Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1896, Page 1

— THE EVENING STAR. —__-—_ ; PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT sUNDAY. beg 5 y AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, ; = fats fvania Avenne, Cor. 11th St, by e Star Ne Company. / 8. &. KAUFFMANS: Pres’t. : 3 Kew York Office, 49 Potter Building. : ‘The Evening Star ie served to subscribers in the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per th. tt the fonn cents anywhere per month. torent Nom dee tee — GEntered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., -class mail matter.) 1B kecond- wee te aeertciee ageneae ee Pall Instrum: | No. 13,680. LOCAL LEGISLATION Meeting of the House District Com- a SSS g Star. WASHINGTON, D. 0, SATURDAY DECEMBER 12 1896—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES TWO CENT: EXPECTED TO SURRENDER|CASES QF VANDALISM | sicesstzts taxoisdtcistst’s, ameter STARTING THE WORK|SENATOR TELLER HERE| NF W TARIFF BILL the purposes of an ina ball ts found would reguite ulteten fasilies, whiten oeahl Mr, Chay Will Ask Release on Habeas 3 iv mérbie ialis Z ‘ Bf i a megs: “ Injury ‘That Has Boon Done to Pub-| ut deoisdiiory. et | Wheels Begin to Move in Inaugura-|"* *¥* ‘ie Bier Seaton Mot Be} ns sink It Will Be an Ex- These many considerations are being i jf q talked about with a lively interest bygevery ‘ : mittee Today. lic Buildings. one who is concerned in. prese in their tion Affairs. treme Measure, ———— The Constitutionality of the Convie- integrity the beauty of the public butidings in the city, and especially of that most The Course Likely to Be Parsued by tion of Sugar Trust Witnesses STATUES AND FURNITURE NOT EXEMPT aU cae meen for ail tine of ‘the PREPARING THE COMMITTEE LISTS Se ee eee ARRANGING FOR TEE HEARINGS MEASURES CONSIDERED FOR ACTION Those to Be Brought Up in the House Monday. : library that it ig designated to make the Se greatest in the world. wee Judge Kimball's Ekpertences. Judge Kimball, who has perkaps had more experience dealing with cases of van- i ilding. dalism in the public buildings during recent Library Building. Library Building years than any other official, thinks the Y 8 It fs more than probable that Mr. El- | Fears for the New Congressional Chairman Bell Inspects the New verton R. Chapman, convicted of refusing to testify before the Senate sugar trust investigating committee, and whose writ of Senator Teller of Colorado arrived in the | Republicans on the Ways and city late last night and went immediately * to his home, where he denied himself to all Means Committee Confer. SS. error from the Court of Appeals was dis- saree inaugural ball should not be held in the safes melee ree iegeaense mar Fos ties ‘a missed by the United States Supreme i new library building. So many people who OVERRUN NTS long journey and wished a little rest be: fore | Ss THE DAY LABOR BILU| court, wit surrender himself to Marshal |JUDGE KIMBALL'S VIEWS | come here from a distance, he says, have ERRUN BY. APPLICANTS | mecting his friends. THE HOLIDAY RECESS Wilson Monday, and then at ‘once apply - insane designs to write their names on Mr. Teller was at the Capital before 10 S statuary and the raed comin and ee of art that he feels certain the new build- All persons who are familiar with public | ing would be terribly disfigured. Not only There was a lull today in the animation buildirgs in this city and the enormous | do so many have the desire to write their | that has characterized the preparatory o'clock this morning, and after opening his mail and dictating a few letters he was interrupted by callers. Chairman Jones and to one of the justices of the Supreme Court for the allowance of a writ of habeas cor- pus. The House District committee held its The republican members of the ways and first meeting of the session tcday. The means committee held another confe: eak an gui mm 2 Senator Du Bois were the first to call on | |}. nference members present were Messrs. Babcock,| It is understood that the petition to be | expense that is yearly incurred in order to pariee: butte see eon: Se wore ne ine jaate ral co! i ittee since its rerageerly cies petits tureocguecter’ of | iS morning. It was thought yesterday Harmer, Curtis, Hulick, Sharnon, Milnes, | presented to the Supreme Court justice has | keep them in repair, especially to mark out | PUTT. 2 WY, memenlen’ ona lism have | formation, but this was only natural when that the democratic an hour, talking over the situation. members of the com- Richardson and Gen. Meyer of Louisiana, | been prepared, together with the accom- | the destruction of vandalism, are becoming by no-means been configed to the ignorant the fact that everything possible at this mittee would be oor present this morning and who sveceeds Mr. Cobb of Alabama on the ) panying papers, and that they will be pre-| more and more concerned over the great | class, but, og the contrary, most of the | stage in the matter has been already ac-| It is understood that Mr. Feller has €x- | would be formally notified of ia proposi- : = Mon I d have been persons of in- lished. Avi l pressed himself in effect that he is mor propos! ccmmittee. sented Monday, immediately after Mr. | danger they fear is in store for that most | persons afresied have Weel persons of