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17 RAILROADS. FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE. CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY. TEROUGH THE GRANDEST SCENERY IN AMERICA. ALL ‘TRAINS VESTIBULED, ELECTRIC LIGHTED, STEAM HEATED. ALL MEALS SERVED iN DINING CARS. STA- TION SIXTH AND B STREETS. Schedule in effect April 4, 1806. 2:25 P.M. DAILY—Ciucinnati and St. Louis Spe- elal- Solid train for Cinciuratl. Himan sieepers to Cincinnati, Lexington, Louisville, Indianapo ard St. Louis without change. Parlor cazs Cin- : Chicaxu. OTN Bat DMEY_F. F. V. Limited—Solid tratn for Civcinnatl. Fullman’ sleepers to Cincinnati, on snd Louisville without change. _ Dull: eeper to Virginia Het Sprit with Wednesdays ard Saturdays. Sleepers Cla- i EXCEPT SU} Via Richmond nd Norfolk. Only rail Hine. Buffet Washington to Oid Point without DAILY—For Gordonsville, Charlottes- Staunton and for Richmond, daily, except ld P Car, 2 vill 8 5. Reservations and tickets at Chesapeake and Obto offices, 513 and 1421 Pennsylvania avenue, 1110 F ard a the station. i H.W. FULLER, General Pass PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Station corner of 6th and B streets, In effect Jonuary 6, 1896. FENssiLVaNiy LisMTED.—Pullnan ping, Dining, Smoking ‘Observation Ca Harrisburg to Chicago, Cinciceati, Indianapolis, St Louis, Cie eland aud Toledo. "Buffet Parlor Car to Harrisburg. 10:30 A.M. FAST LINE.—Pullman Buffet, Parlor os to Leonie Parlor and Dining Cars, Har- Fisburg to Pittsburg. 8:40 P.M. “CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS.— Pullman Buffet Parlor Car to Harrisburg. Sleep- ing and Dining Cors, Harrisburg to St. Louls, Cincinnati, Louisville and Chicago. 710 EM. (WESTERN EXVIESS.—Pollman Sleep. ing Car to Culc and Harrisburg to Clevelat Dining Car to. Chicago. 7:10 P.M. SOUTH-WESTERN EXPRESS.—Pullman Sleeping and Dining Cars to St. Low ‘AM. for Elmira aud. Ret ‘Sunda; For Willlsmsport dai for Williamsport, Roc! Falls daily, except Sai ‘ur Washington to Suspension’ Bridge v Bu 10:40 P.M. for Erle, Ccnamiaigua, Rochester, But- falo ond Niagara Folls daily. Siceping car Wast- ington to EL FOIE PHiLADELP? NEW YORK AND THE HILADELPEIA. 4:00 P.M. “CONGRESSIONAL LIMITED,” daily, aut Verlor Cars, with Dining Car from Baltimore: Regular at 7:05 (Dining a. 7:20, 9:00, wo Wining Cary “and 11 ning Car from Wil- mington) A. 5, . 6:40, 10:00 and 11:35 sunday, 7:05 ‘(Dining Carr, | 7:20, Di Can, 11.00 . ne 11.00 m ‘Wilmington) A-M., 12:15, 3:15, E 10:00 and 11S PA For Pulled ia only, Fast Express 7:50 AM. week da press, 12:15 week dz 01 and 5:40 P.) daily. |For Boston without change, 7:50 A.M. week days, ant 3:15 P.M. daily. itimore, 6:25, 7:06, 7:20, 7. B Me For Pope’ ine, 7:20 A.M. and 4:36 P.M. daily, except Sundsy. For Apnapolis, 7:20, 9:00 A.M., 32:15 and 4:20 AI. daily, (except Sunday. Sundays, 9:00 AM. “$: Atlantic Coast Line. “Florida Special” for Jack- sonville and St. Augustine. 10:48 P.M. week days. Exprees for Richmond, points on Atiantie Coast 346 P.M. daily. Richmond and Richmond only, 10:57 wi ‘ # Point Coufort, with Parlor Car, 10.57 a.m. days. week Accommodation 4:25 P.M. week ? 23, 6-00, 5: E . On Sunday 45, 9. 23 215, 8:02 and 10:10 Lease’ Alexandria for Washington, 6:05, 6: ‘D:l0, losis; 10:28 A Mee” Asoo, for. the checking ‘of baggage to for the checking of baggage hotels end residences. &._M. PREVOST, J. RB. WooD, General Manager. General Passenger Agent. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. Schedule ia effect March 15, 1896. Leave Washington from station corner of New J-rsey avenue and C st. For Chicago and Northwest, Vestibuled Limited trains, 41:30 8: For Cincinnat, baled Limited, 3:45 p.m.; express, 12:15 ni; For Pittsburg aud Cleveland, express dail a.m. and Fo- Lexington and Staunton, 11:30 a.m. For Winchester and way Stations, 15:30 p.m. For Luraz, Natural Bridge, Roanoke, Knoxville, Qhattanousa. Memphis end New Orleans, 9:10 PM. ily; Slee y For Lar: For Bal destination 5:30 p.m. $58r Hagerstown, $11:30 a. and. 15: For Boyd and way points, week days, 4:20, 5:30, 7:05 p.m. a.m, 30, P. Sundays, 9:00 a.m., 1:15, way points, week days, aoa, Ea She, Sundzys, 9:00 a.m., 1:15, 10:35 pm. ington Junction and way points, *9:00 p.m. gm $115 pm. | Express trains stopping at prin- PLOYAL BLUE LINE POH NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA ih : trains illuminated with pintsch light. io Pulladeiptia,” Bo York, Boston ‘and the lays, (7:05, Dining : . 12:35, Dining Car), 3:60 (6:05, Dining Car), 2 night, Sleeping Car open for passengers 10:00 =). Buffet Parlor Cars on all day trains. For Atlantic City, 10:00 a.m., 12:00 noon. Sun- @ays, 12:35 p.m. qExcept Sunday. Sake Sar cate Baggage called for and checked from hotels and residences by Union Transfer Co. on orders left St ticket offices, 619 Penusylvania Avenue N.We New York Avenue and 15th Street, and at Depot. CHAS. 0. SCULL, Gen. WM. B. GREENE. Gen. Manager. SOUTLERN RAILWAY. edmont Air Line.) Schedu’e ip effect Januzry 6, 1806. Al) tsins arrive and eave at Pennsylvanis wenger Station. 00 A.M.—Dally—Local for Danville. Connects at Menastas for Strisburg, daily, except Sunday, and at Lynchburg with the Norfolk ard Westera daily. aud with C. & O. daily for Natural Bridge and 6. —Da! mbié The UNITED STATES Fast man Bullet Sleepers New York and Washington to Jacksonville, uniting a r- Jotte with Pullman for Augusta; also Pull- than Sleeper New York to New Orleans via Mont- gomezy, connecting at Atlanta with Pullman Sleep- er for Birmingham, Memphis and St. Louis. E for Strasburg, daily, except Sun- -M.—Daily—Loc&l for Charlottesville. 10:05 P. a anny New York and Florida Short Line, Limited, Pullman Com tion Sleeping Cars, New York to St. tine; Pullman ‘Driv ing "Room Sleepers, New York to ‘Tampa and Augusta; Vestibuled Day Coach, Wash- ington to St, Augtstine, and Dining Car, Salisbury to St. Augustire. 