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10 It’s Economy to Paint a Carriage Before it becomes very shabby. Paint and varnish preserve the wheels and panels. The cost, too, is trifling compared with the value of a good carriage. Let us show you what splendid work we can turn out before the open car- riage weather begins. Andrew J. Joyce’s Sons, 1028-1030 Conn. Ave. ‘Crescents’ <have all the improvements that the Bleycle world has yet discovered—and being manufactured by the largest Bicycle concern in America—they are produced at the minimum prices. $50 .00 & 97522 $40 Western Wheel Works Wash. Branch, cor. 9th and H Sts. Spring Has Come —here Cold weather Is over with us. Winter goods are disappearing and SPRING SUFTINGS and TROUSERINGS are fast filling every portion of available space. ‘Such originality and novelty weaves—and such a variety of beautiful patterns we've We'll be pleased to Suits to order. .... «= $25 Trousers to order............$6.50 Morton C. Stout & Co., MERCHANT TAILORS, 1112 F Street. mb4-w.f&m,23 . . never offered before. show them to you. “We have moved to 1417.7 Our Store Warming —is being celebrated this week by making some very attractive prices on SPRING SUITS and oxEncoars. Big array of patterns to choose from ° © Drop in pnd see us in our new quarters—it costs nothing. Haslett & Pistel, 9728 7" 10d Silk Hats, $5. Modeled after the latest fashion plates. Correct In every detail of fabric and finish. [7 YOUMANS SHAPED SPRING HATS in frown and Black, $2, $2.50 and $3. Only difference is in the price. R. C. Lewis & Son, - 1421 NEW YORK AVENUE. mh4i-14d SOK B-I-G Reductions on Everything. ‘The entir> stock of GROCERIES, ETC., of this well krown house is now being sold out. Here's a small lst that gives 7 an idea of the way prices are reduced, in order to sell as quickly as possible: Well-Known Cigars. *feduced. from $00" thousand Wo-2950.00 BELLE OF WASH. Conchas ciales. Beducet from $55 2 sard to. ( IMPT. LEAF CONCHA SELECTAS. thousand to... $30.00 < L YY DUGAN.” Re- duced froma $25 th sard to. ...-. $18.00 Wines and Whiskies. DOMESTIC CLARET. Reduced fi 75 a dozen qts. to....--. $2.00 “MT. VERNON" RYE WHISKY, very old. Ieduced to $7.25 doz pints. Quarts “OLD CROW," per cHEMPAGNE Mist, $11.00 -$10 james L. Barbour & Son, 614-616 Penna. Avenue. JOHN A, HAMILTON, Receiver. _mh4-60d They are the Lightest Running Wheels on Earth and Strictly High Grade. We Always cd Good Sewing Machines Why Shouldn’t We [Make Good Wheels? QUALITY GUARANTEED THE BIST Supplee Hardware Co., Agents, Philadelphia, Pa. NATIONAL SEWING MACHINE CO., BELVIDERE, ILLS. fe26-w, 172,56 CHAS. H. RUOFF, “the hatter.” Dunlap Hats nly of us <in the “D. C."" sets the HAS. H. RUOFF, Up-to-date hatter, 905 Pa. Ave. fe: 24 You Must Be Quick — — To get the pick of ver splendid line cf — cy Spring Shirtings. Every pattern SH See “ateaiie Te here: Ghats Se — Eindow showing. —— Satisfaction fit — ‘Shirt, $1.50. SHIRTMAKER, P. T. HALL, gos F'St: SMOKE CUBANOLA Se. CIGAR. THERE IS NONE ee mona i G0. 63 Pa. ave. oan Then place : pl your order. . mhs-164 THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1896--TWELVE PAGES. _ HANDICAP WEIGHTS PEStnGe IN “CONGRESS Announcement. of Imposts for the Big May 2 Event. APPLICATIONS FROM THE TURFMEN Stables at Ivy City Being Put in Condition. GENERAL SPORTING NOTES The weights in the Washington Handi- cap, 1 1-16 miles, to be run May 2, at the coming spring meeting of the Washington Jockey Club, at the Benning track, have been announced as follows: Blemton stable’s ch-h., 5, Henry of Navarre.133 Ibs. Blemton stable’s b.h., 5, Dorian. 12411 F. Burlew’s ch.h., 5, Buckrene. AH&DH Morris’ b.m., 4, Owle! J. A. Bennet a a AH&DH Morris’ ch.b. W. P. ‘3, bm, 6 Blemton stable’s b. J, Boylan’s F. Burlew’s AL we. . ehh Mad:son stable’s ch.m.,4, Mr. Chamblet’s ch.h.,'5, Warbonnet...- Penalties accrue from noon today, and declarations must be made on or before the 5th instant. The following stables have already made application for stabling at Benning, and to them must be added a number of small stables of less than four horses, bringing the number of stalls secured to over 230: Stalls. Stalls. August Belmont. Wm. Jennings. W. P. Burch. - 18) W. Jas. Boylan. . 7|/Mahoion Ludwig.. 8 R. Bradley. . 2\John J.McCafferty 20 R. C. Cooper. . 10) John Miller... Die O. J. Decker. ._7|/P. S. P. Randolph. 8 Goughacre Stable. 10|C. H. Smith.. 4 Th. 3JR. W. Walden The accommodation at Benning being limited, only the applications of such per- sons as are ready to fay for their stalls from the date they are secured are “booked.” The stables at Ivy City are be- ing renovated, and there late comers will find good accemn odation for wir horses. From the above statement it will be secn that the coming meeting will be attend2d by stables containing the finest horses in trainiag, and there is every indication that the meeting will be the best in every way conducted here for many years. A Washington Boy’s Success. J. Hawley Taussig, Cornell’s little end 1ush, is a junior in mechanicaf engineering. He is a native of this city, where he at- tended the high school and first played foot tall. There he held the lightweight wres- tling championship and won several Colum- Fia Athletic Club medals. His home is now at Philadeiphia. He entered Cornell in the fall of 1893, and though starting in late to play foot ball, soon found