Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1897, Page 1

——— = THE EV SNING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th St, by The Evening Star Wewspaper Company. 8. H. KAUF¥MANN, Pres't. Kew York Offce, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Event: St; ts ‘ved to subscribers im the ety by carriers, op thelr own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cenin month. Copies at the counter Z cents each. mull—anywhere in the United States or Canada— postage prepaid—S0 eents per montb. ; Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year. with foreign postage 00. (Eatered at the Poat (fice at Washington, D.C TF All mail subseript Rates of advertising inade Known on application FOR A SILVER. BELT POLICY OF THE POWERS Proposed Nevada Legislation to Honor a Pugilist. The Admirals of the Fleet at Canea In- formed. Greck Transport Not Allowed to Land Provisions—Suffering for Bread Kept Out by the Blockade. STATE OFFICIAL TO PRESENT If Governor Sadler Said to Approve CANEA, Island of Crete, March 1.—The fereign zdmirals have reccived from the ambassadors of their respective govern- ments at Constantinopie a communication of the Measure. os mee aes explaining the policy of the powers con- — - THE FIGHT | cerning Cretan autonomy and the w EADIES AND THE “FIGH! | crawatiet (ie Grea etrces crvme tie —_.+__—_ isiand., a The Greek transport Mykale, after a CARSON CITY, Nev., March 1—Not con-} parjey with the commander of the Bri ing the contest for the championship, Assembly- 3 to Intreduce tent w legal world’s pugilistic man Tim Dempsey ish battle ship Barfleur, has been allowed to land the stores sent by the Red Cross Society, but she was not allowed to land prop a bill within the next | provisions. few appropriation Of} Phere is great scarcity of food in many $3,000 for the purpos ng made @/ quarters on account of the blockade main- s belt of silver with diamond stud- tained by the fleets of the powers. The to the winner of the British consul has received appeals for bread from ten different places. reat ; i 2 aha The commission appointed to reorganize Zhe:t Rebas teswers cum eons thay earuneane geutercnierioeotaaennerearal time, a provides that the secretary | iyeeting, but it is unable to act, as no of state i deliver the Belt on the ISth | funds are avallable to pay the men. The of March, al with a certific rd | Montenegrin gendarmes refused, to. serve affidavit orli of the signifi- | on promises of being paid for their serv oe dukes phi seeey ices in the future. Consequently, it is cance of ntended to have | considered probable that the Montenegrins en the bel vn of the official | will be disbanded. seal of > imile of the! CoNsTANTINOE March 1.—The am- signatu he oppreval | hassadors have completed the communic of the m tion to be addressed to the Turkish gov- It is claimed of the] ernment in regard to the Island of Crete, members of the » signified | and will now telegraph it to their respee- thelr willir e for the bill, and] tive governments. : that Gov $ wly given his] It is understood that the note will be consent to siga the a presented to the porte today. Game mas ernae wall no 2 eos re ke | LONDON, March 1.—The Athens cor- siders, giving as on that he | respondent of the Chronicle states thai at zexet signs « t rntll he | a conference of the representatives of the ieee Sees ane read itt Let powers it was decided to withdraw the ne suproxée of the kice i vehoik collective note, inviting Greece to retire pioaship belt. her fleet and troops from Crete. He learns Admission of Ladies. aa soon Sathoy seme no oes wee fed - cera -oming Cor-| for the recall, the instructions of the ae para eager “heen aut the | Tepresentatives of the powers on this point nett-Fitzsimmons fight. has given ou Renta a car eoice follow! statemen! “While much been said fcr and agains: the admission of Las LONDON, March 1.—The Daily Chronicle s there is little doubt that the serious ladies t amphitheater, I have studied | hitch in the concert of the powers is the matter in all its phases, and have been | first, to the lack of wisdom on the pai ian casa taritoni ailgteire © aaLe the government, and, secondly, eminent men on the of Emperor William, who, the Chronicle : ents the form of Lord Sal- mature and careful consideration I have 5 decided to admit ladies proper es- cement of the poli of coxt: a. What cnt W hace aula Britain toward Crete, especially tae i . the. can view the tion that Great Britain has taken tne gaan contort concert. Continuing, the Caron- be taken to ; will be polic ed by Mr. Curzor’s most unfortunate spcech, in which he said that t olution was mainiy due to Lerd Salisbury. It is understood that the emperor in retaliation made himself re- sponsible for the official communique from St. Petersburg on Thursday last, in which Russia threatened the immediate coercion of Greece, failing her instant compliance. “There is reason to believe that t titude of the emperor has been influenc y the serious reports which have reached n as to the present relations between sland and the Transvaal.” FORGOT THE ONLY EN atrens s will of be ing under I have been offered self of every availed rded ur brougat manner. 1 ae worll to believe | Fires Haged at Casey, IL, for an creditable to Hour, Causing Great Damage. CASEY, Il, March 1.