10:43 PEM, Dally WASHINGTON AND SOUTH- WESTERN VESTIBU! LIMITED, com; A STI | Sete Neemanes, ees ches. Iman Sleepers and Hot Spri N.C.; New York to Memphis via Birmingham, New York to New Orleans via At- lanta and Montgomery. Vestibuled Day Coach ‘Washington to Atlanta. Southern Railway Dining Car Greenstoro" to Montgime: ‘TRAINS BETWEED HILL keve Washington P.M. eaily, except, Sunda only, for Rout Bomiay, for Leesbu: Se ia Diviston, 10:00 4 tee ME ily. SHAS ef . ' gacept Surlay. and 3:40 AM: daily from Chat: eer ir reservation and information Car 511 ard 1300 Pennsylvania ave- Bue, ard at Pennsylvania Railroad Pusecnger Sta- ton. . H. GREEN, General Superintendent. “ig ALTORR. General Passcoger Agent. “"L. S. BROWN. Gen. Act. Pass. Dept. eee POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. . E. S RANDALL POTOMAC RIVER LINB— Steamer Harry Randall leaves River View Th st and Thursday, at m., Ia at all wharves as far down as Mad- Gor creett, Vas cluding Chapel Point ana Colonial rel on M. it 9 p.m; Wed- about 3:30 p.m. ac. first-class. Frei receiv antl Froprctor apd Manager Bo. Washington, 330 £ _ D. WEEMS STEAMBOAT CO. WINTER SCHED- THE WEEW Bi . wharf, foot 7th st., every Sunday at 4 p.m, for Baltimore and river A Strictly first-class. Freight received for river Jandings on Saturday ard must be Rates ven on Baltimore freight. IENSON & &i 5 Office, 910 Pa. ave. Telephone 745, de31-tf [ASHINGTON STEAMBOAT ©0.. “1 WASHINGTO? FOR POTOMAC DINGS, From 7th st. Ferry ‘ednesdays ys, Wi a.m; Mondays for river Bas. and Ni ';_ Teturning, a Feentagyaivermeses Wednesday for rivet = ed me Komini Landings, [endings tp Brcton's Bay Gnd rivers; ceturning, arriv- waa ey. =e (Should be read daily by all” interested, as “changes may occure at any time.) (The time shown tm the’ following notice tndi- cates the «los: of mails at the MAIN: OFFICE ON G REET between 6th and Tth streets northwest.) FOREIGN MAILS for the week ending APRIL 18 will close at this’ cffice-as tollows: fallow TRANS-ATLANTIC MAILS, MONDAY—At 7 p.m. for NETHERLANDS direct, o Bremen. - TUESDAY—At 7 p.m. for EUROPE, per s.s, New York. from New York, via Southampton; at 9 p.m. for EUROPE, per 8.9: Germanic, fron "New York, via Queenstow: at 10 for BELG! direct, ber 3.8, Friesland, from, ‘York, via Antwerp. (Letters must be ‘directed “per Friesland. At 2 CE, SW In. fo 2 "AEN, PORTUGAL, INDIA, per » DED tiana) ‘and RU via Bremen. orway-Christinna and pet, Etruria") At 7 direct, per s.s. Amater- | tLet*ers At.9 p.m. New York. and Saturdays take Inatter, eté., for Germany, and speclaily addressed printed matter, etc., for other parts of rope. White Star steamers satling on Wednesday tak specially addressed printed matter for Europe. Cunard steamers sailing on Saturday take printed + for Great Britain and Ireland, av d printed matter, ete., for ‘oth UTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA, WEST INDIES, ETC. At Il a.m. for MAICA, per steames Mt 9:0 p.m. for BELIZE, PU GUATEMALA, per s: wer fro > 1 NORTH BRAZIL, via Para, Mara- ters for other parts of Brazil mires iy MAILS FOR DAY: Boston, TEZ and . At p.m. fo gory, from New York, Ceara.” UL per STA 230 p.m, for € per steamer from New Orleans. SDAY—At 11 a.m. for PORT -ANTONIO, Boston. per At 7 p.m. for LA PLATA per 8.8. Garrick, from New . for COSTA RICA, pers: ‘ew Y At a net from A, per 8.8. Orl- ana. At >a for BRAZIL ‘0, Rio Janeiro and Santos, per u Baltimore. (Letters for North Plata Countries must he directed “Per At 10:30 p.m. for BERMUDA, per 8.8. Orinoco, from New York. THURSDAY—At 9:30 p.m. for BLUEFIELDS, per ns. RTUNE ISLAND, via steamer from New Ori JAMAICA and ghan I ILE 10:30 from Nev At I CHIAPAS, TABASCO, ber 3.8. Seguranea, from } ters, for other parts of Mexico and be directed “Per NEWPOUNDLAN Ey Sag (Le for Cuba mmst 1m, Mails for MIQUELON, by rail to Boston, and thence by steamer, close at this gffice datiy at 240 a.m. ils for CUBA close at this office daily at 2 for forwarding by steamers sailing Mondays from Port Tampa. MEXICO, overland, unless specially ispatch by steamer, close at this PACIFIC MAILS. and JAPAN, per S$. S. Tn dose here dally up to April is for cH fron Tacoma, p . Empress 7 couver, close here daily up to ‘Aprit ails for CHINA and JAPAN, per §. S. G yin San Francisco, clese here’ daily up to April . at 6 p.m ” Mails for HAWAII, pe clove here dal ils for AUSTRALIA, except West Aust WAU and FIST ISLANDS, per S$. S. M from Vancouver, clese here S. Australia, from San up to April 22, at 6 era, Hy up to April *23, at 6 p.m. Matis for the SOCTETY ISLANDS, per ship City of Papeiti, from Nan Francisco, close here daily up to April 2 Mails for’ A' p.m, STRALIA, except West Ans hich ere forwarded via Europe, NEW ZEAL AWAIT, LANDS and SAMOAN per S. So Martpssa. from San Francisco, datiy up to April $2; -m. ‘Transpacitic: malls "IT Presumption of thelr uninterrupted overland transit. *Regisiered mail closes at 1 p.m. same day. JAMES P. WILLETT, Pestinaster. Post Office. Washington, District’ of Columbia, April 11, 1896, OCEAN TRAVEL. SUMMER IS COMING! DO YOU WISH TO JOIN AN EXCURSION TO EUROPE? A personally conducted party will leave Ne York July 4,on the splendid steamer City of Rot 1 days—Great Britain and Pari 45 days—Great Britain, France and Belgium §270 52 days—Same, with Germany, the Rhine and ‘Switzerland $340 66 days—Sume as last, with Italy These prices include ALL EXPENSES. For prospectus and particulars address DE: WA; CROFFUT, 140 B u.e., Washington,D.C. apli-3t* $455, Anchor Line UNTYED STATES MAIL STEAMSHIPS SAIL FROM NEW YORK EVERY SATURDAY FOR GLASGOW VIA LONDONDERRY. Rates ‘or Saloon Passage, By SS. CITY OF ROME, $60 and Second Cabin, $35, Siccrage, $25. OTHER STEAMERS, Cabin, $50 Secor in, $30. Steeraze, $24.50. DRAFTS AT LOWEST CURKENT RATES. For further infermation apply to HENDERSON BROTHERS, 1 Bowling or G. W. MOSS, 921 Pa. F DROOP, 025 Pu. Wi ap3-3m COOK’S TOUR _, EUROPE. \VELING EXPENSES INCLUDED. Our ANNUAL MAY Pai high-class parties to Europe, "will sail by WHITE STAR LINE S. “MAJES Succeeding departures MAY 16, 23, 28, JUNE All the arrangements for these’ parties 6. 