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2 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 138, 1897—24 PAGES. STILL THE TREATY Further Discussion by the Senate in Executive Session. “OPPOSITION SEEMS IRRECONCILABLE Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill in the House. wd AYERS’ ATTACK age On the opening of the Senate today Mr. Perkins (Cal.) secured immediate considera- Ucn of a joint resoiution directing the Sec- retary of the Navy to employ a naval ves- Sel or chartered ship to convey grain to the famine-stricken people of India. It passed unanimously without discussion. Mr. Allen (Neb.) offered a resolution di- recting the civil service commission to re- port on recent discharges at South Omaha, Neb., in the cattle inspection service. The resolution went over until Monday. The jeint resolution directing the com- mittee on public lands to inquire inio the Perrine land grant in Florida was agreed to. In Execative Sexsion. Mr. Morgan was about to call up his res- olution, introduced yesterday, for the ab- Fogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, when Mr. Sherman interposed a motion for an executive session. Several senators sought to have minor business transacted before the doors were closed, but Mr. Mor- gan objected, saying that if Mr. Sherman saw fit to rule him off the floor on the resc- lution to abrogate the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. then he (Morgan) would object to any other business. The Seaate then went into executive ses- sion, the open session having lasted but twenty minutes. The Senate was immediately informed that the committee on foreign relations had agreed upon an amendment which it was hoped would insare the speedy accept- ance of the treaty by the Senate. This amendment as read put into words Senator Turpie’s idea that the effect of the treaty woull be to bring back to the Senate for its acceptance all questions passed upon by the proposed board of arbitration. Opposition It soon developed, however, that the pro- ceedings in the committee had not been so harmonicus as the friends of the treaty had been led to hope they would be, in view of: their announced willingness to amend the instrument. The advocates of ratifica- tion beeame convinced for the first time that the opposition was irreconcilable. THE HOUSE. The House today without preliminary business went into committee of the whole and resumed the consideration of the sun- dry civil bill. Yesterday about one-half of the bill was read, a proceeding quite out of the ordinary. Today an intimation was made that the real purpose of this proceed- ing was to enable the House to pass it Monday under suspension of the rules. The bill consists of 111 pages and it re- Quires severai hours to read it in full. As scon as the House had gone into committee of the whole today. Mr. Cannon, in charge, zsked una’ consent that ‘the pill be considered aving been read the first time. as Mr. Mepbarn's Question. nm (lowa) asked if the purpose the bill next Monday under pension of the rules had been aban- doned and this was a@ move to procure the first reading of the bill to avoid the criticism made when the river and harbor vill was passed last year without having been read. The question evidently nettled Mr. Can- non, replied that he was willing that the House should pursue toward this bill any course the majority desired. He call- ed attention to the fact that but two weeks of th jon yet remained, and ttat there were still to pass, in addition to the sundry civil bill, the naval appropriation bill and the general deficiency bill. The Preparation of the latter, he said, had not yet been begun. lt would take from three to five days to pass this bill under the five-minute rule and a week to prepare the deficiency bill. He expressed the hope ee all the bills would pass before March “But you have not answered my ques- tion,” exclaimed Mr. Hepburn, when Mr. Cannon concluded. “Have you abandoned the purpose of passing this bill under sus- pension of the rules?” “There never was any such purpose,” re- sponded Mr. Cannon, sharply. Mr. Cannon then renewed his request, but Mr. Hep- burn objected, and the clerk began reading the bill. A compromise was arranged in a few minutes, however, and the further reading of the bill was dispensed with. It was agreed that there should be five hours’ =e debate, two hours and a half on a side. The Opening Statement. Mr. Cannon then took the floor and made the opening statement regarding the meas- ure. It carried $50,6G4.743—about $8,000,000 less than the estimates and about $17,500,000 more than carried by the bili for the cur- rent year. The increase was extraordinary, but, he said, easy of explanation. Of the increase, ¥ was for river and har- bor improvements authorized to be placed under contract by the river and harbor bill of one year ago, and $1,620,120 for public Yuildings in the course of construction, and $700,200 for the expenses of United States courts. Mr. Sayers’ Attack. Mr. Sayers (Tex.), taking the sundry civil bill as a text, attacked the record of this Congress in the matter of extravagant ex- penditures. The appropriations for this Congress, he deciared, would reach the un- preced sum of $1,045,000,000. Speaker Acquitted of Responsibility. Mr. Dockery, who followed Mr. Sayers, said in his opinion the expenditures of this Congress would reach $1,050,000,000, But he ald he desired to acquit the honorable Speaker of the House of any responsibility. He commended Speaker Reed for his “he- role aititude’” against this “riotous assault on the treasury.” ——— Personal Mention. Under a rccent arrangement, Mr. John H. Oberly and Mr. Walter Stilson Hutchins have become associated in the editorial and business management of the Washington Times. Mr. Hutchins was some