—The first fire that has occur: here in ten years started at Corhetts Weicht. th clock this morning, In the two-story brick building occupied by the following business firms: Fuqua & Sons, bank; H. & B. Lee Ce, E. L. Shinkle, D. C. Sturdevant R. A. Lee, M. C. Cochenour, M. Sanford & Sons, Hancock & Clark and ‘othe Property valued at $20,000 was destroy- ed. A strong wind was blowing at the Athletic | time. Th= flames socn spread to two ad- t apse | Joiuing blecks and the entire business por- the hood of I ring he a matter of fact seales at expects to tip the | or patented | Uon of the town was in danger. {their compli- | At 3 a.m. the mayor made an effort to communicate with Terre Haute, Ind. stance, but the d not raise their The town was at the m flames, being without a fire engine. ne is a han German Corbett The Casey Bank building is wrecked. re here Tu The vault, however, is Intact. The post leave for home is badly damaged, but no mail de- streved. The bicck in which the fire start- ed was almost destroyed. After the fire had raged for an hour a fire engine owned by the Peoria, Decatur w that Mre. Fitzsimmons y her mother’s death from her side that she come on from New York ina few days | 484 Evansville railway was thought of. and join the Australian, remaining with | The railroad people placed it at the fim alt after the fient. mayor's services and such efficient. work ietcafeabocss cata secs uhane ack nie done that the flames were put under control at 4 o'clock approach of warmer s cheerful and confident, PET coy of everything that is DECLINED THE HONOR. placed before him. PEssr —_———.- Two Ohio Representatives Who Re- VOLCANO EN UTAH. Jected Offers o the Senatorship. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. The Waters of the Great Salt Lake |) myin un De ch 1— : Bolling and Seething. fast Tele ott heres cal nafanponea eat SALT LAKE, Utah, March 1.—What ap- | 7, 4 Recital of Senator Sherman's su. in the ‘essor Pears to be a genuine volcano has burst Sects Ge th pas st | United States Senate was offered to at ae ee a ea lake, a short dis-| yeast two men befere Gov. Bushnel! an- on the Central Pactie qamontory station, | nounced that he had sclected National : mural pacific railway. The phe- | Chairman Hanna. ‘These are Representa- nomenon first appeared recently in the form | tives A. Northway of Jefferson and T. E of a small cloud hovering over the water | Burton of Cleveland. : about a mile and a quarter from the shore.} 1m addition to the tempting proffer held It gradually tnereased in dimenstons and | OUt to Messrs. Northway and Burton it is shot up so high in the air that it is now | *#!¢ in this connection that Canaries L. visible for a great distance, and the water | Kurtz, chairman of ihe republican. state in the immeidate vicinity boils and seethes | Committee, was promised Mr. Sherman's seat, though the pledge, which was per- haps based on certain contingencies, could not be kept. ‘ ‘The offer of the place to Northway was made through Representative Dewitt of the fifth district. The offer to Burton was made direct to that gentleman by Gov Bushnell himself, who talked to him over the long distance telephone from Colum- bus to Washiz and the spray is thrown upon the air for hundreds of feet. The volcano ts situated in the big arm of the lake on the west side of a long range of mountains, and {s distinctly visible from Brigham City. The phenomenon 1s ac- counted for by the fact that for the last six months there have been felt several slight shocks of earthquake in these re- gions, and it is supposed the fire and lava fone rhic! ave ce e ms He asked Mr. Burton to take the first Raion have been camifined in the. quiter- | oo, tor Collimbissrm crete tee wea ranean depths have now found an outlet and are spending their force. A number of people have witnessed the uesday, February 17,- and greater part of the afternoon spent the nd evening eno! : ch has caused consider, | M conference with the govei eee alacant he em Sa ccraen ‘The news of Mr. Burton's visit to Co- co eee lumbus was carefully kept from ihe pub- aAneiny lic, and only a few besides those in’ the VES BAIL. inmost contidence of the governor knew it. The Cleveland representative was tendered not only che unexpired term of Senator Sherman, but was also promised loyal sup- port by Foraker and Bushnell for the next full term. ‘The details were fully rehearsed in or- der to prove to Mr. Burton's satisfaction that the next legislature wouid carry out the bargain. Mr. Burton, however, decided at the rosy picture held befo: On the contrar, Secrecy Maintained Regarding Ne- braska’s Ex-Treanurer. LINCOL: b., March 1_—Much secrecy is being maintained tn connection with the i ation of Jcseph Hartley, retiring treasurer, who was arrested for a ehortage of $5,000. He has secured bail in the sum of 0,000. Mr. Bartley said that it had been agreed with Attorney General Smyth that all preliminary proceedings we oes te & should be postponed until March 4. It is pede aly GETS ‘enue wo he wir| ed, as there was an overwhelming senti- ot to look his eyes. waive prelim ment in zavor of the national chairm: : eee Gest Mttatiaittinn Aesbica: FAMOUS MONASTERY IN PERIL. NEW YORK, March 1. = ; Arrived—La Gas- | yonke of St. Kernard Had to Tunnel rom ene, Havre; Karlsruhe, Bremen; Through an Avalanche. Edam, Amsterdam. LONDON, March 1—A special dispatch GLASGOW, March 1.—Arrived—Scandi- | from Paris says that the Monastery of navian, Boston. St. Bernard has been partially destroyed ENEMEN, March 1—Arrived—Willehaa, | by an avalanche. The left wing was de- Baltimore. GENOA, March 1. New York. BALTIMORE, March den, Port Marant; more, Liverpool. + molished. The monks had to tunnel through the snow in order to make their exit. There was no loss of Ife. SS Mr. Drexel's Party Safe. PHILADELPHIA, March 1—A special Arrived—Karamania, eh 1.