10, 17, 27. are in every respect first-class. Illustrated pro- Frame free. Railroad and, steamship tickets for widual travelers everywhere. HOS. COOK & SON, and 1225 Broadway, New York. upward. 5-50. 261 wh28-s,t,th-13t From New York Hotterds ia Boul New York to lam via Boulogne sur Mer, France, 8% hours from Paris or London. 8.8. Amsterdam, Saturday, April 18—9 a.m, S.S. Veendam, " Saturday, April 25-9 alm, First cabin, $45.00 to $05.00; second cabin, $25.00. For information, apply to’ General Passenger iro ency, No. 39 way, New York city, or to con a Washington, D. ¢.—G. W. MOSS, 921 Px. ave; EF. DROOP & 925 Pa. ‘ave., oF CRANB, PARR'S & CO., Ebbitt House. mh10-tu,th&s-11,tf CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. Intended steamships sailing from Vancouver to Japan sx» China: EMPRESS OF JAPAN...April 20, June 22, Aug. 24 EMPRESS OF CHINA: ::.May 11, July 13, Sept. 14 EMPRESS 01 $. Oct INDIA. june 1, Aug. t. 1% T) HONOLULU, FIJI AND AUSTRALIA. MIOWEBA, April 36. WARRIMOO, May 30. Second “xbin accommodations very low rates, For tickets and freight ratea apply 353 Broadway, N_X, For treight rates only, 60 Wall at., N.Y. fe! ye American Line. ‘New York - Southampton (Loudon - Paris) Twin-screw U.S. Mail Steamships, 15, 10 amfSt. Paul. 10 ame] New York. 0 am| 4 . Louls. 10 am| Berlin, Sat,.June 6, 10 am fay 18, 10 amlSt. Paul...June 10, 10 am Red Star Line. ry. May 20, 10am May 27, 10am june 8. 10 am FOREIGN HOTELS. HOTEL CECIL, LONDON, ENGLAND. ‘THIS MAGNIFICENT HOTEL, situate in the very best part of Lordoa, overlooking the river ‘Thames and the benutiful gardens of the Vic- toria Embankment, contains 700 BED ROOMS, 200 SITTING ROOMS, And the finest suites of PRIVATE and PUBLIC ROOMS in Europe. WILL BE OPENED about 80th April, 1896. apt-s,6t G. P. BERTINI, Manager. —— UNDERTAKERS. W. R. Speare, Undertaker & Embalmer, ‘40 F Street Northwest. Everything strictly first-class and on the most reasonable terms, ‘Telephone call 340, dal-tr SERVED THE SENAT Trusted Empleyes and Their Long Terms of Service. RECENT DEATH OF SEVERAL VETERANS Repositories of Secrets That Will Never Be Known. ee THEIR LIPS WERE SEALED HERE HAS BEEN an unusual mortality among the old em- ployes of the Senate during the past legis- lative year, and it is the common saying. just at present that there is a new era at hand, with the old Jandmarks disap- pearing and new ones coming to be recognized as such by common consent. This involves a peculiar, almost indefinabic Process, a sort of growth of sentiment that finds no expression in words, and less like- ly still in acts, yet as the years go by and the men who have stood at the same posts for session after session succumb to ad- vancing age and pass away, their places, not especially as office holders, but as men with records and histories, are filled by others. ‘The last one of these long in the service of the Senate to die was Mr. Dennis Mur- phy, who for forty-eight years has been connected with the work cf reporting the debates, and fer twenty-three years has been the chief contractor fer that task. Mr. Murphy's death occurred recently. The last before him to die, after many years of labor in the upper house of the rational legislature was Mr. Shankland, for thirty years and more one of the executive clerks of the Senate. The up- ber house {s peculiar in this respect. It finds men who are competent and faith- ful, and holds on to them. It has a virtual civil service system, although with each “reorganization” there is more or less changing. But the stand-b; the men whose long experience and peculiar fitness make them valuable, are retained vuntil there has come to be a sort of permanency about a Senate place that is less and less affected by political conditions year after year. ost Shankland was at one time a parti- san. He came to this city with John B. Forney, who been: secretary of the Sen- ate during the war. Forney went the way of the majority of men who occupy such high places that their heads are fair marks for the spofismen, but he left Mr. Shankland as an_herit to the public service. Mr. Shankland was not a man of hercic mold, nor was the any special mark of genius about him. ‘There was lit- tle in his outward appearance to commend him to special attention, er to cause Kim to be selected as a peculiarly fit subject for long retention in office. Small and unob- trusive, he was the least sociable of men, the least companionable. And there Jay his very strength. fi He Could Keep Secrets. He and his office fitted each other like the hand and the glove. The office demanded @ man. who couki keep his own c sels, who could preserve the valuable secrets that fell into his ears, and he chanced to be just that kind of a man. Hence his many years of service. This illustrates in @ special manner the kind of civil service that prevails in the Senate, and that gives it a working force that has often been said to be one of the most efficient in the country. This is true of other positions that have been held by their incumbents during inany years. Capt. Bassett is one of the most notable cases of long service that this na- tion has ever known. His life was prac- tically spent in the Senate chamber. Up to hin a few weeks of his death his figure Was as much a part of the,scene around the rostrum of the Vice President as the very furniture. Indeed, Capt. Bassett had come to be considered as necessary as the gavel with which the presiding officer occa- sionally raps for order. Just to the left of the great arm chair that was occupied for