himself-a mem- ker of the ‘Varsity team. Last spring he was a substitute on the ’Varsity crew. He also kolds the wrestling championship of the university. ne THE VIVISECTION DEBATE. Mr. Thomas Wilson Thinks a Law Can Be Framed Satisfactory to All. “My criticism on the discussion on vivi- section last evening at the Cosmos Club before the Anthropological Society is that neither party to the discussion met the arguments of the other,” said Mr. Thomas Wilson of the Smithsonian Institution to a Star reporter today. “The vivisectionists showed the great geod resulting from the practice and the absolute necessity for experimentation on animals in order to obtain any reasonable understanding of the cause or cure of many diseases to which man and animals are subject. The anti-vivisectionist party con- ceded all this, though in a less degree than claimed by the other side. Up to this point there was practically no difference between them. “The anti-vivisectionists, conceding what kad gone before, thongh in a dess degree than claimed, insisted that many times tke practice of vivisection was _unneces- sary, was conducted by unskilled persons with little or no relation to science or dis- covery, or, at least, that this was only a pretease, and that the practice was many times conducted with needless crueliy and pain. “These propositions were substantially ecnceded by the opposite party. The differ- ence between the two parties, however, be- ing that one sought to magnify, the other to minify, the practice. The true line ap- pears to be midway between the respective cententions of both parties. If vivisection is productive of good, or necessary to scien- tific investigation, as conceded by the anti- vivisectionists, then let the practice be car- ried on, but conducted under proper super- vision. If pain must be inflicted in the at- tainment of the good end, then let it be in- flicted; the law should allow this, and the animal must bear it for the good of man. “But this should be no warrant for ex- perimentation by unskilled persons whose investigations will be of no value, nor of these who use the operation only to gratify a cruel or bloodthirsty disposition. “A law can surely be framed which will prevent improper operations, involving needless cruelty, while it permits opera- tions, however painful, bloody or long-con- tinued, if performed by a humane person engaged in a bona fide solution of scientific problems. The boy who pulls off flies’ legs and wings fox the fun of seeing their an- tics, or the cart driver who pulls out the tongue of his horse because he refuses to pull, are not to be classed with the medi- cal man who may perform yever so bloody or painful an experimental operation in studying the cause of threatened epidemics among either man or animals. “It is a question whether the present laws against mayhem and cruelty to animals may not substantially cover the cases. The execution of a law against cruelty in ex- perimentation may surely be left to the courts, while the men who spoke last even- ing for vivisection, as eminent for their humanity as for their learning, can super- vise the operation and testify before the jury as to its necessity or propriety on the one hand or to its cruelty and inhumanity on the other.” —————— A Faithfal Clerk Commended. Mr. H. H. Brogden of Maryland, for many years chief clerk of the labor board at the Washington navy yard, has been appointed first-class clerk to the commandant of the yard, vice Mr. George W. Watson, who re- signed because of trouble from the wounds he received during the war. In accepting Mr. Watson's resignation Secretary Herbert expresses regret at the circumstances that induced such action and in a letter to Mr. Watson said: “Your long and faithful serv- ice to the government, in war and in peace, entitle you to the thanks of the department, and you carry with you into your retire- ment my best wishes for your future happi- Mr. Lewis Finney of Virginia has been appointed clerk to the labor board at the Washington navy yard, vice Mr. Brogden. promcted. An indignation meeting was held last right in Baltimore to protest against the actions of the councils. Police Commission- er Roosevelt of New York was the principal speaker. The Odd Thing About My Way Of Repairing Watches Is that wt never needs fixing over again! Th, York is done 39 1 ao Weli~that your Imeplece is given an accuracy. Cleaning or mainspring, 75e. : = ing, a Hutterly, eet oe Tmepteces, 39 G mh2-124 —Be as particular as you like—ex- acting, even—yet I’m so sure of my ability to please you in maki Shirts that I'll make one or a ae solely on approval! 