—Arrived—Bow- Crefeid, Bremen; Ross- uae from New Orleans says the yacht Sultana, Wit Take Associated Presa News. | on which John R. leaps and a party of wuariaesl ciate 2 friends recently sailed from New. York to Ree OnM. March, 1—The Austin: | Scag the Mardi q@ene feetivteiny: passed Tex.) News, Birmingham (Ala.) Ledger | through the jetties nt and is due ard Deadwood (3. D.) Journal have com- | to arrive this morning. The menced taking @ news service from the| eral days overdue, Associated Press. yacht Is sev- and considerable anx- lety was felt for its safety. THE NEXT CABINET Three of Its Members Are Now in the City. _ A PLEASANT TALK WITH MR. GAGE He is a Firm Believer in Civil Serv- ice Reform. WHAT MR. WILSON SAYS — > Of President-elect McKinley’s official family, four of the members, including Senator John Sherman, are now in the city. Gen. Alger, the new Secretary of War, quartered at the Arlington; Mr. James Wilson, who is to preside over the Department of Agriculture, registered at the Ebbitt House, and Mr. Lyman J. Gage, who fs to assume the treasury portfolio, stepping temporarily at the home of an oid Chicego friend, are the three members of the new cabinet who are now in Wash- ington, besides Mr. Sherman, the new S retary of State, in waiting for their official exaltation. Mr. Gage, with his w: Chesapeake and Ohlo r Springs, Va., at 745 train which brought them here having been an hour late. Mr. Thomas B. Bryan, whose home is at No, 1628 Rhode Island avenue, was ui the depot to receive them, arrived over the ilroad from Hot this morning, the and the party was immediately driven, to Mr. Bryan’s residence, where breakfast was in waiting. Even before breakfast Was over a number of visitors in Washing- ton, chiefly from Tlinois, called to pay their respects to the new Secretary of the Al! of the callers were received iven short audiences. Mr. Gage, not having been in the clty yesterday after- noon, when Secretary Herbert extended his invitation to the members of the new cabi- net to take a run down the river on the flying torredo boat Farragut, was not a member of that distinguished party, and he expressed his regret that he had not gotten here in time to make the trip. A Talk With Mr. Gage. Mr. Gage is a fine-looking, broad-shoul- dered man, easy of speech and suave of manner. If, as the wicked Chicago news- paper men allege, the fine suit of curling white hair which crowns his head is not a hirsuie adornment of the genuine sort, the wig 1s certainly an admirabie match for Mr. Gage’s white, well-trimmed beard. During the two weeks,” sald Mr. Jage, to a Star renorter who called upon him at the Bryan residence shortly after his arrival, “I have had the that I have known for thirty feel perfectly able to get into . moment’s notice. Before I accepted seeretaryship of the treasury, a of my Illinols friends told’ me, tuous cheerfulness, of the 1 warping pericd of four years fronted me if I took the portfolio, pointed cut to me the number of heads of the ‘Treasury Der have been shattered in health and spiri at the conclusion of their term: offic I told them that I had been hard a worker an! keeper for the greater that I thought I could stand the pace As he talked ana smok cigar, Mr. Gage was idly cnormous mass of offic! on his desk. “T anticipate mere trcubl ocuments such matters in dealing with he, ‘than with the trea: fice, some of which ha for several weeks, and severs sived no later than this morni fess, they present some embarrassing pr lems to me. 1am an uncompromising ad- herent to the principles of civil service I< form, and during my incumbenc the inent I shall sv the y to the v. The maj ns for office w to me are for positions covered by the civil service law—which makes me devoutly thankful. It really seems extraordinary to me that men throughout the United State: been pre: whose ability is such that they consider themselves fitted for the holding of r spcnsible go ment positions, seem to be entirely unaware that the operations of the civil service law, as recently broadened, make it absolutely impcssible for be given the positions to which th spir I don’t know ot any American governme al doctrine that is less understood in gen- eral throughout the entire country than the civil service law: re may be a general awakening on the subject during the next four years. In so far as the de- partment which I am to assume is con- cerned, there certainly will be. “I expect to have asconference with See- retary Carlisle—a valued friend of mine of many yeers’ standing—cither this after- noon or tomorrow morning with regard te the personnel of the Treasury Department and to some of the more iniportant prac- tical working details of the department. For the past week I have been devoting a good deal of careful study to the official organization of the department, in so f: as I could gain information on the subjec from the blue book; but that is a rather u satisfactory method, and I, of course, r largely upon Mr. Carlisle for data as to the capabilities of present heads of treasury divisions, and so on.” Mrs. Gage, who, as stated above, accom- panied the Treasury Secretary, is an ex- ecedingly handscme woman, tall and of impressive figure, a grande dame of hos- pitable and charming manners. She is an entertainer of distinction, and the grandeur of the sacial functions over which she pre sided during the world’s fair at Chicago rivaled those of Mrs. Potter Palmer's su- perb affairs. Gen. Alger. Gen. Russell A. Alger, the next Secretary of War, left his Arlington House apart- ments for the hotel breakfast room at an unusually early hour this morning, in order to prepare for the trip down the river on the Farragut. When he strolled into the hotel lobby after breakfast he found it a matter of no minor difficulty to make his way through the throngs of visitors of more or less distinction who gathered about him. He was compelled to make his way to the elevator a good deal after the fash- fon of the youth at the apex of a flying V- wedge in a college foot ball game. “Good morning—when did you get in?— looks cloudy—why, how are you?