in- | complished. ‘The mail recetved was large, | Preset nimeclt in effect, that Ne 1s Mor’ | sion to proceed with the prevanedon eee Commissioners Truesdell and Ross, At-| Chapman surrenders himself to the mar- | beautiful of all public buildings at the cap- | Cogenee. if Win OS tractive places, | DUt with the exception of the many accept- | Senator Du Bois, Senator Squire and other | New tariff bill and to Give tenrings to the tcrney Thomas, Health Officer Woodward | Shal, if, as is now expected, he does so | ital, constructed as a permanent home for the watchmen ure unable to afford the | 22ces of committee appotatments it con- | men who are high in the ranks of the silver | various industries affexied. It was decided, and Tax Collector Davis were present. then. (che object of the application for thed the Library cf Congress. necessary protection, the judge does not | sisted almost entirely of applications for | party than in anything else at the present | however, to postpone the = of the eee eae erie fe te Soon COLES Couette If any one believes that vandalism is a ner te a netextany ey he eee sds : Over a fneaghe remus exces oan tie xsi Gra ees = gape until next week, General ee of the constitutionality of the statute under | mer2 myth end that dangers from this sort ilding. fare Seam ER eee ole rene ators,” Mr. Teller is quoted as saying, eeler of Alabama, one of the democrat Attorney Thomas called attention to} Thich Mr. Chapman was convicted. For, |to the library bullding exist only in the | #84 people in the new building. will be not more than a score of assistanis | ~‘as essential to our cause. We must stand ced members of the ommittee, tor of the reported intention of th to give hearings, couple: The Laws Ample. ‘The laws intended to afford the necessary protection are deemed ample, there being both District and United States statutes to cover the acts of vandals. ‘The United States statute provides against the desirue- House bill No. 8499, relating to arrears of if the writ issues, that question will, of minds of imagirative persons they should taxes, which, he said, had been carefully | course, Le considered, as the validity of the | ‘ays a walk through the Capitol building. gcne over by the°tax office. Mr. Thomas | law under which the conviction was had | ‘@ eas ean a nie ole abner said that the bill proposes to cure existing | Will be cited as the authority for his in-|Go to the dome asain : é carceration. staircase from top to bottom are be- defects = the law relating to a of | “Ir the Justice to whom the petition is| sprinkled with the names of people who texes. Very many taxpayers now allow | presented allows the writ of habeas corpus | po, to make them- their property to get into arrears and then | Mr. Chapman will be released on bail, and | B2ve found no better way to engaged it will readily be seen what an | by advocates of the white metal and sec reps scope amount of disappointment awaits the army | that they are returned to the Senate.” ot the republicans thus seeking work. This significant remark is regarded es | iat the new Mili-aeera the report h ff Mr. George I. Lemon, who | Very i-portant by men who are clos: Sekaniie was to be a “moderate The name of Mr. George I. 2 watching the situation in the Senate. Ii | Protective measure,” said: « was chairman of the finance committee | is said that all of these Senators have | it is the present purpose of th eight years ago, was ioday added to the | little hopes that prosperity will be re-| members to frame a ‘mod do not doubt he epublican * = y. turred to the country merely through the hi erate bill,’ but if 2 i ; e . selves conspicuous. At the top of the dome | tion, mutilation or injury of any statuary, | membership of that body, and Mr. B. P. c eating ale motored n wie ee are 1000 GL IZM cass gition of thesistten ns eaemreme Got. | these sree are to be found by the score. | monument or aoe Cae standing or being | Snyder and Mr. F. G. Stevens wrote that enero Paes ae ree’ £2 | nigh echedutes I te = teres mek te ally, ‘sai nas. This bill wi 1e |“ .” “Henry Smith of | 0M land not owned by the person so offend-| they were compelied to decline their ap- t sans s than atecce en | predicting that aunually, said Mr. Thomas, This bill will | But it ts not certain, Eee et ae eee eee tee Crown ar” Maasashy. |1n8, and’ provides a penalty of not more| poiatments on tne same cormmittos, free and unlimited coinage of silver, which | Si,cqureime protective measure will he: the taceg, with Tee rey gatcairears cf | Scpreme Court justice will direet the writ |New York,” “Tom Brown of Massachu- | 0), Tinety days: imprisonment and a fine} on tenia Deke ee ee sieve ole can only cots By thie Eee Icha Maguret pene eee ee ate eae fore getting a title ee B = = dalisin, which eared everywhere over | Of $100. But most prosecutions are brought | of the committee on civic organizatior ee eS aaa al on a = ee ~ aver that they eee e ules; they will Sltwas determiued to postpane action upon willing to sq direct, (hat ar it is coe the white surface of the dome wherever it | Under the District law, an act of July 29, | years ago, had a consultation with Mr. B. eouneeoice “his reason there Is a divis. | 24 they will demand chan on ak —_ this bill to a subsequent meeting. end the matter, and Mr. Chapman would in |can be reached by the hand of visitors. | 1{2, This reads by the Senate and House Hil ie eet qhat com. |ion emong them. regarding the attitude | ‘at the result of the election hat ry ve + party to ad ed pening of North Capitol Street. | ‘hat event be poate Ge dite ele a [eed wins (Sule of VAndaliom are | of Representatives of the United States of | numerous documents relating 10 the work | they should assume toward the tariff. Men | P4 arty 10 adequate protection tv Ame who are quite cloze with some of the Sen- | "4 The Commissioners then called attention | fine of $100 and imprisonment for thirty | year the government expends considerable | Smin"ica 1” congress, aanembled, That Mt | coming under the committee. ae to|aters whe bolted the St, Louis convention | “TRE consumers will not be rd. The to the bill for the opening of North Capi- | days in jail. But his counsel, ex-Senator | money which would be unnecessary if it | Spall nol be Mewint for ang Rerson OF Poo. | ty number of communications relating to | atcort that at least one of them, OF per- Cr nel be that no matter how anxious tol street to the Soldiers’ Home, and sub- | George F. Edmunds, Mr. Jere M. Wilson | were not for this style of vandalism. break, deface, ‘or cover, or rub with or | been received by Mr. Warner. Gen. Horace | haps more, will be found to act with the | Crore ty yre,rebublicans may be in their mitted to the committee a substitute bill | writ of hag weet agli, Sareea the The Halls of the Capitol. otherwise place filth or éxcrement of any| Porter has not yet selected the marshal | republicans in the enactment of a tariff lerate bill they will yield first here into effect ant | ¥ ere and then there to the a Ms of the Capitol | kind upon any property, puble or private, | for the civic end of the parade, although | Dill, so that it may be put mand fi e de- iS ve pending measure. The substitute the Supreme Court will eventually declare | | Walking bene se “a ‘oypt, the van-| 1 the District of Columbia, or any public |it 1s supposed that the marshal and the |1ts results seen before the next congres- | Mand for cush schedules, and once having ects the Commissioners to proceed with | the law to be unconstitutional, a decision | down in the region of the crypt, sh” | or private building, statue, monument, | chairman of the committee on civic cr- | slonal election, when they believe that no more be able to stem the opening of North Capitol street, and | Which would release Mr. Chapman «nd the | dals do not even have a desire to make = the tide than they would office, dwelling or structure of any kind, or | ganizations will be one and the same per- | there will be a revulsion of feeling agaiust o to stop the on- to pay for the condemned property as | ther _ alley Favemeyer Becnts, “dtnesses, | their names immortal to urge them to de-| which may be in course of construction, or | sen, as has been customary in other’ ins the republican party and that the returns ened aie jagara. I predict that the bill awirded by the court, $51,686, one-half to Edwards, (Shelves ana Seo ee face the walls. Between the center of the] the doors, windows, steps, railing, fencing, | augurations. will show gains for the silver cause. Ways and means re ittee will be i ; be paid from the District revenues. Com- hes, Chairman Bell and Mr. A. T. Britton] It is argued that if the silver men block | Commi in many respects more missioner Truesdell explained the desis. | further responsibility. The cases not yet | Capitol and the House wing any one can| balconies, balustrades, stairs; porches, or irm: ell a r, r the walls or s{des, or the walls of | visited the new Congressional Library | all tariff legislation and if no high protective | ©Xtreme than the act of 18W)."” ability of the proposed legislation, and Mr. | {he pill of course be delayed until after | see a long, jagged, thick line, apparently | RAYS OF the WAS OF Say os to° mark, or| bullding this morning ead in company nik | tariff measure ls passed the republicans will bere lasted aca egies republican mem= J. J. Hemphill and Mr. A. B. Brown, in pman case is finally disposed of. | drawn with a plece of coal, a couple of feet | paint obscene or indecent ‘words or lan-| Mr. Bernard R. Green, the superintnedent, | be in @ position to go before the country Dut nothing Sbout, two and a half hours, behalf of the property owners, advocated ro iB Se Se above the stone Soaring It = mar! ate guage thereon, or to draw, paint, mark, or | examined it thoroughly for the purpose of | asking further support in order rege lefinitely decided upon. the ‘Bill. It was decided by the committee HONOR REPRESENTATIVE BLACK | there for pure cusse nee ee — aa 8 it,| Write obscene or indecent figures repre-| ascertaining its fitness for the inaugural] What they claim is necessary to give the The Committee Hearings. y. a rk Congresssion: elegat a i vrite, mark, draw or paiftt afly other sign, | structure, ie gentlemen wi SS eS The committee then proceeded to exam- to Give Him a Dinner. ”” | have an uncontrollable desire to draw lines Seafigaresth-reshe whit aioe consents) with atsihesuty, end caaenitconce Nowe COMMITTEE VACANCIES. ine the bills on the calendar with the view and write names cn the finest of plate| er or proprietor thersof, or, in case | cision was reached