1.80 up: Frank Wells, 1411 Pa. Ave. mbh2-14d Senate Free Library Bill Favorably Re- ported as a Substitute in the House. Other Local Measures ‘Theday Re- ported by the House Committee and New Ones Introduced. The House District committee today fa- verably reported, as a substitute for the House bill, tke bill which has already péssed the Senate authorizing the estab- lishment of a free circulating library in this city. The committee also reported favorably the bill relieving James Linsky from- the operations of the alien ownership law. A favorable report was ordered on the bill abolishing “days of grace’ on negotia- ble and mercantile peper after January 1, 1897. Also a favorable report on the bill au- thcrizing a compilation of street railway laws. The committee will hold a special execu- tive meeting next Friday at 11 o'clock for the consideration of miscellaneous business. To Pay for Condemned Land. Mr. Keifer, by request, has introduced a bill in the House providing that $51,686 be appropriated out of any moneys of the Dis- trict of Columbia in the treasury not oth- erwise appropriated, to be paid to the Pros- pect Hill cemetery for its land condemned under the act of Congrtss approved Decem- ber 21, 1893, entitled “An act to extend North Capitol street to the Soldiers’ Home,” said sum being the amount awarded said Prospect Hill cemetery by the commissioners of condemnation under said act; and their award having been affirmed on appeal by the Court of Appeals by the District of Columbia, said sum shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, and this appropriation shall be immediately available. So much of the act of Congress approved August 17, 1894, chapter 232, as directs the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to vacate its order confirming the report of the Commissioners under said act ap- proved Dezember 21, 1898, and directing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to proce2d to carry into effect said act and to acquire title by condemnation, accord- ing to chapter 11 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the Dis- trict of Columbia, shall be repealed. . Sale of Land for Unpaid Taxes. Mr. Cobb has introduced a bill in the House empowering the Supreme Court of the District to order sales of lands for the payment of taxes assessed against the owners, and providing regulations therefor. Penalties for Short Measures. Mr. Babcock has introduced a bill in the House providing that it shall not be law- ful for any person, under a penalty of two dollars for each offense, to be recover- ed in the Police Court of the District of Columbia in the name of said District in the same manrer as other fines and penal- ties are recovered, to use any bushel, half- bushel, peck, half-peck or quarter-peck measure unless the same be of the di- mensions following, to be measured from inside to inside, to wit: Every bushel meas- ure shall not be less than fifteen and one- fourth inches in diameter at the top, four- teen and one-half inches in diameter at the bottom, twelve and three-eighths inches deep, and the staves three-fourths of an inch in thickness. Every half-bushel meas- ure shall not be less than twelve and one- half inches in diameter at the top, eleven and one-half inches in diameter at the bottom, rine and one-half inches deep, and the staves at least one inch thick. Every peck measure shall not be less than ten inches in diameter at the top, nine and one-fourth inches in diameter at the bot- tom, seven and five-eighths inches deep and the staves three-fourths of an inch in thickness. Every half-peck measure, when joined to the peck, shall not be less than eight and five-eighths inches in diameter at the top, nine and one-eighth inches in diameter at the bottom, four and one-half inches in depth, and the staves five-eighths inch thick; and every one-half-peck meas- ure, when made separate from the peck, shall not be less than nine and one-eighth inches in diameter at the top, eight and five-eighths inches in diameter at the bot- tom, four and one-half inches deep, and the staves five-eighths inch thick; every quar- ter-peck measure shall not be less than six and one-eighth inches in diameter at the top, five and seven-eighths inches in diam- eter at the bottom, four and three-fourths inches deep and the staves one-half inch in thickness. The lawful weight of a bushel of potatoes shall be fifty-six pounds, and that hereafter all sales thereof shall be made by weight. The Spinner Statue. By unanimous consent the House today passed the resolution authorizing the lo- cation of the Spinner statue in this city. Overhead Wires. The Vice President today laid before the Senate a long communication frum the District Commissioners in regard to over- head wires in the District, the substance of ae has been already printed in The ie Naval War Records, Senator Chandler today gave notice of an amendment to be offered to the legislative bill apprepriating $50,000 to continue the publication of the Naval War Records. ‘The Care of the Public Parks. Senator McMillan’s bill extending to all the public parks in the District the rules and regulations which now apply to the Capitol grounds has been passed by the Senate. War Claims. The House committee on war claims has favorably reported bills for the relief of Margaret Kennedy and Alexander Poland for depredations committed upon their property adjacent to this city during the war. Dollar Gas. Senator McMillan is very much in earnest in regard to the bill introduced by him pro- viding for the reduction of the price of gas to $1, and he said to a Star reporter that he Froposes to push it vigorously until it has received senatorial assent. He said he had telked with a good many of the experts who have been sent to the Capitol by the lecal gas companies and their would-be rivals, and he is convinced that good illum- inating gas can be made and distributed at $1 a 1,000 cubic feet at a good profit to the manufacturer. “Of course,” he added, “if it should be impossible for the company to make gas at @ profit of $1 per 1,000, I do not think it would be wise or just for us to insist upon a reduction