—well, I've got to hurry’’—these were about the only remarks Gen. Alger had time to make in forcing his passage through the jostling crowd. He left the hotel about 9 o'clock, to keep his appointment with Secretary Her- bert for the torpedo boat excursion. ‘Those among Gen. Alger’s callers whose eyes are sharp, whose habits of close ob- servation are trained, and who have known the new Secretary of War for many years, comment with considerable unanimity upon the rapidity with which he has aged during the past year. Gen. Alger lacks something like a decade of being as old a man as Sen- ator Sherman, and yet he has not today the erectness, the elasticity of step and the general appearance of wiry sturdiness that characterize the new Secretary of State, who has livd for three-quarters of a cen- iury. ; “General Alger,” said’ one of the latter's cldse friends this morning, “tells his cons fidants that he is In good health, and I dare say that he ts, but, nevertheless, he looks a good ten years older to me than he did twelve months ‘ago. He is a man of pe- ly high-strung nature, and of late years, I fancy, he has fallen into the some- what unprofitable and energy-sapping habit . lumbia, promoted frem $809 of worrying a great deal over trifles. I am confident that the widespread circulation, during and after the campaign, of the silly, unwarranted, positively crucl’ yarns with regard to an entirely unfounded incident in connection with his war record caused him bitter humiliation. I think those scurrilous publications, notwithstanding the fact that he easily disproved them all, sii]l prey up- on his mind. “At any rate, he has aged more perceptibly than any.man I ever knew within a corresponding period of time. Mrs. Alger remained within her beautiful Arlingion apartments during the forenoon, attending to her correspondence. She also received, informally, a number of ladies from Michigan, who have come to Wash- ington to attend the Inauguration. Mrs. Alger is a very lovely Woman, the delicate, smooth, rosy coloring of whose face is in striking contrast with the great mass of dark iron-gray hair, which she dresses back from her forehead in colonial fashion. “She reminds me of one of Sir Joshua Reynolds’ pictures,” was the comment of a lady who called upon her this morning. Mr, Jnmes Wilson. If his movements yesterday and this morn- ing may form the basis of prediction, Mr. James Wilson of Iowa, who is to be Pres dent-elect McKinley's Secretary of Agricul- ture, will be the earliest riser among the members of the new cabinet. Mr. Wilso:, who arrived at the Ebbitt House on Satur- czy night last, retiring to his room and to sleep almost immediately upon his arrival, n:ade his appearance in the hotel's main ecrridor before 9 o'clock yesterday morning, and by a quarter past 9, a good hour be- fore a majority of the hotel’s guests had thought of rising, he had finished his break- fast and the most of the Sunday newspa- pers. He spent the day at the hotel, re- ceiving a large number of his former asso- ciates in Congress, who called for the pur- pose of personally congratulating him upon his appointment to the new cabinet, and, in a few cases, upon business of a somewhat ante-official character, concerning appoint- ments and retentions in the Department of Agriculture. Mr. Wilson is said. to have quicdy informed all of the visitors who called upon him on business of this nature that ke had as yet given the matter of ap- pointments no consideration whatever, and that he probably would not devote any of his attention to that subject until he had fully mastered all of the details of the de- partment of which he is to be the head. This morning Mr. Wilson made his ap- peararce in the Ebbitt House breakfast room, carefully dressed and wide awake for the business of the day, at 8:15, and by 9 o'clock he was in his room looking over a big accumulation of letters. He left shortly afterward for the river excursion cn the new torpedo boat. : “It would be mere idleness for me to > any present attempt to outline any that may be in contemplation ard to the policy of the Depart- of Agriculture,” said Mr. Wilson to a Star reporter. “As a matter of fact, I suppose that I know less concerning the methods at present employed in carrying on the operations of that department than the y est of the new congressmen now ts at the south end of the Cap- Although I belieye I was the first representative in Congress to introduce a Dill providing for the creation of the cab- net office of Secretary of Agriculture (hav- ing at the time not the vaguest notion that I myscif would ever be imvited to accept that position), that was ’way back in the Forty-third Congress, and a good deal of the data which I then had at hand in sup- port of the measure has escaped me. As a practical agriculturist, [ watched the workings ef the Department of Agricul- ture very closely when I was in Congress, hut, as I say, that was a long time ago, and the department has widened enor- mousty in scope since that time. I have Just concluded six years of the hardest work of my life in-buliding up the Agri- cultural College of. the state of Iowa, and’ I anticipate four years more of exceed ly difficult labor and close study in mas- tering the details of the Department of Agriculture—for it is perhaps needless for me to state that I did not come to Wash- ington for fun. “No, I do not intend just yet to commit myself as to what I think of publications concerning “Tapeworm in Poultry’ and other subjects of a kindred nature. It would be manifestly improper for me to attempt to be humorous on this or any other subject connected with the Depart- ment of Agriculture, especially before I have received my appointment. Nor do I see how I could with propriety foreshadow my attitude respecting the distribution of seeds, a question which appears to have been pretty thoroughly hainmered in both ways during the present session of Con- gress. I've got a good long summer ahead of me during which to carefully review that matter. Supposing you do me the honor to ask me all about it—well, say some time next July or August.’ Although by birth a Scotchman, Mr. Wilson is in appearance a typical Ameri- can farmer—not an agriculturist of the sort grossly caricatured in the comic pub- lcations, but a fine, upright, gray-bearded, sturdy-looking citizen, whose actions and tanner of speech yet betoken an almost life-long contact with the?soll. He talks in rather a low tone of voice, using occa- sionally the gestures of the trained par- Hamentarian, and while he talks there is semething of palpable sincerity in his ex- pression and manner that Is convincing. Gther Prospective Cabinet Officers. Judge Gary of Maryland, who is one of the certainties of the new cabinet, although his position has not ae yet been decided upon with positiveress, has engaged per- manent quarters at the Hotel Normandie, and 1s expected to arrive there tomorrow morning. Judge McKenna of California, another certainty, is on his way to the na- tonal capital, and 1s expected to arrive at the Covhran tonight. Judge McCook,whose alleged refusal of the secretaryship of the Interior caused Mr. McKinley to suspend the finishing of his cabinet slate until he snould have a conference with Mr. Mc- Cook, is expected to arrive in Washington either late this evening or early tomorrow morning. He will probably put up at the Ebbitt House, where he is to have a talk with Mr. McKinley regarding his accept- ance of a position in the cabinet tomor- row. Although Mr. John D, Long of Mas- sachusetts announced last week that he probably would not attend the inaugura- tion of the President, who has extended him a seat In his cabinet, Bis Washington friends have no doubt, that he will turn up here within a day or soy Gen. Porter's ‘Wishes. Mr. Frederic Coudert; the famous New York lawyer and after-dinner speaker, was asked by a Star reporter at the Arlington this morning what he thought of President- elect McKinley’s alleged intention to ap- point Gen. Horace Porter Secrétary of the Interior. “I think it 1s pure nomiSense,” was Mr. Coudert’s reply. “Gen. Porter slated for the ambassadorship to France. That is what he wants, what he bas heen offered, and he fs the ideal man for the place; for,” concluded Mr. Coudert, with a_ twinkle in his eye, “Horace Porter ig a soldier, a gen- tleman—and he thinks he knows French!’ itol. State Departmen® Changes. The following appointients and promo- tions have been made in the Department of State: Miss Maud Stalnaker of the District of Columbia, appointed a clerk !n the bureau of statistics at $1,200, February 27, 1897. William. McNeir of Michigan, a clerk of class 1 at $1,200, promoted to class 2, at $1,400, February 23,1897. ° Z Wat $720, jelerk of class. at $00), Fobruary'23, 1807, “\David G. Morrison as District of Co- lumbia, a laborer at, $599, to be PMervin Bt ks ticut, oe iervi acks of Col moted from $900 to $1,000. Charles H. Miller of the District of Co- to $200, # MARCH 1, 1897-TWELVE PAGES ~ Maftgaret M. of Kansas, & clerk of class D at promoted. to 1, at .200, Febr 28, 1807, * aor % Gilbert F. ph of the rict of | ‘Coltimbia, to be CROWDS IN THE CITY The Advance Guard of the Inaugura- tion Army Reaches Washington. THE CELEBRATION ARRANGEMENTS Participation of the Grand Army of the Republic Assured. GENERAL NEWS OF THE DAY The advance guard of the inauguration army has come down upon the capital city and the hotels and boarding houses are filling up with strangers from every section of the country. There is much satisfaction and admiration expressed at the aprearance of the city, and crowds walk the strects and avenues examining the private and public decorations already in place and watching the busy workmen who are everywhere adding to the adorn- ment. There is a deep and general wish for fine weather, and if this desire is grat- ified nothing will remain necessary to make the inauguration of McKinley the most successful on record. The arraigements for the reception of President-elect McKinley and Vice Presi- dent-elect Hobart,who will arrive in Wash- ington tomorrow, have been completed, as well as those for their entertainment while in Washington. 5 The southwest corner of the Ebbitt House, on the third floor, has been prac- tically all reserved for the McKinley part The side halls leading to this part of the house have been boarded up, and the en- trance to the main corridor will be con- stantly guarded in order to prevent in- trusion on the part of those who have no real business in that part of the house. A special dining hall has been set aside for the presidential party. It is the small banquet hall in the rear of the main din- ing room, capable of comfortably accom- modating about seventy-five people. The police srrangerents are perfect. In addition to the regular and special police- men of the metropolitan force, there will be a detail of detectives from the central offices in the big eastern and western cities and a fol of fifty Pinkerton detectives, who will act urder Inspector Hollinberger’s orders. Th. Baltimore and Ohio and Penn- sylvania railroad companies have also sent their best detectives for duty here under their respective chiefs The presence of a large number of what are known as “sure thing” men, who are poker sharps, shell game players and con- tidence men generally, hes been noticeable here since last week ard are under close surveillance. If they attempt to operate they will be quickly apprehended. Stran- gers are warned about making acquaint- es too freely about the hotels and pub- lic places. Inaugural headquarters today was the converging point for scores of visitors, both from the city and abroad, and the committees on public comfort, military or- ganizations and civic organizations were simply burted in work. As usual the forces were equal to the demands upon them and none of the callers were sent away unsatisfied. ‘Phe Honest Money Democratic League of Ba!timore, which inciudes several clubs, will hav ) men in line under command of Chief hal W. O. Breckenbaugh. The men will wear biack clothes, black derby hats and carry flag canes. They will march behind 2 fine band and be subsisted at Emerich’s Hotel, opposite the Baltimore ard Ohio depot. The Fireworks Display. The program for the grand aerial dis- play of fireworks cn Inauguration night at the feot of the Washington monument nh been completed by Mr. C. H. Koster of New York. It is as follows: 1. Salute of 100 Zerial guns 2. INumination of the grounds, monu- ment, ete., with 300 colored fires, red, white id blue. 3. Display of 150 six and eight-pound ‘ougreve rockets, fired from three posi- tions. 