upon the question of of selecting those to be called up next | 2%¢ Colleagues of Representative Black | glass, A remarkable example of this kind | the owner or p: prietor thereof, or, in caze | cision was reached upon the question of * Monday. of New York, who will soon take his de-| can he seen in the Renate waiting room. See ear leon Weidieic motors | probable lahat ta speciad commutes aul: be ee soe parture from Congress and from Wash-| Which is perhaps in decoration the mos a ery .”” | appointed to consider it. Chairman Bell = ington to assume the office of peutaels a Feautiful apartment in any public build-| than $50 for each and every’such offense PP = brought back with him plans of the build-| There continues to be considerable specu- Me shannon desired to call up the Pill} the empire state, express much regret at | 0S, !8,this clty and perhaps uot less beau-| ‘The Practice of Wiitims Names. | iny'and will study them thoroughly. lation as to the appointments Speaker Rec for the wholesale farmers’ market, but | the tiful than any in the world. On one of the! In most of the public Buildings the prac-| The executive committee will meet at the | will make on the committees on ruler and Prospect of losing so ular a mem- 'rench plate-glass windows there are carr! tf , Commissioner Truesdell said the Commis-| yer of their body. ‘Their appreciation of | trserlbed words swith but litte meaning | tice of writing names 8 ai as eee nat aang nk Tan ne rn | RAYS, azdl- sosans to) (Al the vacancies | ready for their appearance on the dates sioners would like to be heard upon the | yr. Black will receive expression at a din- | With a thousand flourishes which cover the} 8Teat extent and the yandals invariably meetings of the executive committee will | C@USed by the death of Judge Crisp. Speak- | designated. Az these hearings will be be- yeral market bills before they are con-| ner to be given next Tuesday evening at} ¢@tire window. This vandalism is at a| select the handsomest ‘and most costly [)< open only to members, and arrange- | er Reed usually goes at these matters with- | fore the full committee, it was decided to sidered in the House. It was determined to z 1 be very hana. | Point. more frequented by the public than | stones or walls on which to-do this writ | montk have been made to give the press | out consultation, and is following that rule | Wait until Monday, when the democrats tetee fanies acd his bill the Shoreham, which will be a very hand-| aimost any in the building. It is just|irg. Very few of these viglators of law | the proceedings of cach: moeting immediate: Sr thh pce tok: will be present, before fixing these dates. resent. Scton upon this bill for the | some affair. All of the New York dele-| where a watchman would be likely to see] have been arrested durkag recent years, Sees ey in the pi It is probable that certain days of the was decided to call up next Monday | S4tion, including the democratic members | the vandalism committed, but no one did} but qufte a number of pergons who wanted | "Tne meeting tonight will be devoted solely | It 18 understood today that a number of | week will. be. designated The menetibns bill duthorizing a bridge across tne |Who have joined in the movement most | $¢¢ |t- and no one knows who did it except | to carry away ploces af the Washington | to the work of the general organization of republicans are pressing Speaker Reed to | of whether certain schedules will be left as n branch in line of Massachusetts | heartily, unite in this testimonial. The only the vandal himself. He had gloried in a onument have ne een iy the committees. Chairman Bell has care- } recogni e gol ocrats by appoin: y are or restored without argument to They discussed at considerable length the question of the hearings to be given by the full committee. The general opin- to | ion was that a fixed program for hearings on the several schedules should be ar- ranged, beginning December 2S, and those interested In such schedules could then have an opportunity to prepare and be ‘The Wholesale Farmers’ Market. diamond ring and he took pleasure in dig-| Police Court. These « }. are’ invari” ms lang followed in the] ing one of their number to the vacancy on| the rates of the McKinley law will be a Wie tant vermtice ta tne eacia oe the (eee ee Speaker Reed. He 18] ging deeply into the glass to show how'| ably visitors, and some of them were prom: | fru, ivuee the plans followed in the | ine Tulas committee, How formidable thie | matter for ture voeeiea ee case fataiweter eon Daven! een sedate ts te Foie inguished | good a diamond it was. inent citizens at their homes. A New York | und finds them yery complete. Consequent-| influence is cannot be ascertained. The sil- | it is decided to allow certain schedules to Neale g Tron ae ae cate a tne | Pemttion, And aiso 45 a Tepresentative. o payee ae ae Sor lawyer once paid aifines for chipping @| iy i¢ is probable that the same program | Ver democrats are eagerly watching the | stand they will not be looladed in wee pro- i le state 0! ine, from which Gov. Black pt. piece of marble from the/shaft, and only | win be followed in the forthcoming ar-| move. They expect, !f the Speaker decides | gram of hearings, although the commit- cominittee. emigrated to New York. Because he is] ‘The