Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 310] Fennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th St, by i Cor The FG itrraamt et iT Pres't. New York Ofice, 49 Potter Buildinz. The Evening Star ts served to sulmeribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 ccnis per week, of 44 cents per month. Copies at the ceunter 2 cents each. By .all—anywhere in the United States or Cenada—postage prepaid—50 ecnis per month Saterday Quintuple Sheet Star. §1 per year, with foreign postage added. $3.00. «Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.. as secend-cliss mail matter. C7 All mail subacriptions must be paid In advance. Rates of advertising made known on application Che Lvening Star. eo 13,956. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1897—FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS The Evening Star is the only afternoon paper in Washington that receives the dispatches of the Associated Press. It is therefore the only one in which the reader can find the complete news of the world, directly trans- mitted by telegraph, up to the moment of going to press. FIRE INBUNKERS Fatt e Ship 0: egon Narrowly Escaped Destruction Last Sunday. CREW WON BY A HARD FIGHT Took Over Eight Hours to Subdue the Blaze. fee REPAIKS ARE REQUIRED eer N FRANCISCO, Cal., November 23.— The Call says: The coal bunkers in the J d States battle ship Oregon caught Sunday evening from spontaneous com- bustion, and for over eight hours the crew worked with a vengeance to smother what To like a costly blaze. There were over two hundred and fifty tons of coal in el, and prompt action alone savea Water Leaked In. The fire is supposed to have started from water leaking into the coal bunkers. This would eventually cause a terrific heat from accumulating gases. Luckily, the fire was discovered before it had gained much head- An alarm was immediately given, orders were issued to remove the coal sel to the wharf. am were attached and connected with the of the vessel in an might have in been parts of the The men went to the su ip. work with a will, but ask was greate- than had at first been posed. The work was done with difll- culty, and the smoke hindered the men in their attempts to quickly put out the blaze. During the whole n‘ght, after the fire had been discovered, the entire crew labored in removing the smoking and blazing ccal, and it was not until daybreak that the men were allowed to leave their work. wi Go in Dry Dock. The warship will be drydocked within a few days and righted, after which she will be coaled and her ammunition placed on board, when she will be ready for action. aabsdas Stee BUTTERWORTIWS CONDITION. MAJ. Dector Thinks Patient Will Soon Be Able to Sit Up. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 23.—Sen- ator Hanna called on his oid friend, Maj. Butterworth, who has been suffering with pneumonia for several weeks, this morning, and was greatly gratified to note the im- provement in the patient. Dr. Sanders says Maj. Butterworth will be able to sit up ina few days. Senator Hanna said this morn- ing that he was going to give politics a rest for a few days and give as much at- tention as possible to busine: He will go to Washington in about ten days. Se Sees BRITISH PUNISH PRINCE OF IDAU. African Chief Who Has Been Raiding Neighborly Tribes. BRASS, Guinea Coast, November 23.— The column of troops commanded by Major Arnold, consisting of 180 men belonging to the Niger constabulary, with field guns and Maxim guns, which was sent to subdue the slave-raiding Prince of Idau, landed at Etobe on November 14 and marched direct to the prince’s stronghold. The prince was intrenched in a place four days’ march from the river, and for a month previous to the departure of the troops had been raiding the Akpotoe tribes for sixty miles around his headquarte The latter wi defended by four hundred guns and one hundred rifles. There was a hot engage- ment in front of the town. The hussars of the British force charged up to the eight-foot wall surrounding the place and completely routed the defenders. e prince fled te burned and ev uated on November 18. enemy lost heavily. The British force two men Killed and twelve men wounded. w. City Editor Colorado Paper Weds arp delphia Girl. PHILADELPHIA, P: ovember 23.— Mr. William E. Frena editor of the Colorado Springs (Col.) Gazette, was mar- ried in this city today to Miss Frances Louise Landell of Philadelphia. The cere- mony was performed at St. Matthews’ Episcopal Church in the presence of a large number of friends of the young couple. Mr. and Mrs. Frenaye departed at once for Colorado. ——.- ___ MAY BANISH FOOT BALL. Northwestern ity at Chicago Seriously Considering the Question. CHICAGO, November 23.—Trustees of the Northwestern University are considering the advisability of banishing foot ball from that institution. James H. Raymond has introduced a resolution before the execu- tive committee of the board effectually bar- ring the game. It will come up for con- sideration at the next meeting, the first Tuesday in December. LETTER CARRIER SENTENCED. ONelils PL us to Decoy Letters Ignored by Court. ST. Lov Mo., November 23.