4. Display of fifty twenty-four-inch bombs, Manhattan Beach tints. 5. scent of 100 tourbillions, or fiery whirlwinds. 6. Flight of 100 fifteen-inch bombs; gold- en cloud, studded with jewels, fired by electricity. 7. Display ef twenty-five Pain’s mam- meth eight-pound reckets, with hanging chains of iridescent fire. Salvos of 50 saucisson mines. Display of twenty thirty-inch bombs; all the latest novelties and effects. 10. Flight of fifty six-pound rockets; aerial search light. 11. Display twenty-five mammoth rockets, gold and silver threads. = Display of ten Pain’s mammoth thir- ix-inch bombs. » Old Glory one mile high. pyrotechnic Immense nited States flag unfurled in the sky. Pain’s patent, 1892, as given at the world’s fair, Chicago; Manhattan Beach, and on the occasion of the water parade, New York, October, 1896. 14. Flight of fifty fifteen-inch shells, pea- cocks’ plumes (fired by electricity). 15. Ascent twenty-five six-pound rockets, national streamers. Battery 1,000 silver snakes. 1%. Flight fifty thirteen-and-one-half-inch bombs. Torrents of illuminated gold. 18. Ascent of twenty-five six-pound rock- ets (Pain’s world’s fair specialties 19. Battery of twenty cracker mines. 20. Magical illumination of the Capitol with 1,000 pounds of composition. 21. Flight of twenty twenty-four-inch bombs, charging stars. 22. Twenty large batteries, Pain’s chro- matic candles, 23. Flight twenty eight-pcund Pain’s sextuple rockets. 24. Display ten Pain’s quadruple bombs, opening red, changing to white, thence to blue, and finishing with hanging chains (18v7_novelty). 25. Twenty six-pound rockets. Liquid fire. 26. Flight of 100 thirteen-an-one-half-inch bombs. (The rainbow). Fired by electri- city. 27. One electric shell, lighting up the whole of the city (new compound). 28. Final flight of 3,000 large colored rockets, forming the inaugural bouquet. 29. Grand freu de joie. 30. After the display it is proposed to il- luminate Pennsylvania avenue with varie- gated colored fire. Grand Army Participation. Department Commander Thomas 8. Hop- kins of the Department of the Potomac, G. A. R., issued today the following general orders: “ 1. This department will participate in the inaugural parade on the 4th instant, and will constitute the first brigade of the third division of the military grand division. 2. It will assemble at 12:30 o'clock p.m. on B street southeast; head of column on 1st street east, at which place the line will be formed, and must be prepared to move at 1:45 o'clock p.m. 3. Post eiarmeaeiadet it pi take the necessary steps to ou: strength of their posts, and it is,important that the comrades report to them promply, in ac- cordance with the requirements of para- graph 2 of this order. A hall has been secured near the point of rendezvous for the conventence of com- rades who will participate in the parade. 4. The department commander considers it of sufficient importance to again call the attention of pest commanders and com- rades to the provisions of paragraph 4 of general orders No. 2, current sertés, from these headquarters, with special reference (Continued on Thira AT THE WHITE HOUSE Mr. Cleveland Having a Busy Time During His Last Days in Office. Mr. J. Addison Porter, the Next Seere- tary to the President, Taking Practical Observations, The last week of President Cleveland's Slay at the White House will be a busy ore. Long before the regular hour for receiving visitors this morning several senators and representatives called to talk over bills in which they are interested which are before the President for signa- ture. The number of strangers visiting the White House is much smaller than at the same time on previous inaugural weeks. The east room only ts open, and visitors are shown into it. The “Temainder of the heuse has heen thoroughly cleaned for the it.coming President, and it 1s the intention to keep it so. Mrs. Cleveland has this matter under her own immediate personal 81 pervision. Nearly all of the personal effects of the President and Mrs, Cleveland have been sent away. Only such articles re- main as can be packed in trunks on ‘Thurs- la Many of the strangers are showing the side they took in the last election by wear- ing gold buttons or yeliow roses, They can be seen in large numbers, The routine official business of the Cleve- land administration is practically com- pleted. Private Secretary Thurber, of ecurse, is busy, and has with him Mr. J. Addison Porter, who is to be the secre- tary to the President under the new ad- ministration. Mr. Porter came in early and remained several hours. It was one of his first chances at practical experi- erce. Mr. Porter will have a new set of books to start with. AN these arrangements have been made. Everything has so been prepared for the onvenience of Pres- icent-elect McKinley. New commission forms have been provided. and wh erever pcssible the name of “William McKinle jr.” has been printed at their head. These blanks are now at the White House, and the