years ago editor of the Washington Post, when his father, Mr. Stilson Hutch- ins, owned that paper, and after a long rest again returns to journalism in this city on another paper beionging to his father. Mr. Walter Paris has been in the ety during the past week, and leaves this day for Florida, where he will be busy sketch- ing until the end of March. Lieut. O. M. Lissak of the ordnance de- partment and Lieut. E. FP. Ladd, 9th Ca: alry, are registered at the War Depart- ment. Col. Gilmore of the adjutant general's department has resumed his duties at the War Department, after a short absence on account of illness. Lieut. F. F. Fletcher, stationed at New- Port station, is at 1441 Massachusetts ave- hue, on leave of absence. Lieut. George G. Gatley, 5th Artillery, is In the city on leave of absence. Lieut. H. H. Whittlesey, on duty in the bureau of navigaticn, has returned from a visit to New York. The Rev. R. H. McKim, D. D., left the city this morning for Lynchburg, Va., where he will conduct a ten days’ mission in St. Paul's Church. Mr. John R. Young, clerk of the District Supreme Court, is confined to his home by am attack of the grip. ——+e+—______ Gen. Porter Chosen: NEW YORK, February 13.—Gen. Horace Porter was today elected president of the committeee of citizens recently appointed by Mayor Strong to take charge of the exercises of the dedication and transfer to the state of Grant monument, on Riverside drive. : -FIDE CIRCULATION. A reference to the statement be- low will show that the circulation sworn to is a bona fide one. It is easily possible for a news- Paper with an elastic conscience to swell its legitimate circulation enor mously, in order to deceive adver- tisers, by sending out thousands of Papers to newsstands, which are re- turnable, and which are in fact re- turned, but nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, judge by results, and bogus circula- tions don’t give them. The family circulation of The Star is many thousands in excess of any other Washington paper, and is be- Heved to be fully five times that of our afternoon contemporary. Circulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, Febramy 6, 1891. MONDAY, February 3, 1997. TUESDAY, February 9, 1997... WEDNESDAY, February 10, 1897. THURSDAY, February 11, 1997. FRIDAY, February 12, 1897. ‘Total. Dally average... I solemnly swear that the above statement rep- Fesents only the number of copies of THE EVEN- ING STAR circulated during the six.secular days ending Friday, February 12, 1997—that is, the Buinber of copies actually sold, delivered, farnish- ed or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted are returnable to or remain in the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this thirteenth day of February, A. D. 1897. INO. C. ATHEY, Notary Public, D. C. NO ALARM EXCITED. The Statement of Ex-Queen Liliuo- kalani Carries No Weight. The probably official statement of ex- Queen Liliuokalant in yesterday's Star, de- fining her position in Hawaii, and alleging that her abdication is not binding. excites no alarm in Congress among the friends of the republic. The members of the foreign relations committees of both houses did not feel dis- posed today to discuss the latest contribu- ticn of her ex-highness to history. The fact is that Liliuokalant is regarded as the west defunct monarch in the world. Her presence in Washington has not excited the least comment in foreign relations cir- cles, and she is looked upon simply as a curiosity. The sentiment in Congress is that the present government can take care of itself until some disposition is made by this country of the question of annexation, which is expected to come up early under the McKinley administration. It may come up at the extra session. There is no fear that Liliuokalani will be able to agitate matters enough here or else- where to overturn existing affairs, or that she will have strength enough to do the least bit of harm in this country agsinst the government which ousted rer from the throne. There is a strong suspicion that she begins to think that the sympathy of this country is wiih her to some ex- tent, but this mistaken :mpression reaches her through her over-enthusiastic secre- tary. He recently rejoiced in the fact that twenty-two Congressmen had sent cards to call on “her majesty,” as he invariably calls her. His impression, as seen through his “royal” glasses, is that this is signifi- cant. Mr. Palmer and History. A resident of Washington well versed in international affairs, and having a familiar acquaintance with Hawaiian matters, said tcday to a Star reporter: “I venture to suggest that the ‘queen's chamberlain,” Mr. Palmer, in his letter, puts a number of highly respectable gen- tlemen of Hawaii in a rather embarrassing position. W. G. Irwin is the leading banker and large sugar planter; Mr. Wideman is a late member of the queen’s cabinet, an old resident, a man of wealth and standing; Mr. Parker is also one of her ex-cabinet and the most prominent leader of the na- tive Hawaiians, and the other three who certify to her act of abdication are well- krcwn citizens and her active partisans. These gentlemen certify that the act was ‘considered carefully and deliberately* by Lili, and that it was her ‘free act and deed.” (For this look at the certificate ap- pended to her paper.) “Mr. Palmer is unfortunate in his cita- tion of th2 historian, Professor Alexander, for in the genealogical table referred to in his ‘History of the Hawaiian People,’ so far from showing that Lili is descended from ‘the ruling family in Hawaii,” he makes it clear that she has not a drop of Kame- hameha blood in her veins. She derived ali the claim she has to the throne from a vote of the legislature and the liberal constitu- tion ten years ago (not a hundred years or so), and