of the rate. But I am satisfied that the present company can sell its gas for $1 and still make a good profit, such as any enterprise of this character is entitied to. There are two alternatives, either to reduce the price of gas furnished by the Present company, or to charter new com- panies and thus to establish a competition. In my opinion it is out of the question to give charters to new enterprises to tear up the streets and possibly to bankrupt them- selves and the other company when the main object for such rivalry, cheaper gas, can be obtained by a direct regulation of the existing corporations, which Congress has the perfect right to do. I hope to have the committee take up this bill at an early day, and I believe we shall be able to get the Senate to pass it without difficulty. “I hope, ‘oo, that we will be able to pass the bill I introduced providing for the mun- icipal ownership of the conduits for electric light and telephone wires. It seems to me that this is a fair solution of the problems tkat have grown up of late in connection with these troublesome wires, and I pro- =< to push this bill as vigorously as I am able.” Greuze’s Portrait of Franklin. Senator Hale has introduced a bill author- izing the library committee to purchase a certain portrait in pastel of Benjamin Franklin, by Greuze, to be hung in the Capitol building. Dry Measures. Senator McMillan has introduced the Commissioners’ bill defining dry measures te be known as standards in the District. ———_—-—___$__ Am Indian Inspector Dead. A dispatch to the commissioner of In- dian affairs announces the death at Shawnee, Okla., last night, of Paul F. Fai- son, one of the five inspectors of the bu- had been in the service for thres years. ‘5 . MARQUETTE STATUE The Company. i: Which Tt Stands at thé: Capitol. MARBLE TRIBOYGS? 10 PATRIOTS 7 Curiosity to Seo «ithe Much-Dis- cussed linage. Mle SCULPTOR TRENTANOVE ‘The Marquette statue proved a drawing card to the visitors at the Capitol today, and a crowd of admiring spectators sur- rounded it all day. It has been found ad- visable to supplement the guard of the statue maintained by the Capitol police with the services of detectives in citizens’ clothing, who mingle with the crowd and look out for expressiohs of hostile demon- strations. Mr. Trentanove, the sculptor of the Mar- “qvette statue, who occupies perhaps the mcst delicate position in the whole contro- versy raised over the statue, has been sharply aroused by the criticism advanced in regard to his statue. He is a young man The Marquette Statue. who has made America his home because it affords him a more promising field for his talent than he enjoyed in Italy. In per- son he is of medium height, broad-should- ered and stout, with blonde hair, and bear- ing and looking very little like the typical Italian. He ts thirty years of age, and werm with the fire of ambition. He was tern in Florence, and is a graduate of the Ficrentine Academy. “I have taken out my naturalization pa- pers,” said he to a Star reporter today, “and Iam proud of my American citizenship. I feel as if I had been an American all my life. I have never anywhere been treated so well as the people of this country have treated me, especially in my western home. I will say that I have done my best to de- serve approval. In my art I have striven to do all that could be expected of me or of any artist. That I have succeeded is due not alone to my training and my love of the work, but to the inspiration which has come from friendly encouragement and ap- preciation. I came to this country four years go, and it was my good fortune to make the first sale of a piece of sculpture at the World's fair. I had three.offers under con- sideration at the same time for my work, ‘The Last of the Spartans,” and-I selected ficm these three offers that made by the Leighton Art Gallery at Milwaukee, be- cause of the honor there was in.being rep- resented in a great public gallery like that. That sale perhaps aiso influenced me to make my home in Milwaukee, and since go- ing there I have made on orders nineteen busts of prominent citizens of the state of Wisconsin. Among them was one of Sen- ator Matt Carpenter, which was placed in the State Historical Soclety's rooms at Madison. I also made a bust of Mr. Fred. Leighton, the founder of the Leighton gal- lery, and this has been placed in that gal- lery. I have a studio in Chicago, and have met with gratifying success there. “Of the Marquette statue I can only say that I have done my best, and beyond that I must not be criticised. I did not select the theme, for that was selected for me years ago by the legislature of Wisconsin. If there is any question as to the propriety of placing the statue of Marquette in the Capitol it seems to me It ought to have been thought of long ago. I am aware that it raises a religious question, and per- haps excites a prejudice. But of that I perhaps should not speak. I have myself Trentanovey thé Sculptor. «ine been a Catholic all my life, and at the same time I trust tfat d am liberal enough to consider the matter, without bias. It is not Marquette the Catholic that Wis- consin sought to honor so much as the voyageur who sought-/to pierce the un- known interior of the.continent and find the noble stream which he had been told and believed extended northward to the great lakes. I trust it owill be remembered by those who criticise that in this unhappy incident the humble scwptor has done his best, and has done it perhaps the better because of the thoiight:that his work was to stand in the Capitol of the nation. I am free to say that!if the statue is not to stay in the Capitol'I shall be greatly dis- appointed.” 