new President will have no dithculty filling out the commissions of his cab- inet and other important offices. No material changes are expected in the official force of the mansion. Mest of the present force have been employed ut the White House for many years, They know nearly every one and every one knows them. The f caller this morning was Sena- tor Cullom of Iilinels. He was accom- panied by Mrs. Palmer of Chicago, who presented her report of the world’s fai commission to the President. Senator Proctor and Gear and Representative Cur tis of Iowa were among those who came later. Mr. Palmer, ex-Queen Liliuokalani’s sec- retary, was also among the callers. He said h> merely came to pay his respects to Secretary Thurber and had no intention of trying to make an engagement with the President to again see the “queen.” He took his charce with Mr. ‘Thurber when the crowd wis admitted. Timothy O'Leary, gr., of Pittsburg was among the early visitors. He came to Washington yesterday t@ secure a promise from Mr. Bryan to lecture in that city Wednesday night. He succeeded in his first mission, but did not see the Pres’ dent. The President had made arrangements to meet all the clerks of the various de- partments at noon today, but he found that he would be too busy, sv he canceled the invitation Tomorrow evening President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland will entertain Major McKinley and his wife at dinner. It is purely a private function, and there will be no other guests. While the two inen discuss affeirs of state the women will discuss the domestic features of the oc- casion. At this dinner the incoming and cutgoing executives will arrange their pro- gram for Thursda: It is not unusual for the outzoing President to make a few personal requests of his successor relative to the retention of certain persons in the public or demestie service, and Mr. Cleve- land may follow this custom. The arrangements for Thursday have all been completed. The reviewing stand ts. ready for occupancy. The carriage to carry the President and President-elect has been selected. As usual it will be drawn by four horses. The President-elect sits on the left hand of the President turing the Journey to the Capitol, but returning, President Me- Kinley will sit on the right and ex-Pres dent Cleveland at his left. In the mean- time the outgoing President's family retire from the White House and leave for their new home, and the new President's house- hold takes possession. Mrs. Cleveland returns from Princeton tonight to remain until after the inaugura- tion, Im Perfect Condition. “I have never seen the White House in such perfect condition as it 1s today,” said Capt. Dubois, the chief usher, who has served in different capacities In the Presi- dent's house for very many years. “The house is really ready for occupancy by President and Mrs. McKinley at any mo- ment.” The furniture has been renovated, the carpets cleaned and the picture frames regilded and freshened up, so that the in- terior furnishings look new, although this had to be accomplished with the expend- iture of a small sum of money. Gen. Wil- son, chief of engineers, has given his per- sonal attention to every detail, continuing voluntarily the duties that were imposed upon him as superintendent of public build- ings and grounds until the close of the present administration. As the private por- tion of the White House is at present ar- ranged there are six bed chambers. Presi- dent Cleveland occupies a large room next to the northwest corner on the second floor, but it does not follow that the same apart- ment will serve as the sleeping room of his successor. Mr. Porter was at the White House for some time today, and he looked carefully over the interior. He was not prepared to indicate how the sleeping apartments should be allotted, but it seemed that his fancy tended toward the bright, sunny room on the southwest corner of the building, across the corridor from Pres- ident Cleveland’s chamber, as the best for Mr. and Mrs. McKinley. This was the bed room of the Harrisons, and because it is so cheery and sunny and has a southern ex- posure it appears best adapted to the needs of Mrs. McKinley. Very near to it, and on the same side of the central corri- dor, is the library, really used as a sitting room, for, singularly enough, ‘he White House has ho actual private pari Mr. Andrew J. Patterson, Uni consul at Demerara, B. G., who is the grandson of ex-President Johnson, spent some time this morning looking over the house, the arrangement of which was so familiar to him in-his childhaod days. Dented Himself to Callers. During the afternoon the President was so busy going over bills before him that he was forced to refuse seeing any one who called unless his business was of the ut- most importance. He vetoed two small pension bills and sent them to the Capitol. He still has a day on the tion bill, i If you want today’s news today you can find it only in The Star. _ THE DISTRICT BILL > Appropriations for the Next Fiscal Year Considered. AMENDMENTS MADE IN THE SENATE Additional Street Improvements Are Provided For. - POLICE AND FIREMEN = ie eee The Senate today pass the District of Columifta appropriation DIL. A number of important additions were m as it came from the committe priations, and many je to the eon apy the Dis- inter trict of Columbia are ber s of fited thereby. Mr. Teller was the first to offer ame ments to the bill as it had been preseniet by him to the Senate. The paragraph pre viding that the penalties on (axes due and payable on or before the Ist day of July, 1896, should be remitted. provided that taxes due on or before said date wer with 6 per cent Interest on or by 1898, was amended so ax to apply due before July 1, 18: before July 1, 3sv; fore Jul to taxes that should be pait