most wonderful pair of doors in the| a few weeks ago a visiting minister from rangements. to do this, that Mr. Patterson of Tennessee | tee will probably give hearings to the rep- Municipal Work by Day Labor. ionena Coenen ee eae eee United States ere those hung at the cast | New Jersey fell in the hasigs of theamicers, ed Rnsace Weis camiccion, Frill be the man thus recognized. aie Ob- | feeentatives of such industries if they re = le was here on his w rip, ani ‘ ‘ ° jection to Mr. Patterson, as urged by the | insis' upon. It is cult to fix a ha ‘The Senate pill authorizing the employ- | E. Payne will preside at the dinner. Speak- | entrance of the Capitol. It would seem‘to| V0. piamed hie wife for what he had | ‘The: comufilitee on street decorations, of | oliver men tc ther seni oe Tennessee is | and fast rule in such matters. It is the ment of day labor in the construction of | er Reed, Representative Black and others | be a very risky business for any one to done. - which Mr. Louis D. Wine is chairman, has | 2Ow on the rules committee. Mr. Patter- | general view of the republican members municipal work in the District was men-| Will speak. Preparations for the dinner | tamper with the delicate and artistic orna-| She wanted a relic in the form of a plece already gotten to work, Mr. Wine having | 20'S appointment would make two men | that the hearings should be completed as 1 are already well advanced. The committee | ments giving a sculptured history of the|of the marble, and the: husband obligingly “s 7 from the same state. If the Speaker | early as possible, and one of the prominent beasar a ite hecent as eager oper ies in charge consists of | Representatives | Country trom ita pita A Stark foe he which | used his umbrella to disfigure the big shaft. | Placed himself In communication’ with the | decides against the recognition of the gold | members today expressed the opimion that libero e Z Gayne, McCormick, Brewster, Sherman and} gaorn these remarkable doors of bronze. | But he fared no better than offenders who | Secretary of War in-relation to using Unit- | democrats, the expectation Is that Balice ot | they could be vompleted In tec wate. tt Commissioners favored the day labor plan. | Quigg. These doors were secured at immense cost, | Were supposed to be less intelligent, for | ed States flags for decorative purposes. | Texas will be the successful man. Mr. | democratic members have, ax yet. held no The contract system had been found to Sas Sy oe and are one of the great sights, not only of | Judge Kimball makes no exceptions in | Messrs. William Hamilton Bayly, Clarence | Richardson of Tennessee would like the | conference, but they may ask that certain work badly and occasioned losses to the Goy.-Elect Black’s Sta: the Capitol building, but of the city of | Cases of this kind, and fined him $10. These | B. Rheem and John R. Carmody were to- | place, but he is from the same state a Me, | time be allowed them to summon witnesecs District. He believed the work could be} Gov.-elect Black of New York has an-| Washington. The vandals have not over-| re only two of the many cases in which | day appointed vice chairmen of this com- | Millin. The latter ts also on the ways and | “in rebuttal The question of the date done cheaper and better ty day labor. He | nounced the following staff: Private secre-| looked them. The stirrups of soldiers, the | Well-known people have figured as vandals, | mittee, and Dr. A. P. Fardon was made vice | means committee, and the vacances thers | for taking the holiday recess was nico dice hi . }and Judge Kimball, as well as the police, | chairman of the committee on printing. will go by Mr. Richardson for the same | CuSSed at the conference, but no date said that under the present system con-| tary, William M. Griffith, Utica; adjutant | Hous aelicate parte oF the eee eitkey | can see no reason Why others should not | ‘The committees will be larger in port of | reasck? Bhewlyrtichardson for the Amos | decided upon. Dates from Friday, the tracts awarded to the lowest bidder are| general, C. Whitney Tillinghast, 2d, Troy; | have been knocked off and setieh auch | follow in thelr footsteps, membership than they have been on pre- | Gummings for the rules committee, and he | 18th, to Wednesday, the id, were’ sug- frequently taken py persons unable to per-| inspector general, E. M. Hoffman, Elmira; | to the homes of the vandals in various | 17 Other buildings, especially the National | vious similar occasions, their chairmen and | thay turn up the lucky man, if he cares for | ested, the recess to last until the Monday f Museum and the Smithsonian, the men on | Mr. Bell having decided that the inaugura- form them, and the loss either falis upon | general inspector of rifle practice, William Lair agne cuuntey pes ener guard are kept busy at all times to prevent | tion ceremonies can be best made success- the people who furnish the material, the | Kirby, Auburn; surgeon general, M. O. Ter-| These relics are exceedingly’ costly to irs | Visitors from breaking exhibits or carrying | ful by having the greatest number of gen- laborer cr the District. The contractor | ry, Utica; commissary general and chief of | government, as to a considerable extent | 2¥aY mementces of their, visit to the na- | tlemen possible