attempting to overthrow this same constitution she lost her crown.” ——_—__-e-_____ SEARCHING LADY PASSENGERS, A Resolution Requesting Information From the Secretary of State. Representative Cummings of New Yorle has introduced a resolution requesting the Secretary of State to give the House of Representatives any information he may have concerning the incident of the strip- ping of three lady passengers on board ihe United States mail steamer Olivette in the harbor of Havana by Spanish soldiers and detectives. The resolution recites that the alleged oecurrence was described in a New York paper. ‘The resolution was referred to the com- mittee on foreign affairs, and a favorable report is expected next Wednesday. Mr. Cummings said as to the resolution: ‘If an English woman on an English ves- sel had been stripped by Spanish officials, as it has been alleged that an American woman was stripped, within forty-eight hours Moro castle would come down cr some apology would be made for it. I doubt even if Japan would have stood it. Furthermore, if the American government stands it, in my opinion, it indicates a total loss of manhood and the keenest sympathy with savage inhumanity.” (SS eee RAN THE BLOCKADE. Admiral Bunce Disappointed at the Feat of the Vesuvius, CHARLESTON, 8. C., February 13.—Not- withstanding Admiral Bunce’s carefully arranged plans for the effectual blockade of Charleston harbor, the dynamite cruiscr Vesuvius successfully ran the gauntlet of the North Atlantic squadren last night. The blockaders were not aware of the feat of the ocean pacer until the prear- ranged signal, a skyrocket, was fired from the bow of the Vesuvivs. Admiral Bunce was surprised and disappointed. He had thought the thirg impossible, and was loth to believe the report, it is said, when it was conveyed to him. How blockade was run is prized as a secret on board the Vesuvius. The officers are all bvasting of the feat, and are as pleased over it as the blockaders are cha- erined. _———_ Ocean Stedmer Arrived. QUEPNSTOWN, February 13%.—Arrived: Britannic, New York for Liverpool. The Saturday Star By Mail One Year One Dollar. CADETS MAY COME Inaugural Authorities Regard the Prospect as Gratifying. THE NEW JERSEY NAVAL RESERVES American Fiags and Presidential Portraits to Be Distributed. THE DAY AT HEADQUARTERS ———— Much gratification was expressed at in- augural headquarters today over the strong Probability that the cadets from West Point and Annapolis would participate in the parade. It has been known for some time that President Cléveland favored bringing the young men here March 4; and it is confidently believed that the joint resolution introduced yesterday in the Sen- ate by Senator Frye and in the House by Representative Baker of New Hampshire requesting the President to order the cadets and their bands to Washington and appro- priating the necessary funds for their transportation and subsistence will be Dassed. Col. Jaques, commander of the New Jer- sey naval reserve, has offered the state uthorities to pay for the transportation and food for 200 members of the reserve in order that they may do honor to Vice Pres- ident Hobart by appearing in the inaugural parade. Fings and Portraits for Une. The distribution of 50,000 paper flags erdered by the committee on street decora- tions. for the adornment of windows along the line of the inaugural parade will begin Monday morning. Fifteen thousand por- traits of McKinley and Hobart will also be given away for the same purpose. Maryland Militin Coming. The Baltimore American today contains the following: Colonel Willard Howard has received no- tification that the 4th Regiment has been assigned to quarters in the Post Office De- partment building, Washington, for the inauguration. The colonel will go to Washington today, in company with Quar- termaster D. F. Pennington and Captain N. S. Hill, commissary officer, for the pur- pose of making final arrangements for the trip. Col. Howard and the other gentlemen named arrived at headquarters about noon today, and renewed pleasant acquaintance with Secretary Brackett and Maj. Peixotto, and then proceeded to attend to the busi- ness that called them to Washington. The meeting of the executive committee tonight will be a most important one, at which matters of interest to every member of the body will be discussed and acted upon. Some questions have recently,arisen vhich need decision at once, and conse- quently Chairman Bell is urgent in his de- sire that there will be a full attendance. The German-American Lincoln Republi- can Club of Baltimore has completed ar- Tangements to send 2) of its 6%) members to participate i. the inaugural parade. They Fave secured a special train and have decided to wear a uniform consisting of a dark mackintosh and white alpine hat. They will carry canes. Charles C. Richardson, secretary of the Colored Men's McKinley Clubs 9/ Illinois, has written a letter resquesting a position in line for 100 members of the Original Col- ered Men's McKinley Clubs of Illinois. Decorative THE AUTOGRAPHS. Turner Has Not Succeeded in Giving Bail. It looks as if Lewis McK. Turner will have to remain in jail until his trial for the theft of autograph letters from the Congressional Library takes place. He has failed to give bond so far, notwithstanding the most strenuous efforts in that direction. Attorney Frank Keys,who represents Mc- Elhone, has made a statement in which he says that he will he able to establish the fact that McElhone is entirely innocent of any knowledge that the autographs were in the possession of the Congressional Li- brary. oo THE VENEZUELAN TREATY. Copy Has Reached Caracas—No Doubt of His Ratification. Iaformation has been received here fron Venezuela to the effect that the arbitra- tion treaty signed in Washington by Sir Julian Pauncefote and Senor Andrade has safely reached Caracas end will be laid be- fore the Venezuelan congress as soon as it convenes. It is said on the best author- ity that the ratification of the treaty is practically assured. —_____-~«.