so long by Capt. Bassétt, a small black japanned snuff box is screwed down to the metal base of one of the pilasters that adorn the wall of the Senate chamber. It is kept forever filled, just as the everlasting light in the temple is always burning. It was Capt. Bassett’s articular charge to see that this box was never allowed to fall empty. © Sometimes he would be the only patron of this official snuff box; again he would find among in- coming Senators cronies in the snuff habit, who could enjoy with him a delicious pinch of the exhilarating powder. Then he was happy indeed. It is a characteristic of the snuff-user that he likes company in the in- dulgence of his peculiar taste, and so with Capt. Bassett. Like the Snuff Box. Between that official box of snuff and its custodian there was a strong resemblance. They had both been there for years, both permanently’ affixed to the Senate, both odd in their peculiar functions, and both of them always faithful to their trusts. Just as the snuff box was of service to a com- parative few so Capt. Bassett, in his later years, was called upon by only the select coterie of venerable Senators to perform those delicate little tasks that can only be performed by veterans like themselves. Capt. Bassett did very little in the last ten or twelve years of his life, for his strength would not permit him to be active, and then, too, younger men had been supplied by the generous Senate to take the heavier duties {rem his shoulders as his-years ad- vanced. The question naturally arises: Why, then, did the Senate keep him in service? The answer is plain. He had conformed his life to the peculiar conditions that surround the Senate and had become a part of it; his retention was a matter of course. It was sentiment, perhaps, that prompted the writing of his name in the appropriation bills year after year as a mark of especial esteem and the granting to him of an ex- tra emolument, but there was a tinge of the practical in with that sentiment. Bassett was one of the very few men, be- sides Senators, admitted to the executive sessions of the upper house. It was a part of his duty to attend when the doors were cicsed, and, of course, he was in full pos- session of all that transpired within the charmed limits of the chamber at those in- teresting times. The Senate knew by ex- perience that he could be safely trusted with these secrets, some of them petty, more of the greatest moment, and his re- tention was a matter of self-preservation, as it were; on the part of the Senate. To displace him with a new man who had not passed through a long apprentice- ship would be a dangerous experiment. The Senate had in the past had some serious experiences with experiments, and as long as Capt. Bassett and Mr. Shank- land, who was, of course, always present when the doors were closed, were able to be on hand and attend to their duties the Senators were content to let well enough alone. Secrets of Executive Sessions. Now that these two men are dead the thought naturally arises: What a vast volume of interesting experience was theirs! What a wonderful store of information of the keenest interest! Probably no historian writing the record of this nation will ever lave access to the facts and the phrases that were the daily food of these two men's Tainds. Since the late war there have heen scores, more likely hundreds of bitter fights behind closed doors, the details of which will never be fully known, and the execu- tive experience of Shankland and Bassett fully covered that period. Some of the most momentous events of the century have occurred in the Senate chamber in executive session. Nominations have been confirmed and defeated, treaties have been ratified and rejected, and other business of the most delicate and important nature has been transacted in their hearing. To all outward appearances the words spoken in their presence, in the common P oth se, “passed in one ear and out at the To divulge the secrets of the executive session, of course, meant peremptory dis- missal. For these mjen there was every- thing at stake. It was a matter of the highest moment that they should remain silent, yet the temptation to disclose the events of the secret proceedings must at times have been strorig:: To fully appreciate the entire meaning of the case of Shankland’ aid Bassett, it should be said that the Senaté, when in executive session is far different from that body when the doors are opened. Every form of pro- ceeding, save the hare rules of parlla- mentary order, changes’as soon as the doors are securely locked And the galleries are cleared. In a trice the air becomes laden with the smoke of many cigars, lighted as soon as the gavel of the presiding officer calls the session to order. Senators at,Their Ease. The diction of debate is altered almost at once from the stilted form of indirect allusion, with the presiding officer always the medium of communication, to the direct- ness of ordinary conversation. Instead of “the Senator from New York,” it is “Mr. Hill” or “you.” And the courtesies of the open session are abandoned when the ten- sion tightens and the debate grows personal and at times exciting. Scenes in open sez- sion considered as extraordinary pale into colorless insignificance in. comparison with some of the altercations over nominations to Office. Stories are told that are not germane to the subject in hand. If the pressure of busi- ness be not too great the statesmen fall in- to reminiscent mood and chat as over the courses of a good dinner. Occasionally a good story told in secret session drifts out into the open, and becomes public properzy, indicating in a faint measure the cordial spirit that once in a while intervenes to re- lieve the strain of intense hostility, it was under these peculiar circumstances that these two men remained sphynx-like. With rare