interested in preparing the seldom loses. ordnance, Benjamin Flagler, New York;| they mar the beauty of works of art that | Una! capital. Fe ee ect As a Wimbae ot Mr. Babcock said the object es recalling commissary general of subsistence, Henry | have required the expenditure of large Vandalism at the White House, Mexico was cone Ghaimne” Bare the bill was to consider the clause which |p Noyes, fee eanati al | Sums of money in order to procure them. A : weimitted “the Commissioners to perform | T,Noyes. Rochester: parmasier SOUL innaistatuary that aaa cite ennTe ore oes at the White pues 1 | callers today, and talkea over the visit of “such other works” by day labor in adii-| tery, Howard Carroll, New York; quar-| te east entrance, which, from its promi-| ®t the Washington monument, as well as | representative bodies from his state. tion to mvnicipal building. He said this | termaster general, William H. Hughes, | 2€Mt position, would seem to be compara-| St other public buildings where crowds giause opened the door for many possible | Granville; judge advocate general, Stiil.| tively safe from the barbarous relic hunt-|ccngregate, are almost unanimous in the ses. man F. Kneeland, Brooklyn; aides-de-camp, | °T8, have not escaped injury. The sculp-| opinion that constant vigilance is the only —— r. Truesdell said there were many other | Henry W. Sackett, New York; Harrison B. | turers have been called upon a number of | safeguard against vandalism. As one vet- To Unseat Mr. Tucker. class=s of werk that could be more ade- | Mfoore, jr, New York; John F. Doyle, jr., | times since those statues were put in place | eran employed put it, “You have to watch | General Walker, the only republican quately done by day tabor than by con- 7 to patch on fingers and toes as neatly as | eVerybcdy, and even then you can’t always the place. after New Year. Mr. Patterson disclaims any desire for the | Talking today to a Star reporter about Place, and said, the other day, that he had | tariff matters Senator Clark of Wyoming had no talk with the Speaker on the sub- | Said: “I am ready for a tariff bill now if ject. it should get to the front in any way. I ————-o-—_———_ will be ready for it at the extra session or FILED THEIR ANSWER. atany time. All I will want will be equit- a able protection for western interests, such District Oomuin 5 as wool, lumber, etc. As to the movement pega a ines meets 2" | ior international bimetailism, 1 think it = skould through as quickly sible. The District Commissioners have filed in pen ogee ioe 2+ the Court of Appeals their answer to the THE GOLD DEMOCRATS, petition of the United States Electric Light- ——.—__ CAPITOL TOPICS. , | New York; Warren M. Healey, New Yor! member from Virginia, will endeavor next | ‘°& Company in its case against them and| Semator Palmer to Make a Speech » issioners could employ ‘ S Bri a ssible to co’ revent them from d : View: Fi . the allowance of an appeal from the de- cision of Judge Cole refusing to enjoin Senator John M. Palmer, candidate of the national democrats for President, is ex- pected to make a speech in the Senate some tage as a contractor, and would save the ac = Col. J. M, Wilson, the officer in charge of | Seutative Tucker and the installation of Eroft that tne contractor would reserve | Satterlee, Sinaoneon re per enate Phe Destroying Penknife. ,public buildings and groufids, has repeated-| Yost, the republican contestant. The com- for himself, The work would be done bet- | Deets and } While the lead pencil and the cane are |"ly called attention to the acts of vandal-| mittee on elections has asked to have the | the Commissioners from contracting with ter under the Commissioners, because there OS Oe inate os favorite tools of the vandals, the penknife | ism at the White House and the Washing- brought up on the first Thursday in| the Potomac company for clectric lighting | time next week in which he will give his would be no wish to slight the work by the aii cumin Daeocate is not without use among them. Whe ton monument, and has asked for authority | C@8¢ brought up ; in | in the city east of Rock creek. The appeal | views on the future of the gold democrats, employes of the building department. HE GREA’ PUBLIC. thesg lo ce rever| for the employment of more watchmen to | January. Mr. McCall, the republican chair-| Was asked to be allowed pending the final | The speech will be watched for with great There are some classes of work, he said, » ace curtain, an elegant | look afier the latter structure. He told a|man of the committee, will defend Mr. | Geposition of the case in ein coer pena! | The spe watche cs Hee ee ee eee come. OF he auc: | Ceuthan im tee ratte ee eding With | carpet, or beautiful upholstery, the pen- | Star reporter this afternoon that he couldn't | Tucker's title, while Mr. Walker will en- | “Gr tehalt of the Potomac Commun ony | interest. Senator Palmer has had little to Witness the result in the case of the aque- | Caution in the Matter of Recognition. | knife is made to do its injurious work. In| Understand at all why people honest and | deavor to have a minority report in favor the Commissioners Messrs. J. J. Darling-[*@¥ since the election, and his speech will duct tunnel. - | of Yost adopted. - - | Secretary Olney ts proceeding with great | many casés highly polished pieces of furnt- | Wel! meaning in every offiér respect can- | of ton and A. S. Worthington, counsel, re- | be full and explicit. Me aioe naeld, Sxperience in other | Geltberation in the matter of -recognizing | ture have large chips cut from them to be | 29t apparently withstand the temptation | To Increase the Speaker's Salary. | spectively. of the defendants, aan tiled a Senator Palmer has some interesting n.unicipaiities had shown that in the ma- oenizing | carried away as mementoes fon viel of taking relics and souvenirs from public d in the Hi brief with the Court of Appeals. kt rity of cases @ skilled contractor, having | the recently effected union of three of the | fhe tontiet of a visit to} busdings without regard to the conse.