____ SOUTH CAROLINA’S ELECTION. Representative Murray Wants a Com- mittee to Investigate It. Representative Murray, the colored repub- lican member from South Carolina, intro- duced a resolution reciting that the clec- toral vote of that state is irregular and authorizing the Speaker to appoint a spe- cial committee of five members of the present House, who will serve also in the next House, to investigate the alleged ir- regularities, oo She Wanted to Die. Mrs. Florence Best, aged twenty, who says her home is in this city, is at the Maryland University Hospital, Baltimore, suffering from the effects of a dose of car- bolic acid, taken with suicidal intent, at 1 o'clock yesterday morning, at G4) West Lexington street. The young woman was despondent, ow- ing to her husband deserting tier, when she took the drug. ———— Mildred Grimsley’s Cane, The hearing in the matter of the habeas corpus proceedings instituted several weeks ago by Mr. John Sturgess and his wife, Ada C. M. Sturgess, for possession of Mil- dred Grimsley or Sturgess, a little girl adopted by them under an agreement with* the board of children’s guardians, was re- sumed before Judge Cole today. —— To Make Favorable Reports. The Senate committee cn post offices to- day agreed to report favorably the nomi- nations of John W. Carroll to be post- master at Cape Charles, Va.; Mildred H. Davies at Manassas, Va; Wm. Graham, Orange, Va., and Oliver Z. Glenn, at Le- banon, Kan. ee Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $142,798. Government receipts: From internal revenue, $376,351; customs, $160,005; miscellaneous, $2,412. —_—__e—_____ Latest Outbreak of the Pie Habit. From the Boston Herald. The Massachusetts Fish and Game Pro-. tective Association held its annual ban- quet in the Copley Square Hotel last night. It was an overfiowing occasion in point of numbers, oratory, vocal enthusiasm and other things, making altogether one of the most successful of its gatherings. One of the first surprises was the cutting of a meat pie by President Rockwell. There was no little dramatic effect given to the dced, and when two baby lions jumped out on the table the denouement was all that could be wished at a game dinner. The youngsters were allowed to prance on the table a little, and were passed around opted the k apse for aemeeine. ee what gingerly handling. The ni the idea was cordially commended. 3 —_—+ e+ ____ Beyond Hope. From Life. Nodd—“Bilter must bea hardened wretch. I don’t suppose the sight of any torture would make him quail.” ‘Todd—What makes you think so?’ “He tells me he loves to see his wife Dathe the baby.” ABOUT A CHILD. Horace Ball Did Net Produce the At; One. Seo ee * was accused several days ago by his wife of recently taking thetr two-yeagold. child; Mary Magdalen Ball, from Wd removing it to his brother's homeYn ‘ax county, Va., and }who was orde#d by Judge Cole, on habeas by dts gs Justituted by Mrs. Ball, ta produce’ the child before hfm today, failed to obey she 's order. Judge Cole was: about to commit the man to jail for contempt of cmurt, en Ball promised to produce the lid ih. court Monday. Found _ His House, James Kent, a folored man, wow oty years of age, was found dead tuJay in his heuse on the dast’sifle of Canal street be- tween O and P streets. The body was dis- covered by a colored man named William Wilson, who reported the matter to the police. There séems to be no question that death was due to natural causes. The ccroner was notified. SMOKECONSUMPTION Valuable Tests of Boilers for Efi- ciency and Waste. THE BEST METHODS OF PREVENTION Statistics of Interest Now That a Smoke Nuisance Bill is Pending. IMPROVED: FURNACES BEST ee From the Engineering Record. In a paper recently read by Mr. William H. Bryan, M. Am. S. M. E., before the En- gineers’ Club cf St. Louis, the author first referred to the much discussed problem of hew to rate the evaporative power of steam boilers, Mr. Bryan _being strongly in favor of the “efficiency” method. After reviewing the situation and pointing out the need of revising the code for testing boilers of the American Society of Mechan- ical Engineers, Mr. Bryan takes up the question of fuel economy in his own imme- diate territory and gives the following ta- ble as an abstract of the results of a num- ber of boiler trials made by him on the cenditions and fuels common in the vicin- ity of St. Louis, nearly all of them being made with ordinary Mlinois fuels. They represent the widest extremes of practice, including many badly designed and over- worked boilers: Results of Tests. Small verti Large vert Large Improved ting r tubular. Water tube im-} Searcely less interesting, said Mr. Br: are the results@btaithed regarding the pre- vention of smoke. ‘The data from common furnaces represent them just as they were being operated in regular service. Th from the imprdved settings represent good, bad and indifferent devices. They show that the maximum gmoRe with improved devices is but little over half that from the common furnace: while the minimum is re- duced*to an fmperéeptible figure: As an average: theses figures indicate that im- proved furnaces, have, reduced the smoke fully 80 per cent, Tf we were to eliminate from this I!8t all the notably poor devices, the average of the rest would show a re- duction of from ‘) to 95 per cent. Of forty trials of improved, or so-called “smokeless” furnaces, during which careful records were kept of the smoke, three average less than half of 1 per cent; six average between ore-half and 1 per cent; eleven average be- tween 1 ard 5 per cent: seven average be- tween 5 and 10 per cent; seven average be- tween 10 and 20 per cent; six average above 20 per cent. Three Essentials. Hence it appears that smoke averaging less than 1 per cent is not only possible, says Mr. Bryan, but is being secured regu- larly in every-day service in quite a num- ber of large steam plants in the vicinity of St. Louis. : In designing a boiler plant to give the test results under all conditions of service, with low-grade fuels, the author recom- mended the following desirable features should be kept in mind: A. Ample ¢raft, one inch of water or en more. Good results cannot be secured with drafts less than one-half inch. Good draft and thick beds of fuel permit the high firebox temperatures which we have found absolutely necessary. B. Large ratio of heating to grate sur- face, so that while burning coal at a high rate per square foot of grate per hour, there is sufficient heating surface to reduce the temperature of the flue gases to 450° Fahrenheit or less. C. The combustion chamber should, if possible, be separate from the heating sur- faces, so as to avoid their cooling effect. It should be quite deep—thirty inches or raore. Gases ‘and Draft. To secure the very highest results, the gases, after leaving the boiler-heating sur- faces at not exceeding 500 degrees Fahr., should be passed through feed-water econ- omizers and thence through airheaters, The feed water, leaving the ordinary ex- haust-heater at a little above 200 degrees Fahr., may be raised to over 300 degrees in the economizer, and the heated gases re- duced to 250 degrees or less. This reduction in temperature, of course, destroys the use- fulness of these gases as draft producers, unless the chimney 1s very tall. The draft, however, can be better produced by ex: haust fans, which draw the air through and out of the furnace and economizer, and discharge the gases at such a height above the roof that they will not be objectiona- ble, thus doing away entirely with the ne- cessity for high chimneys, Still better economy may be secured by placing air- heaters in the emoke flue beyond the fan, or between it and the’ economizer. Through these the air, entering the ash pit for pur- Poses of combustion, may be drawn, so that the heated gases are finally discharg- ed at a temperature but a little above that of the atmosphere., The speed of the fan may be controlied by the automatic regu- lator, which inéreaséS the speed of the fan engine as the Steam! pressure drops, and reduces it the pressure increases, thus performing ally the functions of an auto- matic damper Apeth ee The plan is not experimental " unttied, but has already been adopted ff! nurftrous large plants, +i be et The New Oity Post Osice. The sundry ¢ivil abpropriation bill wag taken up for ‘gonsidgration in the House this afternoong,Chalrman Cannon, in his opening remarks, réferred briefly to the provisiow in thé bill"Which authorizes the occupancy of hey city post office build- Ing by the forge of fhe Post Omice Depart- ment. He said-thert,{s sufficient room in the new bulldifig for the purpose, and he thought the change in location of ‘the Post Office Department, providing, as it would, additional accommodations for certain gov- ernment offices, would be. advantageous. we 2AM Filea, =. The will of the‘late Richard ‘Fhomas ufie’27, 1806, ana’ To-the said niece,: Blanche L. ‘ lot 4, block: 10, Glen: Echo, Md. and third interest in Jot:l, square 446, this are devised. third interest each tn. bt L 416,42: ‘given"to said Emily W. L. and Caroline P. Bryan, INAUGURAL PARADES A Look Backward Over the Oen- tury. HOW FIRST PRESIDENTS QUALIFIED The Gradual Growth and Import- ance of Inauguration. CUSTOMS AND REMINISCENCES Written for The Evening Star. No true American citizen will hesitate to honor the day when the magnificent spectacle is presented, as it i8 every four years, of one of their number passing over the reins ef government to the one chosen as his successor. As the nation, with increased facilities for travel, has grown, so have tke proportions and splendors attending the ceremony of the Pres- ident taking his seat, and with each successive inauguration the interest be- ecmes greater, the processions larger and the crowds more numerous. Although in the past the processions were mostly local ones and diminutive, when compa~ed with those of later years, in some respects they were quite as attractive, for outside the regular troops from Fort McHenry the ord- nance detachment from the arsenal and the marines from the barracks and navy yard, the major portion of the military show was made up of the local companies, and as no two of them were uniformed alike, each having a band or field music and a national flag of its own, the procession showed as much varlety of color as is to be seen in a kaleidoscope. It can, there- fore, be conjectured with what interest People saw the first appearance of whole regiments in one uniform. It not infre- quently was the case, too, that the old-time firemen, trades organizations, societies and political clubs were in line, and, though the latter-day processions may be great im- provements on the old-time pageants in size, they do not surpass them in appear- ance or enthusiasm. The First Event. The first event of the kind, when Wash- ington took his seat, was participated in by a military escort. When, in April, 17x89, he was summoned from Mount Vernon to New York to take the office, his journey was in the nature of a march of triumph, for there were demonstrations of joy all along the route. After the ceremonies at the Federal Hall he was escorted to church and attended services commemorative of the event, and received the members of Congress and others in the afternoon—fire- works at night ending the ceremony. The second inauguration of Washington