expresses the opinion that per than the exort ations the guidance of Dele- £ Ballmore, the gen- er of the anti-reform- the session will end early in June. —os FAVORABLE REPORT: Action of the Ways and Means Com- the railroad monop>ls med forth in the darkn ity of woter competition, b extinguished - the 0 a month, These truths, WHiPPLD THE SPANISH. mittee on Important Measures, however, Seem to be w t intere * The committee cn ways and means today ae Sie ee ier ve A Texos Hangers View of the Pro- authorized Chairman Dingley to report! 4 sapeaeainsel Sic zre«s of the Cubans. ‘Senator Morgan of Alabama able exception, r California he could not be more tic. Should he e 5 tonal suffrage he can get all th that are worth having. have no bi 2 NO open sev in. We a doing our 1 favorably his bill relating to the exter- mination of the Alaskan seal herd if m2as- ures for their protection shall not be ob- tained. A favorable report was also authorized on a bill in aid of the exposition to be held under the auspices of the Baltimore ‘Texas, Fet a rom Cuba, he . he ieft Key charge of tne Vesta, ry 18,—Captain veteran, has just On October 16 last, West for Cuba, in with a crew of eight nator from | yyy ger Viesta was leaded with branded as lard, Centennial Association In 1897. The bill ct : d he was instructed to turn was so amended as to grant to the pro- Vhether we win or lose there will he ary isurgent command- the Cuban coast he was sais man-of-war, and was ach his boat, which he did, it, in order to keep the clung it. He and hs crew from their landing place, for the interior, and joined posed exposition the privileges given the Atlanta exposition. A favorable report was also authorized on Representative Denny's bill prohibiting the Issuance of licenses by the commis- sioner of internal revenue to any jersos for the sale cf intoxicants in any locality where the sale of such liquor is prohiiiteu by local laws. no rm no taint upen our plea, dishonest motive; our xa devoid even of th fvien of Will ve com) and the: anisn f How Ambrose Rierce Specimens of Mr. Bicrce’s ce: appear daily in the San Francisco iner. Mr. Bierce believes in and his paper prints them ¢ s the Cubans have Uthat they rvey We) Men Under arms —_—_—_+-e._____ and with evident relish. Comment sus, and ammunition Assignment of Hayward & Hutchinson | the appearance of Mr. Huniiugton scion: | ¢ = of money sdnedy Ellas Hutchinson, trading in mantels ana | (e Seuate committee on Pacitic ry With 0, and tiles at 421 9th street as Hayward & Hutch-| “ro that augus says he t © West- inson, this afternoon placed on record an| self with considerable ern portic -, assignment for the benefit of his creditors | listened to his talc of w He say : ee tat ae to A. S. Mattingly. due to his wealth and the sympathy fards compl:: wh pped and at fod The assets, consisting of $16,000 in stock.| Pelled by his reluctance to die and jay, rn BBL lorie. Baoelistaes and $4,000 In accounts, are placed at $22,-| T8¢, Sympathy, it may be remark "he clatms, they can do at 500, exclusive of lot 162, square 69, on | Wasted on an imaginary disaster. 1 cipal aaa it 1 this good man shall have been long i new Jerusalem he will undoubtediy fiz opportunity to pull up a hackload oi + from the golden pavement and Hades to enjoy them like a genticman. * * * Mr. Huntington is not altogether bad. Though severe, he is merciful. He which there are two trusts, amounting ty $6,250. The Habilities are placed at $24,229. Allowed Damages. A verdict of $1,500 in favor of John Stuck- ert of Baltimore, Md., was rendered this Will Enter the Ring if the Author- ities Perm EL PASO, Texas, February 19.—The con- afternoon in his suit against the District. December 31, 1898, Mrs.-Stuckert stumbled over a raised stop-cock box in the street, breaking her leg. Her husband sued the District, claiming £10,000 damages, cou- tending that the box should not have been 80 powerel as to prevent any one falling ever tempers invective with falschood. He says ugiy things of his enemy, but he has the te Jerress ta he earefMl that they sre mostly lies. So Mayor Sutro may reason- Kos hope to sucvive Mr. Huntington, though doubtless Mr. Huntington's rancor blown about in space as a pestilential vapor will outlive all things that be. it is his immortal part.” dition of Maher's eyes was reported this morning to be improved over that of yes- terday, and he will today go through his regular routine of training. He will be compelled to wear goggles for a day or two, but ‘t is reported from his training quar- ters that he will be in condition to enter the ring on Friday.