| A bill has been introduce: the House | DIM heir answer the Cospeieuoners, that | 1ea8 of the situation in the south, He in his possession the proper tools, could do aes ans’ . Central American states, and although | "S; A eee : by Mr. Boatner of Louisiana increasing the |." "iycesrs ‘Trucedell and Pomen meng wet | believes that new leaders are coming to Senor Rodriguez, the regularly accredited | of Toney Cvery vent ee ete The colonel was in a hurry when a Star | salary of the Speaker of the House from| the making of the contract or the taxt| the front in all the southern states. He representative of the “Greater Republic of | Vandalism cdn be painted ou: or by re- | @M Saw him this afterioon, and said he | $8,000 to $10,000, and of Senators and Rep- | mitted occupancy of the territory in ques-| still expresses the bellef that the demo- work at least 33 per cent cheaper than the municipality. AS 2 ” airs had only time to say in a general way tives from $5,000 to $7,500. tion by the Potomac company would be have won in the recent elec- sethat ib not the Gabe ta this whatnot Ameria nm hota Sn wasningties | Per caen Bot tr er Comic acen | tant ho’ bad. Gon all Uhagia ipotree to peo. | eciares sree Tome oa SONOS unlawful, and they deny that the opening | tion if they had nominated a scuihern man That is not the ease in this municipal-| for almost a fortnight now, no arrange-| Gould go for ten years with having one | tect the White House and the other pub- NO EROLES? ENTERED. of the streets now would injure the streets | like Judge Turner of Georgia for Presi- ity.” said Mr. Truesdell. “Take the case of | ments have yet been made for his presenta-| piece of the vandalism occurring during | ie buildings in his charge from vandalism, or the public. To delay the work now,|dent. He also desired the nomination of Ughting the city. ‘There Is no reason why | tion to President Cleveland. It 1s not un-| that period removed from sight, It would te | Dut had never entirely sueceeded. Turkish Minister Did Not Express the |€ven for a few days, would, they think, | Judge Turner by the Indianapolis conven- the municipality should not light the city eee that any matey is intended in peters ety memento to the de- Suffered From Relic Hunters. Sultan’s Displeasure. coat in a postponement of it for a long | tion. . ” this delay, nor any lack of interest in the ictiveness lat seems to dwel! v1) a EPS ANNs: plea APPR eee newly-formed union, for the President has | Classes of visitors. well In certain | The White House and the monument in| An emphatic and positive denial is made | "They say, too, that the awarding of the NATIONAL MEADQUARTERS. oe, Saud certainly Go it better and | cherished the idea that the consolidation of || Many people think that this vandalism is | Particular hed suffered from the thought-| at the State Department of the published | ecntract te any company would necessitate cheaper than tt ts now done.” suggested | the smaller Central American republies| the work of the rag-tag. It mac he legsness of relic hunters, The furniture] report that Mustapha Bey, the Turkish | the laying of conduits in the streets. - | orp, Mr. Hulick, and Mr. Truesdell assented. ould tend to the beneftt of their citizens. | if 80 the rag-tag is as likely to be foreg | and curtains in the east room were be- minister, by direction of the sultan, has en-| The Commissioners state further that - It was decided to recommit the bill to the} But so far the State Department has not | Wearing silk hata and pat ei i while they do not oppose the allowance of iy ccmmittee for amendment. been assured as to the exact nature of the | attired in a s Dat and aces | ns constantly tampered with, | Many | tered a protest against the language of the peal, if the court believes it| The republican national committce head- Chairman Babcock announced that an- mbination which h: _ o President’s message to Congress in its oper, they do contend that the] quarters are to be opened in the Glover giner meeting of the committee would be Sec neit Nate ators enduranrand Nica gree itedag res ares Pee eat ante on the treatment of the Turkish question. The re- | ccurt ie without authority to lasue prelim! eae bn o etced between tis eal With TRS ae" Ses adnan” Ai pies raza a geen a ciate ao sae” por Ayctarncteried ga pore tion and | Sar, etapoion ove fey ereuig 0s | tm rein, next werk. Mr. P- Aut See tion at this time of the’ new republic, Damage ts ee evencall paipecteterd ‘Olney on the day on | permits for the occupancy of the territory. | Washington correspondent