10 8 In Stataary Hall. The notoriety that the Pere Marquette statue has attained of late directs pointed attention to the character of the silent uc- cupants of the old Hall of Representatives, which has been made into a veritable ni tional Pantheon. The recent comer is the only statue that exhibits a man in priestly garb, and, as stated In the resolutions re- cently introduced in the House, is the first depiction of a churchman strictly in that character. There is a wide variety among these marble portraits. The first ones put into Statuary Hall under the invitation is- sued by the joint resolution of Congress of- fering the old Hall of Representatives for the statues of citizens of states identified with the history of the commonwealths of the Union were those of Wiliams and Nathaniel Green, representing the state of Rhode Island. Williams was the ft of Rhode Island, and was a radical thinker on rel:gious questions. .H:s expedition into the wilderness that resulted in the estab- Ushment of the little New England state itt his Statues were placed in the hall in 1871, and the next year Connecticut sent a pair of marbles to represent that state. One was the statue of Jonathan Trumbull, eminent Patriot of the revolution, whose skill in de- vising expedients to meet the necessities of the continental goverr ment earned for him the soubriquet “Brother Jonathan,” which ,become a national nickname. Trum- bull’s statue presents him in the dress of the period as a citizen. Roger Sherman, the subject of the other of Connecticut's repre- sentations, was a colleague of Trumbull’s, being one of the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence, and in marble Wears civil attire. In 1873 New York sent the statues of George Clinton and Robert R. Livingston, men of the revolutionary period. Clinton was a signer of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, a general of the revolution, a goveinor of New York and a Vice Pres! dent of the United States, and is represent- ed in the dress of a continental soldier. Livingston was the first chancellor of New ¥ork, and delivered the oath of office to Washington as first President of the young republic. His statue represents him in the rokes of the chancellor, and in his hand is the treaty for the cession of Louisiana, which he successfully consummated. Centennial Statues. ‘Three statues were received in the cen- tennial year, two from Massachusetts and one from Vermont. Massachusetts sent the Portrait in stone of John Winthrop, the first governor of Massachusetts, depicted in the act of landing with the charter of 1630, and wearing the dress of those early colonial days. The dawn of liberty is com- memorated by the state by means of the statue of Samuel Adams, early advocate of liberty, whose figure is shown in colonial dress in the attitude of protesting on March 6, 1770, to the royal governor of the state against the presence of the British troops in Boston, when he used these fam- ous words: “Night is approaching, an im- mediate answer is expected—both regiments or none!” Vermont's centennial contribution to the hall was the statue of Ethan Allen, the fan.ous continental soldier, who in the dress of the continental army is shown de- manding the surrender of Fort Ticonder- oga, “In the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress.” This is one of the most stirring statues in the hall, and is regarded as one of the finest works of art, being of herole size. In 1880 Ver- mont sent the statue of Jacob Collimer, orator, who was Postmaster General in 1849, and United States Senator from 1855 to 1864. He is represented in the civic dress of that period, in the attitude of ad- dressing the Senate. This portraiture is in distinct contrast with the Allen statue that stands on the other side of the hall. In 1880 Maine sent the statue of William King, in top boots and Spanish cloak. He was an early advocate of the separation of Maine and Massachusetts, and in 1820 be- came the first governor of the state of Maine. Recent Addition: Since 1880 the statues have come at tr- regular intervals, the most recent addi- ‘tions, with the exception of the Marquette Statue, being those of Stark and Webster from the state of New Hampshire, the former representing the fight for liberty and the latter fully entitled to a place in this great gallery for his wonderful elo- quence in the highest council of the nation at a later period. John Stark's fame is that of a soldier, and his statue is character- istically and popularly military in style. He is the man who, according to traditio1 led his men to victory on August 16, at the battle of Bennington, and exclaimed, pointing out the British troops: ‘There they are, boys; we'll beat them today or Molly Stark’s a widow.” The statue of Webster presents the great commoner in civil dress in familiar attitude. Pennsylvania has one of the most inter- esting pairs of statues in the hall—Fulton, the inventor, and Muhlenberg, the soldier- pastor, who became member of Congress and Senator. His is a stirring life, he hav- ing left his pulpit to order the