—Judge Adams in the United States district court has sentenced Lawrence J. O'Neill, a let- ter carrier, to three years in the peniten- tiary for theft of letters. O'Neill was ar- sd by means of decoy letters. His at- y brought the question that the case was not valid because the letters taken by O'Neill were decoys and not really mail matter, so that they were really sent through the post office and not really in- tended for anybody. Judge Adams decided the attorne would not stand, and after sev. turing O'Neil) imposed Michigan Governor Will Improve na River in Venezuela. Special Dispatch to The Evening S: CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 23.—Dr. S. C. Bothwell of this city, who has spent most of the last thirty-five years in Ven- ezuela, 1s authority for the statement that before the week is over there will be in- cerporated, under the laws of New Jersey or Ohio, a stock company to be known as the “Piriza Railway and Commerce Com- pany.” The concern has obtained conces- sions of territory from Venezuela as large as the state of Ohio. The company is com- posed of Cleveland and eastern capitalists and will develop the asphaltum mines of Venezuela. Dr. Bothwell further states that Gov. Pingree of Michigan obtained a grant of the Rio Limon tract of land, embracing lately discovered asphalt mines. Dr. Both- well stated that the deal was only made after the Michigan man had planked down $210,000 spot cash and had promised to im- prove the Rio Limcn and make it naviga- ble. The grant conceded to Gov. Pingree is reported to be worth $20,000,000. HAD A William A. Hamilton Held on a Serious Charge. Visits His Brother-in-Law and Looks for Trouble — Is in the Station House. Assault with intent to kill and concealed weapons are the charges upon which Will- iam A. Hamilton, a carpenter, is held in the eighth precinct police station. Thomas J. Morrison, brother-in-law of the prisoner, appears as complainant in the assault case, while Acting Sergeant F. B. Kelly pre- ferred the concealed weapon charge against him. The -rouble between the brothers- in-law occurred near the corner of 9th and R streets, where Morrison was superintend- ing the laying of an Tic light conduit. Morrison says that milton has been a disagreeable man for several years and that there was no particular trouble be- tween them, but Hamilton, who was con- siderably under the influence of liquor, 's the trouble is about $7,000 worth of About 11 o'clock this morning who is about forty years old, his brother-in-law on the street and used sorie profanity. He appeared as if Le wanted to engage ina fight, but Mor- rison called one of the colored laborers, a Benjamin Thomas, and had $s intoxicated brother-in-law to his Gth street. The colored man went with him, and in- stead of leaving him at the front door he i his room. Upon his ar- milion got out his revolver threats against Morrison. the house and returned to his work, where he told his foreman of the al- leged threats Hamilton had made against him. “He said he was going to blow brains out,” the co:ored man told him. Morrison had heard such threats before, d he paid no attention to what was said today. A few minutes before 12 o'clock Hamilton came s iround the cor- looking for his intended victim. An ov at was the only garment which cov- ered his shirt. His hands were in his side overcoat pockets. When Morrison saw him he stopped to await developments. Hamilton kept walking toward him, and when only a few feet apart, Morrison in- quired: “Did you say you were going to blow my brains out?” “Yes, — you,” was his response, he drew a revolver from his pocket jointed it at Morrison. Pephe latter had a stick in his hand, and his quick use of it moved the arm of Ham- ilton, so that the pistol was pointed tn an- other direction. Two of the colored laborers had Hamilton on the ground in an instant, and he was then relieved of the revolver. The colored men then started with him in the direction of the eighth precinct station. Acting Ser- geant Kelly was met, and he took charge of the prisoner. As soon as he reached the police cell Hamilton rested on the iron bench and fell asleep. Later he got up and begged to be released. He was so much under the influence of liquor that he did not seem to realize what he had done. It was his opinion that the police had no case against him, but he objected to re- maining in the police cell so long a time. Tomorrow morning he will be given a hear- ing in the Police Court. Late this after- noon friends of the defendant were trying to arrange for his release on bail. ———— PENDING TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS. called upot your and and Adverse Decision in the Pension Case of Gotleth Ellersick. ‘A pension claim which has been pending twenty-seven years, and which, if admit- ted, would carry back pay of $25,000, was decided today by Mr. Davis, assistant secre- tary of the interior. It is the case of Got- leib Ellersick of Missouri, whose claim for alleged total blindness due to disease of the eyes contracted during the military service in 1864, is rejected. The case has attract- ed much interest and presented many per- plexing features, but it was found that no record of the existence of any disease of the eyes im the service existed, nor was there competent testimony to show the in- currence of any such disability in the ser- vice. The claimant was discharged from the army in 1865, and did not lose his sight till 1868. No effort to plish his claim, presented in 1870, was made until 189), twenty-five years after his discharge, when most of those who could have testified frora personal knowledge were dead. The deci- sion holds that the claimant's