took place in Philadelphia, on March 4, 1793, and was made the occasion for a fine military display, and a ball—the firsc in- augural ball in our history. The third and last inauguration before the removal of that of John Adams, in Philadelp! , and there was a fine military display. Mr. Adams removed here with the seat of government. Mr. Jefferson was elected by the House of Representatives, and though he had serv- ed as Vice President, under Mr. Adams, so divergent were the republican (de: cratic) and federalist lines, that the present stom of the retiring President seeing his ssor in office was not observed, Mr. suc Adams leaving on the morning of March 4, 1801, for his home in Massachusetts. While there was a parade of two military companies—the Washington Artillery (who fired salutes at sunrise and noon) and the Alexandria Rifles—and demonstrations of joy“by the people, Mr. Jefferson performed his part of the program according to the principles of Jeffersonian simplicity. The military paraded in front of his lodgings, and when the hour approached, he mounted his horse, rode to the Capitol, dismounted and entered the Senate chamber, where he took the oath of office, and delivered his inaugural. Returning to his lodging: with Mr. Burr, he received many caller: ‘There was no ball at night, but a general illumination by the citizens. Mr, Jefferson had intended to drive to the Capitol in a coach and four, but they were not at the dcor on time. Cocked Hat Times. Mr. Madison's two and Mr. Monroe's two inauguratigns were the closing “cocked hat inaugurations,” so far as the principals were concerned. The term was applied to them as the representatives of the revo- lutionary period, but for some years in the processions “revolutionary soldiers” had a place as well as in the hearts of the people. As their numbers grew small others were growing up, and the war of 1812 had brought Jackson and others to the front. During the first administration of President Monroe the federalist party dis- appeared, and he received for his second term all the electoral votes save one, ami that was given that no man should re- ceive more honor than Washington. Toward the close of his second term the era of good feeling was closed by the am- bitions of more than one candidate for the presidency—John Quincy Adams represent- ing the north, Jackson and Clay the west and W. H. Crawford the south. Jackson received the most votes, but not enough to elect, and the choice for the second term going into the House of Representatives, through Mr. Clay’s influence, Mr. Adams was elected. The inauguration was a grand affair despite the bad feeling en- gendered by the turning down of the “Hero of New Orleans.” The administration of the oath of office took place in the hall of the House of Representatives and it was the last indoor inauguration. When, however, the rext term approach- ed, there was but two candidates in the field—Jackson as a democrat and Adams as a rational republican—and the former was successful in a “walk over.” This was the first open-air inauguration, for the procession with the friends of Jackson made such a multitude as would tax the capacity of the building, and the occasion is .well remembered by a few of the sur- vivors of the Young Hickory Club, which subsequently became the Jackson Demo- cratic Asscciation, as its first public ap- pearance. For his second term, Henry Clay as a national republican was his oppo- nent, but he was again elected, and by an increased majority, and his second in- auguration was even more imposing than his first. At his first inauguration Gen. Jackson rode his favorite horse, and when the crowd reached the White House they found barrels of punch provided, and in a short time much disorder prevailed. He wes careful, however, that this should not be repeated. The example of the elder Adams was followed by the son, who ab- sented himself from the inaugural cere- monies. Cabins, Cider and Coons. Mr. Van Buren was the President suc- ceeding Gen. Jackson, elected over the elder Harrison, @ebster, White and Man- gum, who. were classed as whigs, and he was inaugurated in 1837. This was, like the preceding affairs, a fine display, espe- cially of the triumphant democracy. Then the campaign of “Tippecanoe and Tyler, too.” came, and it resulted in a tri- umph and the inauguration of Gen. William Henry Harrison in March, 1841. This was up to this time the grandest display ever witnessed in the city, the procession being made up of the military societies, clubs and trade displays, and in the line there were log cabins with the barrels of hard cider, live coons and dead chicken cocks, emblematic of the defunct democrats. The procession was over a mile long, and both to Se a the = hero, who had wi e exposure of campaigns in the west, rode, bare-headed, his favorite charger, while it was a most inclement day, @ light snow falling after the ceremonies at the Capitol. This tack of bilious pleurisy and the death of the President within a month. This event came so suddenly on the country that the bid, 55% asked. Me Si asked. Metropolitan, 106 bid, 34 asked. crats were called, had their innings, and the dark horse of the democratic conven- tion—James Knox Polk—was elected over Clay, the leader of the whigs. The inau- guration took place on the 4th of Mare’, 1845, and for thet was a most mag- Rificent affair. For the first time out-of- tcwn military and political organizations, in any considerable number, participated. That handsome and well-drilled organiza- tion, the Independent Blues of Baltimore, headed by their celebrated band, came over, and had the post of honor. Lieut. Col. W. H. Watson, who was a few after killed at the head of the Maryland and District of Columbia battalion in Mex- ico, then commanded the Blues. The Sav- age