drums to beat for recruits on the first call for sol- diers of the new nation. The statue pre- sents him in the common dress of the day, in an attitude of earnest action as he starts off from his church to take up the sword for liberty. Fulton is depicted as resting easily in a chair regarding the model of a steamboat he had devised, and which notes the beginning of the era of steam naviga- tion. New Jersey sends as her foremost citi- Izens_ Richard Stockton, signer of the Declaration of Independence, who is shown in the civil dress of the day, and Phil. Kearney, soldier of the late war. The statue of Garfield, which stands on the east side of the passageway to the Lew Hall of Representatives, is one of the mosi striking marbles in the hall. It repre- sents the martyred President in civil dress as a member of the national legislature rather than in the uniform of a soldier. So, also, with the accompanying statue representing the state of Ohio, that of William Allen, who became famous as a lawyer and a legislator in the middle of the century. He was governor of the state of Ohio and one of the most vigorous fight- ers of the day. The only statue that represents the state of Michigan 1s that of Louis Cass, a gen- eral in the war of 1812, governor of Michi- gan, Secretary of War under Jackson, United States minister to France, United States Senator and one of the foremost orators of his time. His statue bears a striking resemblance to portraits of Web- ster, especially as he wears the dress of the same pericd made famous by his dis- tinguished colleague. One of t! most recent statues in the hall is that nt to represent the state of Illinois, being a portrait of Gen. James Shields, a veteran of the late war, and presented in the uniform of a federal com- mander. He was Senator from three states, Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri. He gained distinction in the war of 1812, and was én command of a brigade during the war of the rebellion. Out of the Ordinary. These are all the statues that are now in the hall as representative of the states of the Union. There are four other statues there present, besides a number of busts, but these do not fall under the provisions. of the joint resolution setting apart this room for this particular purpose. These statues that are accommodated out of order with positions in the hall represent Alex- ander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Gen. Edward Dickengon Baker of California. MRS. CARTTER’S WILL. Legacies Left by the Widow of the Chief Justice. The will of the late Nancy H. Cartt2 widow of Chief Justice David K. Cart- ter of the District Supreme Court, was filed today. It is dated September 26, 1894, and appoints Reginald Fendall ex- ecutor. To Wm. H. Cartter, son of the testatrix, all her stock in the National Typographic Company is given. The sum of $10,000 owed her by Jacob Perkins of Cleveland, Ohio, is given to the executor in trust to pay the interest thereon to Wm. HH. Hanford, a brother, for life, and at the latter’s death, $3,000 of the sum fs to be paid to cach of his daughters, Fannie and Nannie, and $4,000 to Mrs. Amelia Reed, daughter of Mrs. Cartters deceased brother, Joseph P. Hanford. ‘The residue of the estate is to be invested by the executor, to whom it is bequeathed in trust, to pay the net income therefrom in quarterly pay- ments to Mrs. Cartter’s son, Wm. H. Cart- ter, for life. At the latter’s death $15,000 each are to be paid to Nattie, Tottie, Paul and Harry Cartter, grandchildren, and $8,000 to Mrs. itbbie Gregory, a grand- daughter. The balance is to he divided into seven equal shares, one each to be paid to the following grandchildren: David K. Cartter, Mrs. Nannie Lee, Mrs. Libbie Gregory, and Nattie, Tpttie, Paul and Harry Gartter, or nis or her legal -repre- sentatives. ————— ‘The Prudent Virgin. From the Daily Eastern Argus. “I hope, Jennie, that you matter serious consideration,” said the lady to a servant girl who had “given notice” because she was to be married “that day two weeks.” “Oh, I have, ma’am,” was the earnest reply. “I’ve been to two fortune tellers and a Clairvoyant, and looked in a sign book and dreamed on a lock of his hair, and been to one of thcse astrologers, and to a meedjum, and they all tell me to go ahead, naam. I ain’t one to marry reck- less like, ma'am.” . SPRING FASHIONS You Our range of Covert Cloths for top coats is COMPLETE —fully twenty different styles on display today— Our price aoeeeee.. -tO-measure, M. & PA. FOR MEN THIS WEEK. must come here to see the finest stock of woolens in Washington—There’s a reason for dwelling on this point in advertisements— We want you to come—If you come we know you will believe—But we want - you to believe first—then we know you will come— It isn’t safe to buy your spring outfit until you’ve seen this stock of Woolens—It’s more than a fine Stock—it’s a depend- able stock—In it you'll find every kind of stuff that good taste and good judgment recommend— And at right prices— Mertz and Mertz, New ‘Era’ Tailors, 906 F Street. CAPITOL TOPICS. Sectarian Appropriations. Senator Cockrell has presented petitions from citizens of Missouri, protesting against further appropriations being made by the government to aid sectarian inst-- tutions. Agricultural Appropriation Bi ‘The Senate gave most of yesterday to the agricultural appropriation bill, and passed that