of a number of CABINET GOSSIP. abandon any privileges enjoyed under the Opportanity During a Crowd. The Washington monument, he said, had | which he is alleged to have signified to the | And, they say, even if the court has such | newspapers, who was associated with the sepersie Loaves, it nad with the individu |. he" ena” ave. theroaecy eae Secretary of State the deep displeasure of the case is not one in which it Chicago headquarters, was placed in charge ms eeusdne Fors i eee "| Gemnities already preferred. When. the| with these dangers understand that ‘ay: ee OF a amente tog The ‘Tarkish ganiatel, when sees;-wethor: ‘ppeals will consider the | bY Mr- Hanna before the latter's departu The majority, of the: from Washington yesterday. Mr. Austin The Michigan people believe that General department ts assured on these points Senor| are most likely to occur on occasions of Le ‘een Yor 0 ized the statement that he has received no | matter next Thursday, probably on briefs Bodrigues will be promptly presented to prope enr instructions from his government touching | a‘one, and it is generally believed that the | was the editor and actuary of the literary Alger ts going into Mr. McKinley's cabinet. | President Cleveland. » great crowds, and for this reason they fear = . ze vd the President's message; that he has not | appeal will be denied. bureau of the republican national commit- It is pointed out that the personal relations ————--e-________ °_} the crowding of the lbrary building,-which made any official communication to the a tee, of which Mr. P. S. Heath was the of General Alger and Major McKinley have CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY, is now a gem of architectural design and This .| State Department or to any branch of the WEYLER’S TRIUMPHAL MARCH. head. All the documents issued by the na- mechanical construction, will lose some- been very intimate for many ye pete on ao Saeed erate government concerning this eee ee. edited and verified — Joint Comm! thing of its beauty by the h ; sul Zi panish Notified of His Re-| by Mr. Austin. The relations establisbed there are political as well'as personal rea-| "ano. gusccgetatens Wer eeetee tn | inaugural bell WEY fh ee halls s cf ee He watetcs | Up, to today the only recent call made by | © eana te Teen between Mr. Hanna and him led to his be- sons for this cabinet selection being made. = where much of the sculptured work s the Turkish minister on Secretary Olne; selected to represent Mr. Hanna in pt is in | could do t vent The impression has become _ pretty The joint committee on the Nbrary was} more delicate design than in any other a heseres icone jughtless peo- | Was two weeks long before the Presi. ‘ashington. strongly fixed that these five men—Dingiey | ©" #@8ed all this afternoon in canference | public building in this city, The grand i ‘ on, | dent's message. a2 ee of Maine, Alger of Michigan, Payne of with the subcommittee on appropriations | 8taircases, which would be crowded on such e SUES FOR DAMAGES. Wisconsin, Gary of Maryland and Bliss of having charge of the legislutive bill upon | 27 0ccasion, are covered with most delicate bri Britis! Me proposed appropriations for the Congres. | CMWipe 1B marble, the beauty of which fC over, no protest or any action New York—will be in the cabinet. Repre- its perf pecke! d@:rected from Constantinople. In the Hultz wantative Eaxtiashe dl Oren sck ke ‘sean sional Library. The joint committee sub-| freedom from any defect. Tie ae mo es eee pea man case, Secretary of State Webster laid may represent the Pacific coast. It is in. | Mitted as a result of its recent investiga- | work in the new library bullding 1s all of a New, down. the doctrine since observed, that 2 tended that there shall be a man from | iPS Im the subject a definite proposition | Msbly polished character and decidedly sus- . r President's ; ceptible to injury from scratches. The ent: es ss conduct cf the eens fs comparatively little danger to this deli | thon aeremtat he PI ; é, it included a director of the library, a cate work in the use of the bullding for the | had made him do it: selection a matter of doubt. custodian of the building, a librarian, a| purpose for which it was constructed, as it | prevail at the Police Satan lectin ae argent = cl ae in charge of the copyright diviston | is not likely at any time to be overcrowded : point to cabinet any one whom he cannot rely ‘on | ploves. seems Sot gee ece : for personal loyalty and entire Sympathy as to political policy... - Pernsylvania in the cabinet, but the local political situation in that state renders the _ Some Other Objections, : If the inaugural ball should be held in the The republican orgarizations of Tennes-|. The a aa An ins - b jomt submitted two Wbrary building it is well understood by aia, ana and Virginia are advocating the se- y Gays lection of Mr. é republican lead- ist ers of Georgia, North Carolina and Texas, them x respectively, are for Gary, second to some | director of the library under = “ one from their own state... The belief is | ru he sultation between the two ed con: that Mr. Gary’s strongest rival is Ji — ve ween oe por pomegranate yee ne Goff does not go into the cabinet Mr. tore someceetin te to be Gary, it is believed, will. various Officers and grades of 2 a Bg