Guards, from near Annapolis Junction, were also present. There were, including the two horse companies and the Colum- bian Artillery, which fired the salutes, an even dozen organizations of the military. In the civic division was the Empire Club of New York, drawng a picce of ordinance, and after the Jacksons, the Young Hickory and ‘other clubs came the state delegations, and these bore appropriate insignia. Mr. Polk was accompanied from his lodg- ings at the ional Hotel to the Capitol by Mr. Tyler, when he reached the White House the doors were thrown open and for a few hours he was kept busy receiving congratulations. The visit of the Empire Club was gratefully remembered #y num- ters of our working people, for with their “Baby Waker” (the cannon) the glass of a number of public buildings was jarred out. Worked at a Fire. The club remained in the city several days, and on the night of March 5 worked manfully at the National Theater fire with the apparatus of the old Franklin Fire Company, whose house was then at the southeast corner of 14th street and Penn- sylvania avenue. As the Mexican war had brought Gen. Taylor to the front and made him Presi- dent over Gen. Cass, so did it bring for- ward numerous herces of that war, and numbers of them were prominent in the in augural procession. The pageant was therefore more interesting than usval, for aside from old “Rough and Ready,” who rode with President Polk both to and from the Capitol, there were Gens. Scott, Wool, Quitman, Gaines and others, whose deed: had added to the many laurcis of the sol- dier, and in the lne of the procession were over a dozen military organizations. A feature of this part of the line was sev- eral companies of boys, in one of which was the Rough and Ready Artillery, with two guns, drawn by hand. The personal escort of the President was an even hun- dred young men, mounted, and the civic Portion of the unofficial procession was made up of “Rough and Ready” clubs, civilians and students of Georgetown Col- lege. In the evening there were inaugural balls held at the Nationa! Theater, Caru- sis saloon (now Kernan’s Theater, 1th and C streets) and the Assembly Rooms, afterward the Canterbury, near the pres- ent police headquarters, and the President spent a short time at each, accompanied by his married daughter, Mrs. Col. W. W. Bliss, who, as her mother's tastes wer- too domestic for the role of the first lady in_the land, took her place. Sixteen months after the inauguration ceremonies funeral services were con- ducted in the east room of the White House, for Gen. Taylor had died on July 9 from exposure to the heat on July 4. The funeral procession was one of the most imposing ever seen here, and surpassed in length the splendid inaugural pageant. Gen. Scott nad command of the military | escort, and behind the funeral car, which was drawn by eight white horses, led by grooms, came the general's favorite horse, “Old Whitey,” a touching feature of the occasion. Pierce and Buchanan. Mr. Fillmore filled out the term, and when Gen. Pierce, another soldier of the Mexican war, was elected over his old com- mander, Gen. Scott, he did not follow the precedent of vacating the White House on the 4th of March, but accompanied his suc- cessor to and from the Capitol, and with Mrs. Fillmore welcomed the new tenants of the mansion. The weather was then cold and raw, but this did not prevent both a military and civic display of larger pro- portions than any of its predecessors. ‘There were a number of visiting military organi- zations in line, and the numbers about the Capitol were estimated at 20,000. After seeing Gen. Pierce in office, Mr. Fillmore took the rooms at Wiliard’s just vacated by his successor. In the evening the Presi- dent held a general reception at the White House. Mrs. Pierce was too quiet a lady for Washington society, and beside, their only son having been killed in a railroad accident a few months before, it could not be expected that she would be much of a social leader. Nevertheless, so popular had become the President that the depariure of the administration was felt by all. Mr. Buchanan, the bachelor President, was in 1857 accompanied by President Pierce. from Willard’s to the Capitol, and | there took the oath of office. The day was a beautiful spring-like one, and the stre-is were crowded as never before, probably more Pennsylvanians witnessing the in- auguration of “Old Buck” than were ever assembled beyond the. limits of the state. Among the visiting military were several companies from Philadelphia, and one each from Harrisburg, Lancaster (the Fencibles) and York (Worth Light Infantry there were clubs on clubs from that with numbers from distant points. This was the finest event ever seen here, and the festooning of the bulldings along the line of march was more elaborate than ever. While there was much of a political character about this event, locally Mr. Bu- chanan was so well known to the citizens that there was well nigh a universal de- sire of his neighbors to do him honor. J. K. Gt —__ The Columbia and Maryland Rona. The Baltimore Sun this morning an- nounces that negotiations fcr the reorgan- ization of the Columbia and Maryland Kall- road Company, which have been pending for some time, are expected to assume defi- nite shape at an early date. Resumption of the work is planned and the completion of the electric railroad between Baltimore and Washington this year is proposed. On Monday a mecting of the creditors is to be held to hear the resuit of the negotia- tiois which have been in progress. ae ee Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular c¢all—12_ o'clock = m.—Lincoln Na- tional Bang, 1 at 103. “‘Traders* National Bank, 10 at 96. U. 3. Electric Light, 10 at 90. Poeumatic Gun Carriage, 100 at 1 100 at i 15 at 125. ar fund Ss, 103, Water stock r xtock 7s, 1903, 111% bid. 3.658, funding, currency, 1Uy}, Miscellaneous Bouds.