discrimination, they knew just what could be properly told, and beyond that they never went. They were asa rule wholly on the safe side, saying nothing whatever. Mr. Shankland had important dutles to perform inside of the chamber when the doors were closed that kept him busy throughout the executive session. His slight figure became very familiar as he hurried through the corridors to the door of the chamber with his large portfolio under his arm, at the sound of the three bell calls that indicated the commencement of a closed session. To approach him as he passed to and fro during the executive pro- ceedings In pursuance of. his business was as fruitless as to ask of the lamp post in front of the White House as to the goings and comings of the President. He.secmed to be in a constant state of complete ignor- ance, and therein lay his great talent for the place he held. All Knew “Dr.’ Hickman. ‘There was one more man whose death eccurred during the past summer who served-the Senate for many years in that same faithful manner that characterized the careers of Bassett and Shankland. His was a more humble station, less well re- warded, more mental, yet, in a measure, it Was Important, and it placed him in pos- session of many interesting, and at times valuable secrets of a personal and political nature. This was “Dr.” Hickman, a charming old colored man, who had charge of the retiring room at the western end of the Senate chambe: adjoining the room of the committee on appropriations, since 1864. This recom has always been a fort headquarters for the “steering commit. tees” that rule the Senate for the one party or the other that then chances to be in a majority. In it ara held conferences of the most weighty nature. The fate of great measures of national importance is sometimes settled here in conferences he- tween two or three leaders. The chief gneavor ie two parties often meet here, ind in a few words ojitline dhe aay on Ce en the program for Dr. Hickman was always on hand to at- tend to the wants of Senators, to prevent interruptions, to preserve the senatorial at- ™mosphere at all times, and to Suard these Precincts from invasion, He was sincerely respected by the statesmen whom ke serv- ed, and there were raany deep regrets when it was learned, at the opening of Congress last December, that the old man, during the previous summer, had succumbe® to his many years and would no longer be on hand to bow in his. old-fashioned style to the members of the upper house. This old man, as conscientious in the dis- charge of his petty duty as either Bassett or Shankland in their more important func- tions, was kept because he knew just what to do, did it well, and-never talked. To at- tempt to interview. Dr. Hickman was a waste of time. He would assume an air of vague misunderstanding, and would ex- hibit a most distressing tendency to miss the point of every question. It may have been native stupidity, but it is more than probable that it was native wit that prompted his dullness, Their Successors in Office. And now this remarkable trio is gone. The places of two of them have been filled, while that of the third awaits a new in- cumbert. In Capt. Bassett’s chair sits Mr. Alonzo Stewart, a young man, who has been with the Senate a long time, having been a page some years ago, and who had come to be regarded as Capt. Bassett’s natural successor. He has for some ses- sions performed the more active duties that formerly fell to the older man, and is of great service to many Senators, who find him active and intelligent, as well as discreet. At Dr. Hickman’s post stands a younger colored man, Beverly Hudnell, who bids fair to succeed to the old guard- jan’s popularity. Hudnell has been the Senate barber since 1879, and his promo- tion is in the line of civil service reform. But Mr. Shankland’s place 1s not yet filled. His death occurred only recently, and the Senate seldom acts in a hurry in some of these matters. Meantime Col. Morrow, the second of the executive clerks, who has been in the service several years, is per- forming the duties. Just now the veteran of the Senate is Mr. Amzi Smith, who has been in the service of the Senate since 1863, and who fs in his way the most remarkable man in the public service. He is in charge of the document room, and it fs said that should he ever attempt to sever his con- nection with the Senate he would be im- mediately served with a writ of injunction to prevent his going. Many are the stor- {es told about Amzi Smith’s almost miracu- lous memory. It is no exaggeration to state that he can tell of nearly every pub- Ue document that was ever issued, and is & walking index of all the acts of Con- gress since the legislative mill first began to grind. Senators who have tried to test his memory by asking for the most obscure of data, which they knew not themselves, have been astounded to have the informa- tion given without hesitation. Capt. Bassett and His Book. But Amzi Smith ts a whole story by him- self, and if he ever talks at length about his experiences and his associations it will make one of the most entertaining tales of this end of the century. He is modest, however, and is little disposed to speak of himself and his work. This is one of the peculiarities about these veterans of the Senate. They will not talk for publication. Capt. Bassett might have been a “fountain filled with delight” had he been disposed to chat about his early career, but whether he refrained from prudential reasons or had a conyentent memory that. obliterated the past nearly as soon as it ceased to be the present, the fact remains that he seldom submitted to an interview, and when he did he eaused the interviewer to feel that he was fishing in a dry well. They Are Trusted Officials. Inside the Senate chamber sits Mr. Spen- cer, the journal clerk, who has been in that