measure, carrying $3,262,000, without material amendment. Another bill passed during the day changes the limitations of fourth-class mail matter, so as to free the postal service from bulky articles, hereto- fore sent free by the government depart- ments. Mr. Wolcott, in urging the bill, said roller-top desks and electric motors Were among the articles sent as mail by the departments. Criminal Cases Not Capital. The Senate yesterday afternoon passed the bill withdrawing from the Supreme Court jurisdiction of criminal cases not capital, and confer the same on courts of appeals. Abolishing the Fee System. The House spent the entire day yester- day in debating the amendment to the leg- islative appropriation bill to abolish the fee system in the cases of United States district attorneys and marshals. The sal- aries fixed by the amendment range from $2,000 to $5,000. The amendment was in- dorsed by almost every member of the ju- diciary committee. It was argued the amendment would reduce the expenses of United States courts, which have doubled since 1878, at least $0,000 for the first year, and result in stopping the pernicious peddling of the business of the federal courts. Confirmations. The Senate, in executive session yester- day, confirmed the following nominations: Charles E. Wells of West Virginia, to be marshal of the United States for the dis- trict of West Virginia. Lieut. Col. W. R. King, corps of engi- neers, to be a member of the Missouri river commission. Samuel H. Keedy of New York, to be consul of the United States at Grenoble, France. George J. Roskruge of Arizona, to be sur- veyor general of Arizona. Postmasters: New York—Mary Kate Cleveland, at Waterville; S. H. Vandyck, at Coxsackie; L. W. Young, at Bayshore; Cc. Whitney, at Franklinville. Connecticut —Charles Harrington, at Essex; Adam Uhl, at Montowese. Ohio-W. W. Lewis, at Hudson. Minnesota—E. C. Burke, at Vir- gina; Geo. D. Muggah, at Cloquet; H. C. Howard, at Lake Crystal. Missouri—S. E. Wible, at Hopkins. j Oriental Cheap Labor. Some days ago Mr. Newlands of Nevada introduced im the House a resolution in- structing the ways and means committee to inquire into the effect of the difference of exchange between gold and silver stand- ard countries on American manufactures. He referred at the time to the great influx of cheaper manufactured articles from Japan, and argued that an increase in the price of silver would take from oriental countries the advantages they possessed in virtue of the exchange. Some of the members of the ways and means commit- tee have talked the subject over, and there is a disposition to make the investigation, but it will probably be made on the basis of a resolution offered by Mr. Tawney (Minn.) yesterday. His resolution is sub- stantially in the words of a resolution dopted recently at Chicago by the Amer- ican Manufacturers’ Association. It is as follows: “Resolved, That the committee on ways and means inquire respecting the alleged invasion of our markets and the menace offered to American manufacturing indus- try by the products of cheap oriental labor, and to determine what is the cause of this menace, and what means should be adopted to avert the threatened injury to domestic producers.” A Peace Monument at Appomnttox. Representative Mahon of Pennsylvania introduced a bill in the House today ap- prepriating $75,000 for the erection of a peace monument at Appomattox, Va., on the spot where Lee surrendered to Grant. The monument is to be erected under the auspices of a commission, composed of the Secretary of War, the commander of the army, the chief of engineers, commander- in-chief of the G. A. R., commander of the Confederate Veterans’ Association. A Pension for Phil Kearny’s Daughter The House committee on invalid pen- sions has favorably reported a bill provid- ing a pension of $25 a month to Elizabeth W. Kearny, the daughter of Gen. Philip Kearny, who served in the Mexican and subsequent wars. ——_-o+____ Want It Enforced. To enforce a mechanics’ lien of $5,800.50, the Memphis Paving and Covering Com- pany of Tennessee today filed a bill in equity against John W. Albaugh, Mrs, Har- riet Stanwood Blaine, Uriah H. Painter, Paul D. Connor and others, praying for the sale of the premises and leasehold interest in the Lafayette Square Opera House. The complainant company claims. that the amount of the lien is a balance on account of materials and labor 1urnished by it in the construction of the opera house. At- terney Thos. M. Fields represents the com- pany. —_——__ Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: Dennis Outlaw and Martha Croom; Charles W. Barbour and Katherine Ashton; Thomas J. Roberts and Maggie E. Ferguson; Alfred Johnson and Airy Herbert, beth of Brookland, D. C.; William A. McDay and Annie E. L. Gleason; Walter Bryant and Cecelia Rollins; Frederick Perry and Susan A. Brown; Octavius Gordon of New THE COURTS, Court of Appeals—Present, the Chicf Jus- tice, Mr. Justice Morris and Mr. Justice Shepard. ceed B. Brownell was admitted to prac- ice. No. 436, Lensburgh agt. D. C.: writ of error to Supreme Court United States prayed by W. C. Prentiss for appellant. No. 553, Mackall agt. Willoughby: motion to dismiss appeal overruled; opinion by Mr. Chief Justice Alvey. No. 1 (aw), Thompson & Bro. agt. Conroy; motion for allowance of appeal denied and petition dismissed; opinion by Chief Justice Alvey. No. 