Street Improvemenin, Under the head of street improvements in the northeast section schedule the fol lowing were added: For paying Morris street between 6th and 7th northeast, $4,000; removing cobblestones and repairing as phalt block, D street between 6th and Tth southeast, $4,000: for paving North Capitot street between .O and Ri streets, 30.0005 fc paving north half of B street between Yih and 10th streets, $4,090. Amendments w o 1 providing fe the grading and regulating of Roanoke at: Princeton streets fror th to 13th streets. An amenfiment by Mr. Gibson increased the appropriation for grading and grave ing Albermarle street, and opening the same to Grant read, trom wer to BO For grading and regulating streets in Brookland, $9,000 was appropriated, avd $5,000 was appropriated to purchase land adjacent to the Catholic Univ along the Metropolitan raflr Connecti- ological Park, For grading Joliet street fr cut avenue extended to the % $5,000: to grade and regulate Lowell etree", $10,000; to grade and regulate Michigan avenue, $10,000. Mr. McMillan proposed his amendment for the stra’ xtension of Connectteut avenue, which has been published in ‘The Star. On the sv estion of Mr. Gorman. a paragraph Ww dded to the amendment e right of meet i Which Will leave no doubt as tot owners of property on the line of cut avenue that has been abandoned to build on that property. The Electric Light Question, The electric light question brought up, but it caused The committer amendment was no discussi preventing t Potomac company from receiving a con- tract during the next year was receded from and an amendment adopted? which makes an important concession to tt United States company, allow: ft to me certain extensions in the northwest section of the District of Colum! The ame ment in full follows: ‘atl Congress shall provide for a - duit system it shall be uniawfal conduits or erect overhead wires for trie lighting purposes in any road, strect, nue, highway, park or vation, ¢% t as hereinafter spe ‘ by law; Prov 4, howe the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia acy hereby authorized to issne rmits heuse conm head wires, premises w and ov to ion is now exis th which s be made; and white lig ing connections with conduits yan ite portion of ihe street proy Viginis And nothing herein con strued to affect in any way )) tion invelving the lity legality of the cox 5 made ‘since Junc u in pf any nor to prever the United States Electric Lighiing Com pany from, extending conduits inio Colin bia Heights, Washington Heights » Mt. Pieasant within the fire Limits, « cifically provided in the act ot June 1 Z appropriations for the expen: the government of the District of ‘ bia: and the existing overhead wires of the Potomac Electric Company west of Rook creek and outside the fire limits are her: by authorized to be maintained for a period of one vear from the passage of this and no longe! An appropriation of $2050 for the rent and care of Miner School building is added to the bill, also $40.00 for the purchase of a site and the erection of a suitable school building tn the vicinity of N: Capitol and RK streets. The appropriation for completing the Western High School was increased from $3,000 to $S3,000, Police and Fire Deparime An amendment was added to the bill of great interest to the police fo) Jt was proposed by Mr. Teller, and provided that members of the force shall have thirty in- stead of twenty days’ leave at such times as the Commissioners shall determine. Under the head of “Extension of F Alarm Telegraph” Mr. McMillan offer the following, which was adopted: “Provided, that wherever there are tele- graph or telephone poles or telephone ce duits available for the use of the said tire alarm telegraph the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby author- ized to make arrangements for the use of such poles or conduits without expense to the said District, and the authority grant- ed to the said Commissioners in the Dis- trict of Columbia appropriation act ap- proved August 7, IMM, to authorize the erection and use of telephone poles in the y of Washington, shall be limited as follows: Hereafter no wires shall be strung on any alley pole at a height of less than fifty feet from the ground at point of attachment to said pole; temporary permits may be granted by said Commissioners to string wires from cable poles or from existing overhead trunk Hres to poles in or to be erected in alleys, and from alley poles in one square to alley poles or house-top fixtures in an- other square for the purpose of makin necessary house connections from all cal poles and existing overhead trunk lines within the District of Columbia; such house connections to be made from the cable pole or overhead trunk Ine nearest the subscriber. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the erection of any additional pole or poles upon any street, avenue or public reservation within the said city, and such privilegesaas may be granted hereunder to be revokable at the will of Congress without compensa- tion.” Mr. Gallinger amended the section pro- viding for the cremation of garbage, which permits the Commissioners to make a con- tract with proper persons for doing this work for a term not exceeding three years. Mr. Gallinger elso made an effort to have his amendment appropriating $112,500 for the purchase of Analostan Island adopted. Mr. Teller, however, moved to lay the amendment on the table, which was done. A Crematory for the Alms Hi: Mr. Gallinger offered his amendment pro- viding for the construction of a crematory at the almshouse for the cremation of the remains of such indigent decease’ persons whose friends may not make request that their remains be disposed of otherwise. Mr. Gallinger said that some time ago an editorial appeared in The Washington Btar,