pesition since 1863, and is considered the acme of accuracy and reliability. Financial Clerk Nixon has ofcupied his post since 1867. His is a most ‘important position, as he handles many thousands of dollars each month, being the disbursing officer of the Senate. His long réteiition in office is one of the surest tributes the Senate could pay to his absolute honesty. Mr. Gilfry, the legislative clerk, has been at his post for nearly a quarter of a century. Mr. Rich- ards, the stationery cletk, is one of the vet- erans in point of service, having been con- rected with the upper house, in charge of the stationery department, for over a score of years. The Senate barber shop is another of the points where senatorial secrets are apt to pe overheard by attendants, and hence it as been a part of the policy of the ad- ministration to appoint to this place only reliable men who could be trusted to re- main silent. John Hickman, the son of Dr. Hickman, was appointed one of the Senate barbers in 1863, and is still wielding the razor and lather brush. At the east entrance to the Senate sits Capt. Ball, who came here with the late Ben. Butler in 1872, and has held his posi- uon continuously ever since. Correspond- ing with him on the democratic side in point of long service and of enjoying the confidence of Senators, . Capt. Arthur Barnes of North Genii ae has been Ge the employes of Senate since THE MESSAGE FROM HOMES COMMENCES, Following the Volume of Cures From New England Begins Today the Message : That Was Predicted From the Homes of Washington—Manifold Voices Tes- tifying to Doctor ‘McCoy’s Superb Skill—Curing the Deaf. In a voice with a ring as clear as a bell’s note commences today the message from the homes of Wash- ington, telling the sick of the Great Master. who is instituting at the Na- tion’s Capital a National Practice for the dissemination of the Discovery that has opened the ears of the deai. Last week the columns of testi- mony were from the homes of New England, and this was said in their introduction: “Let those who may hesitate be- cause this message is from far away take abundant time., There is no hurry. In a short time just such testimony as this from your own friends and neighbors will crowd these columns. Just such a message of manifold voices as this, which has thrilled and awed New England with the marvel of the discovery and the majesty of the skill that produced it, will come from the homes of the people of Washington.” That message is only begun in these columns today, but in this be- ginning let this lesson first be taught— To the superb skill for which this testimony is tribute, only the most perfect Truth is kin. No color of exaggeration, no false light of untruth involves the words of these grateful witnesses to Doctor McCoy’s power over disease. They testify to a skill in whose behalf no lie was ever spoken. They testify to triumphs over sickness which the color of exaggeration would dim, not glorify. In the plane and splendor of the Great Master’s achievement for mankind only Truth, the most perfect Truth, has place or usefulness. DR. WCOY’S- RECORD. The Six Years of Preparation. Matriculant at University of New York. First boror man in his class. Winner of famous Loomis prize. Candidate for Bellevue Hospital appointment, March, 1879 Chosen by competitive examination, open to all the doctors of the world, resident physician of Bellevue Hospital... ceeere+eMarch, 1879 During service nt Bellevue elected visiting phy- sician to training school for nurses...April, 1880 Served as residcat physician to Bellevue. .1879-1880 The Founding of a Great Special Prac- tlee. Study in hospitals of London and Dublin, St. Bar- tholomew’s of London, and the Mercer of Dub- 1881 jc tron- Mrs. Joseph Sykes, 1214 19th st. n.w., testifies to Dr. McCoy's skill in treating disease of the stomach. bles as a result of hospital experience. .....1882 Formulation of regular treatment for the cure of catarrhal, bronchial and lung discases......1883 Announcement of Dr. McCoy's cures first introduced voluntarily by well-known journalists, with pie- tures and interviews of patients cured. .April, 1884 Dr. McCoy treating over one thousand patients a month .. Soe Soe = +1885, Extension of office facilities by employment of students from Bellevue. 1885-1886 The Founding of a System of Applied Medicine. ‘The second visit to Europe for further hospital Study and Inspection. Serving in the labocatories of Prof. Koch, at Mn 2.200. efercece Study in Charitle Hospital of . Clinic under Von Bergmann. +1891 Formulation of a system of m Ine on the discovery of poison in the blood as the origin of disease oe seeeeeee ++ -189L The system perfected by application and experi- ment in cases selected from Dr. McCo; tice oorerrrrrrs oe Decided that the laboratories and factor h McCoy system should be located in Boston. .1894 ‘The world startled by Dr. McCoy's Discovery of a cure for Deafncss...............September, 1895 Tocation of a national practice in Washing- ton..... sseesMarch 28, 1896 Ber- Berlin and Royal DR. McCOY CURING BRONCHITIS. Thomas Edwards, stopping at La Fetra Hotel, 11th and G streets: “I was on my way to my home in Poultney, Rutland county, Vermont, accompanied by my daughter, having been down to Florida for my health. I learned that Doctor McCoy was in Washington. Having known the doctor by reputation in New England, I took this opportunity to get the advantage of his skill. “I had been afflicted for four years with A Severe Cough and bronchial troubles. 