—Metropolitan Railroad 5s, . Metropolitan Rallread conv. Ge, 114 bid, min ibe asked, Bae tated A. 0 awked. it Mtailrosd Se, 80 bid, SU asked. “Eckinzton itailroad Gs, 8S bid, ¥0 asked. Columbia Railroad @s, 115 bid) Wash? ington Gas Company Gs, series A, 113 bid. ington Gas C 100 at 1.10; 60 at 1.1 G0 at 1.15; Wy at 1.20; Too at 1. 100 at LIS. Mergenthaler Livotyp District of Columbia Bonds. 20-5 bid. 30-year fund 6s, gold, 110 bid 7s, 1901 «11 bid.” W road Stocks.—Capital Traction Company, 51 Gas and FINANCE AND TRADE Effect of the Diplomatic Tensior Throughout Europe. Ses WERE NO SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONS No Advances Expected During the Session of Congress. spines MARKET GENERAL REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, February 13.—The course of prices in today's stock market was unt- formly in the direction of depression. No Significant operations were recorded. the market being wholly within the control of the professional element. Stocks were of- fered down by a clique of room traders in the belief that the short session would at- tract no buying of sufficient volume to force a material recovery. Actual improvement in conditions was overlooked, the absence of resistance being the chief factor favoring the reactionary tactics. The suspension of two financial institu- tions in the west emphasized the memories of discouraging financial conditions and in- spired caution in discounting the future. While Congress continues in session the market is likely to remain in an unprofit- able groove, and no new enterprises are contemplated until the new administration dcmorstrates is remedial ability. The mere fact that certain securfties are cheap is rot an argument for immediate buying The probabilities are that they will be neither higher nor lower, in any marked degree—intil the country has more sub- stantial evidences of tangible prosperity. Holders of securities have become customed to waiting, and will not be forced into liquidation by any demonstration of the short interest. The narrowness of the market, while precluding a sustained a vance, operates tc a similar extent in an opposite direction. Stocks sold are invariably difficult to re- cever, except in special instances, and mod- erate profits have, for a considerable per- fod, been all that the short interest ex- pected. The situation is one that had better be left to the professional traders until natural forces assert themselves and logical deduc- tions again become a possibility. The unsatisfactory conditions in the iron and steel trades have been reflected in values in nearby departments. A great In- dustry suffering from a combination of in- ternal discord and an indifferent market must have a sympathetic influence in all classes of security values. The dissolution of the pool in street rails is beneficial to the consumer, and, conse- quently, cannot be regarded as a wholly unfortunate event. The better market for wool and wool fabrics and the large sale of print cloths at Fall River during the week are factors outweighing many of the adverse develop- ments of the last fortnight. Commercial reports are not in harmony with security depreciation. g The diplomatic tension throughout rcpe, incident to the Cretan uprising, while a trifle less pronounced, perhaps, is still a factor worthy of serious consideration Beyond the sentimental influences of such a ccndition this country’s commodities and securities are not yet jeopardized by for- eign troubles of this country. Manhattan's statement for the quarter ending December 31 reflects a net increase of $45,688 and a considerable reduction in cash on hand. ‘The increase in earnings is not satisfactory, in view of the fact that the company has saved in interest more than enough to make up the reported in- crease. The most favorable construction of the figures puts the stock safely on a 3 per cent basis with a possible 1 per cont added with sufficient frequency to ma’ it a 4 per cent stock. The decline of Mz per cent in pr reflects the general knowledge of the company’s affairs The bank statement shows a loss of over $3,000,000 in lawful money, entirely in legal tenders. The demand for currency from nearby points explains the loss. Loans have been increased $2,854,000, show demand for money in commercial ‘Phe net result of all changes bri surplus reserve down to $51,63%,225 ek > FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as & Macartney, members New Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway Open. High. Low Clear American Spirits... WY BK IK 18K American Spirits, pid... 32° 52” gy. g8 American Sugar! .00) WL 14 MOK 1 American Sugar, pfd pesee | a American Tobacco Oy By GR American Cotton Oli. etre tae ame TE Atchisor iy ay ay Baltimore & aio 1 1K Bay State Gas. . aaa ‘ * Canada Southern. Canada Pacific. ee ni fe & Ohio c., C. C. & St. Lonis. cnicago, BQ: Chicagoa Nortawest Chicago Gas. CM. & St. Pi 5 C. M. & dt. Paul, pid. Chicago, RL. & Pacific Consolidated Gas. Del., Lack. & W Delaware & Hudson Den. & Rio Grande, pf. General Electric. 1 inols Ce: tra! Lake Shore. Louisville & > Metropolitan ‘Traction.- Mahattan Elevated, Michigan Central... Missouri Pacitic National Lead Go...) : National Lead Go., pfd.. New Jersey Central. New York Centrat. Northern Paciti Northern Paclilc, pfd. Ont. & Western. _ Pacific Maul... Phila. & Reading. Puliman ¥. ©. Co Southern Ry., pf Phila. Traction Texas Pacitic Tenn. Coal & Union Pacite. Grain and Cottun Markets. Farnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. 3x2 : 3.90 3.95 3.95, 4.07 407 COTTON. Opa. Low. 696 668° 6.00 671 871 s Ci Gis 673 6 650 67D —_——

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