533, Levis agt. Kengla et al.: argu- ment continued by J. H. Gordon for ap- pellee and concluded by H. E. Davis for appellant. No. 537, United States of Amer- ica agt. R. Boyd et al.; argument com- menced by J. E. Laskey for appellant and continued by D. W. Baker and J. J. John- son for appellees, and by C. H. Armes for appellant. Court in General Term—Justices Magner S and McComas. U. 8. agt. Morris et al. (Potomac fiat case); decree of court as to ownership and valuation of property delivered. Equity Court No. 1—Judge Cox. Young agt. Morrow; commmission’s re- turn in partition ratified. Hoover agt. Hoover; time to take testimony limited to sixty days. Middle States Co. agt. Sim- mons; sale ratified nisi. Bolton agt. Boyce; auditor's report confirmed. In re Mary Anderson, Harriet V. V. Wilson, Florence M. Perrie, Mary Wells, Wm. B. Dyer, Jas. H_Johnston; inquisition in lunacy confirmed. Washington agt. Washington; testimony before Jas. A Clarke, examiner, ordered taken. Peoples agt. Peoples; do. before Robt. J. Murray, examiner. Danenhower agt. Roth; pro confesso against defendant, Roth, granted. Oppenheimer agt. Oppen- heimer; receiver's sale ratified and cause referred to auditor. Equity Court No. 2—Judge Hagner. Madden agt. Madden; testimony before R. 8. Boswell, examiner, ordered taken. Etter agt. Etter; do. before J. H. Lichliter. Anderson agt. Anderson; do. before HK. Forrest. Lobe agt. Letz et al.; pro confessa against certain defendants granted. In re guardianship of Thos. P. Keating et al; decree confirming proceedings in Orphani Court. Asmussen agt. Asmussen; appear- ance of absent defendant ordered. Circuit Court No. 1—Judge Bradley. Ino. Stuckert agt. District of Columbia; verdict for plaintiff for $100. Stuckert et ux, agt. District of Columbia; motion for new trial overruled and judgment on ver- dict. Cumberland Hydraulic Cement Com- pany agt. Wheatley; defendant ordered to Produce at trial certain letters. Duffy et al. agt. McGill et al.; judgment on verdict for plaintifys and judgment of condemna- tion. Bruen agt. Johnson et al.; jury trial waived, sutmitted to court and plaintiffs take non suit. Jno. A. Butler et al. agt. Wm. L. Bramhall; on trial. Gibbons agi: District of Columbia; judgment in cer- tiorari. Thompson agt. District of Colum- bia; do. Circuit Court No. 2—Judge McComas. Moore agt. Barbour; on trial. Criminal Court No. 1—Judge Cole. Lansden agt. Weshington Gas Company; on trial. Probate Court—Judge Hagner. Estate of Nancy N. Cartter; will filed and partly proved. Estate of Jno. L. Edwards; ipventory filed. Estate of Margaret A. Dunning, petition for letters of administra- ticn filed. Estate of Annie E. Conroy; administrator bonded and qualified. Estate of Ann Remick; do. Estate of Geo. U. Mayo; citation issued. In re Wm. Twomb- ly, guardian; final receipt filed. In re Ida M. White, guardian; petition for leave to invest ward's money filed. —— KIECKHOEFER’S BOND. MR. Suit Against the Sureties of Former State Department Ei ye. District Attorney Birney, on behalf of the United States, has filed a suit at law against Francis Julius Kieckhoefer, at one time chicf of the bureau of accounts of the Department of State, and the City Trust, Safe Deposit and Surety Company of Philadelphia, Pa., on a bond of $30,000, given by the defendants June 18, 18%, for the faithful performance by Mr. Kieck- hoefer of his duties as said employe of the government. The government claims that he failed and refused to account for or pay to the United States the sums of $8,502.39, $939.67 and $7,359.89, and prays, therefore, that the defendants be each held liabie to the government in the amount of said bond of $30,000, and that the government recover against them said amount. —— THE ALABAMA ELECTIONS. itor Allen Elated Over the Favor- al Report of the Committce. Senator Allen is elated over the favorable report made to the Senate by the commit- tee on clections of the bill introduced by him a year ago for a Senate committee to investigate the alleged election frauds in Alabama. The report of the committee was not unanimous, the democrats voting against tke resolutions, which were placed on the calendar, and will come up for debate s00n. The populist members of the Senate are said to have been assured that the repub- licans will vote for the passage of the reso- lutions, and thus put them through. Shovld the committee called for be ap- pointed, Senator Allen will probably be chairman. He will make every effort to show that there have been gross frauds in the elections in Alabama for years. As these frauds are charged to have been committed against populists the Nebraska Senator will find keen delight in exposing them. —_—_-e-_. Consolidation of Divisions. The reorganization of the divisions of the office of the Secretary of War, briefly re- ferred to in yesterday's Star, includes the consolidation of the mail and records di- vision with the correspondence division, with Mr. John T. Dillon as chief. He was formerly in charge of the correspondence division. Mr. John B. Randolph, who was formerly in charge of the mail and records division, has been appointed private secre- tary to the assistant secretary of war, ata salary of $1,800. Mr. Richard J. Whitton, who was formerly private secretary to the Stephen Gambrill has been appointed of the division of requisitions and accounts, ‘The division chiefs have a salary of $2,008