1 coughed incessantly, especially at night and in the morning and when lying down, “I could scarcely walk for the pains in my back, sides and chest. They would at times almost dou- ble me up. “I have spent a great deal of money trying to get well, but the doctors always fill me up with a lot of useless medicines that do me no benefit. “I have often intended to go to Dr. McCoy when he was in Boston. “Since I have been under his care here I have found great relief, more than I expected in the time. I don’t experience the pains as intensely. ‘The cough is lighter and not so weakening. ‘People often praise things that are unworthy of praise, but no praise could be too earnest for the results of Doctor McCoy's skill. The best evidence of my supreme faith in it is that I Am Going to Remain in Washington to get the benefit of his treatment, and that I have placed my daughter, who is deaf, under Dr. McCoy’s care to be cured of her deaf- ness. I know that in New England he has restored the hearing of thousands. DR. McCO¥Y CURING DYSPEPSIA. Mrs. Joseph Sykes, 2214 19th st. n.w. “1 had been a sufferer from acute for HEARD THE DEBATE ON CUBA. Justus E. Griswold, manufacturer, 205 Pennsylvania ave.: “For ten ycars I had been ! deaf, and with: my-deafness thcre was that con- stant condition known to doctors as ‘tinitus auram’ —tinging ané buzzing noises in the ears. I grew 50 deaf I could not understand ordinary conversation, and would have to -ontinually ask people to repeat Whut they said. I bad to take my wateb and press it very hard against my left ear to hear it at all, and even then I would be urable to hear it unless everything was very quiet sround me. “When people were conversing I could hear the sound of voices, But Could Not Understand the Words. “There was nothing but a dull, confused xound At my place af business, the manufactory of springs, where there is a constant noise moe by the nu:chivery, I could pot hear what was said, no watter how loudly the speaker shouted. Eve-y- thing would ba to be perfectly still before 1 could understand. “When I attended any of the debates in the Sen- ate I found it was impossible to hear any of the speakers, except during the time they were talking very loudly. “Senator Wolcott of Colorado has a good, clear voice, and visitors, as a rule. hare no trouble in bearing him, but I could not hear what he said. Senators Teller of Colorado and White of California, and Lodge of Massa- chusetts and Vest of Missourl are among the loud talkers, but it was dificult for me to hear them. “Seven years ago I tried doctoring for my hear- ing. It was at that time I began to grow so iouch worse, but I found nothing that could help me. I had read of Doctor McCoy's wonderful cures in w England, and when I leaned be was founding tional Practice in Washington, I went to see him. When he told me he thought he could help: me, of course I placed myself under his care. “I bave already noticed » wonderful change in my hearing, and it is steadily improving. 1 Now Hear My Watch Tick at a distance of two feet away from my ears. The J. E. Griswold, 205 Pennsylvania ave., testifies to Dr. McCoy's skill in curing deafness. ringing roises in che ears are almost entirely gone. I can hear people the first time they speak to me without asking them to repeat. My intimate friends lave remarked the vast improvement in my hearing, and are greatly surprised. “Saturday evening I attended, for the first time since being under Doctor McCoy's care, the House of Representatives. It was the special Night Session Upon the Cuban Ques- tion. ‘I“was surprised and “gratified to find T could hear everything the Congressmen said. This cer- tainly makes a wonderful degree of improvement Im the case of the recovery of my hearing under Doctor McCoy's treatment.”” DEAFNESS IN THE NAVY YARD. Frank Miller, 539 91 st. s.e., ma- chinist, Washington Navy Ys could not hear what was said by any one a short distance away; could just hear enough to know that they were talking, but sentences and sounds were confused. As a result of Dr. McCoy’s treatment my hearing is very good now; I can hear easily. In talking at home with any one I do not have to ask to repeat like before. My assoclates around the navy yard notice that my hearing is better.” DEAFNESS FROM THE MEASLES. John W. Balley, 30 B st. ne. “I had been deaf since childhood. The Denfness followed an attack of Measles. All the “mens I tried to become cured were useless. I went to famous physicians at various times. One doctor told me point blank that I was beyond relief and that rothing could be don» for me. Another said he thought I was born with my affliction and that nothing would be of ny help to me. “I was a member of the second regiment, fifth battalion, company D, under command of Major Otto S. Suess. I used to go through the drill Ly J. W. Bailes, 30 B st. n.e., testifies to Dr. McCoy's skill in curing deaf- ness. knowledge previously acquired, for I could not hear the orders of the officer, Captain England. “When ccnversing I would invariably have to ask the person to speak louder. If the speaker was a few fect away from me, I cculd only hear @ confusion of sounds and understand nothing. J attcnd | f The Church of the Epiphany. ‘The Rev. Dr. Helliker speaks quite plainly, but I could not hear bis sermons at all without getting very close to him, and then I could only catch I weat to Doctor M almost us Soon ar T learned be was ta Wosbigioas fie told me that he felt suro I could be belped at any I bave been taking the treatment and fol- lowing the doctor's instructiors to the letter. My been jerfelly improved. I f Could Hear the Rumbling of the Cable In the street for the first time. I then tested my hearing with a watch and beard the watch tick several Inches from me. The ringing and buzzing noises in ears are passing away. I now hear sounds and converaation around the house ‘readily. “I went last night to the lodge meeting of the Star Promise Division, ae 8. T., of which I am 5 Re 7, and T discovered my Gatien there: that ily senne Of Rearing ‘hat Seow wonderfully keen to what it was.” DEAFNESS IN CHILDHOOD. George Cecil Hyde, living at 3400 Prospect avenue, 14 years of age, being deat, was placed under Dr. McOoy’s treatment by his parents, After a number of visits to the doctor's office, George told his mother he could hear quite clearly. ‘To the writer Mrs. Hyde, the boy's mother, said: “‘We notice change in our boy’s condition. We test his hearing every day, and find he remarkable improvement. The little fellow has heen very, deaf for a year or more. and it was Preying ‘So upon bis, mi am happy noticed it om the car today, when I said in or- Ginary voice, ‘We get off here at Perry’s corner,’ WOULD sHOUT IT ON THE AVENUE. P. F. Milligan, 115 4th st., n.c., Cap- seat Hill: “I feel just ike going down on Penn- sylvania avene and telling every one that my. Deafness is cured; that my bearing is restored; that Doctor McCoy bas wrought the miracle of re- storing my hearing. I can bear now as well a anybody. For Eighteen Years I Had Been Deaf. So Deaf that I could not hear peop they spoke very loudly. I could sew: word at the table. My wife would P. F. Milligan, 115 4th st. ne. Deaf 18 years. Cured entirely of the deafness and ringing volses. and I would not hear her. She would ray she wat shouting to me, but ft would sound to mo Ike} Whispering. I could not hear a watch tick mor & clock even if pressed against my ear. “I am a member of St. Joseph's congregation Rev, Father V. F. Schmitt Is a loud speaker, and I have been able to get, some parts of his discourse by gettin very near! to him, bu: it was even then with didi that! I heard. “When I learned that Doctor McCoy was insti- tuting a national practice in Washington my wife and I talked the matter over, and we concluded it was best to go co him. “What I have to say is the treatment acted like a charm. I first realized the wonderful improves, nent by noticing I could hear the clackerty clack of My Daughter's Typewriting Machine,’ Which I had never heard before. “No one who has sot passed throuch the exe perience knows what a semation comes over the’ deaf when they realize thelr hearing is returning. To bear sounds nev before heard ts the most Wonderful sensation that car be described. “As Tsay, my bearing 1s restored to and I feel ike going down on Pennrylvania and shouting it out to all the world. I can now hear my watch tick two feet away. I can under, stand cotversation carried on in the most natural tone of vole. I am sure I do not exaggerate when I say 1 Can Hear as Well as Any One. All my friends note and comment upon the wondem, ful change. They regard it a Mile short of am miracle. I went to clurch last Suulay and I did not have ony difficulty in bearing Mather Schmitt disticetly, every word.” Mr. Milligan fs one of the oldest engineers in the city of Washington. CURING THE AGED DEAF. Patrick McGraw, 214 E at. «.w., (85 years of age). “I bad been hard of hearing for ten years. During the two years past Ig ory much worse. After I heard of Doctor McCoy's Patrick MeGraw, 214 E st. s.w. (85 years old). Deaf ten years. Hearing Testor } coming to Washinston to found a National Prace tice here, I decided to go to see him. 1 realized I was a very old nan, as eighty-tive years is pretty well alonz in life, and I had so:e ¥Lethe: he could ts I Knew He Was Curing Deaf People, But I felt I was perhaps beyond the time when be could do anything for me. I live with my daughter and grandchildren, and they have bad to shout at the tops of their voices to ake me understand. There were distressing noises in my ears like saws and machinery all the time. I could not hear a clock or watch tick at all. bave to shout to me any more to make and I can bear clearly everything going me. Now, I have to keep telling folks need not holler so loud. I can bear street care hear, on around that they passing and the es of my grande the house. The distressing nolses enrs.”” His Daughter's Statement. Mrs. Patrick Sullivan, daughter of Mr. McGraw, said: “Father was very deaf; there wasn» tion about that. Everybody in the hood knows how deaf he was. Sinc been under Doctor McCoy's care we remarkable change in bis hearing. It is not neces- , sary to speak to him more than once now, and yesterday he reproved Howard, the boy in the store, for speaking so loud, saying be could bear a8 good as anybody.” UNLOCKING THE HEARING. Mrs. W. J. Stanford, 250 Delaware ave. ne. When Mrs. Stanford came to Doctor Me- Goy to be cured of Deafness, she said: “1 am awake, wide wake, and I didn't want to be pnt in the corner, as one is in this world who is Deat.” In reply to questions of the writer who went to interview her regarding her improved hearing, she sald: “I bad been Deaf seven years. Everybody who knows me has been accustomed to raise the voice in speaking to me. I Could Not Hear a Word Of any conversation In an ordinary tone. Both ears were affected, and I had grown so deaf that I no longer attempted to listen to pe talking, for knew I could not hear them. noises in my head ec condition, the ringing, singing and Were distressing. I at last Abandoned Going to Church Or places of amusement on account of my Deaf- “I went to Doctor McCoy almost inv the announcement of his loceting a tice in Washington. I first became awaie of the Wonderful improvement that bis treatment was causing in my hearing by finding that I could bear Voices on the Street Car. I bad not known what it was for yew anybody talk when I was on a street I began to hear and understand conv on wok addressed to me. Such conversation I had uot becn able to hear for years. “T can now hear a clock tick when lying down. ‘The distressing noises in the ears are disappearing. Copies of Doctor McCoy's graph diately on wtional Prac~ mono- deafness will be mailed o: ested im the cure of this condition. McCOY SYSTEM OF MEDICINE, Dr. J. Cresap McCoy, Dr. J. M. Cowden, CONSULTING PHYSICIANS. - Office Hours, 9 a.m. to 8 p. m., daily Sunday, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m.