own state- ments were inconsistent and flatly contra- dictory of his most important witnesses, aside from which the physicians and ocu- lists decline to accept the cause of his pres- ent blindness as due to any service origin. Se Oe eS ee NOTHING FROM ZIMMERMAN. No Change in the Status of the Marine Band Leadership. There is no change in the status of the leadership of the Marine Band. Col. Hey- wood, commandant of the Marine Corps, to which the band is attached, said to a Star reporter today that he had not yet had a final answer from Professor Zimmerman, and consequently he could not say positive- ly whether he would or would not accept the leadership. There was no special neccs- sity for haste in the matter, he said, as Mr. Larsen, who has been acting leader of the band since Professor Fanciulli's reiire- ment, is rendering satisfactory services, and the absence of an actual leader {s 2.0t felt. As a matter of fact, explained Col. Heywood, the longer Zimmerman delays action in the matter the more oppertunity there will be for Larsen to demonstrate his fitness and capacity for the leadership. Col. Heywood said that there were nearly a hundred applicants for the place, and he didn’t know but what the promotion of Mr. Larsen would_be the best way of settling the matter. To EIGHTY-NINE CENTS AHEAD. Amount Turned Over te the Miscel- lancous Account. The government is ahead 89 cents in the first payment made for the Union Pacific road. For some reason, the court which handed down the decree ordering the sale of the Union Pacific fixed the amount ot the first payment at $13,645,250.89. How the court got the idea that 89 cents was part of the amount of the bonds represent- ed in the sinking fund is not known, but the decree fixed that amount as necessary to be paid, and the reorganization commit- tee paid it. The exact amount of the bonds in the sinking fund, for which the first payment was made, was the sum given, With the exception of the 88 cents. When the big payment reached the treas- ury today a separate warraat had te be made out for the 89 cents, and it was cov- ered into the miscellaneous account. The government is that much to the good, and has no way of refunding to the reorganiza- tion committee. ———-2-+—_______ Payment of the Army. Secretary Alger has recalled the order recently issued by him changing the method of paying the army. During the last administration the system was.chang- ed so as to provide that payments be made by check or by money sent by express, in- stead of by the paymasters in person as theretofore. The order which has just been recalled restored the old practice. . The question is to receive further consideration. James Charnley, Jr., Kills Himself Be- cause of His Father's Disgrace. BODY FOUND IN MILWAUKEE HOTEL Had Evidently Tried to Destroy All Trace of Identity. RECOGNIZED BY ACCIDENT + CHICAGO, November 23.—Grief and chegrin over the disgrace of his father, Charles M. Charnley, according to his friends, drove to suicide James Charnley, jr., who was found in his room in the Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee, with a bullet hole in his heart. Charles M. Charnley, formerly president of the Presbyterian board of aid for colleges and academies, disappeared last summer, short $60,000 of the funds in- trusted to him. This weighed heavily cn the son’s mind, and it is said that for some time the young man had been ill. Friends Out of City. The sister and brother of young Charnley, both of whom are out of the city, were not notified at once of the second disaster that had come to them. The brother, Charles, is in New York, and the sister, Miss Con- stance, is at Smith College. This second chapter in the family’s sor- row comes with a crushing weight, as young Charnley had assumed the place at the head of the family which his father had so recently left vacant. During the days when the story of Chas. M. Charnley’s shortage was being exploited in the papers and ever since young Charnley had remain- ed in this city and borne the brunt of the recrimination, notoriety and disgrace. For months previous to his father’s disappea ance, it is said, the impending disaster was known to the young man. How He Was Identified. The identity of the young man was estab- lished in a singular manner. Up to last night there was apparently nothing to skow who the dead man was. He had emptied his pockets of everything which might give some clew and all that re- mained fur the police to work on was 2 gold band ring on one of his fingers en- graved with the words, Saster Sunday.” Hundreds of people viewed the remains, but all failed of recognition. Last night, however, a newspaper reporter from Chi. cago visited the morgue and with the depu- ty coroner made a thorough examinatiow of the clothing. The discovery was made of the name “J. Douglas,” in the suicide’s shoes. The re- porter looked up the name in the Chicago directory and found that J. Douglas lived at 99 Astor street-On arriving at the Astor Street house, he was met by Doug Charaley, a cousin of the suicide, who in- formed him that J. Douglas was his uncle, but that he was in Europe, and consequen ly could have no connection with the Mil- Waukee mystery. During their conyers: tion the thought struck €harnley that h cousin had been wearing a pair of his uncle's shoes, and immediately light thrown on the mystery. Had Been Out of Work. It appears that young Charnley, the sui- cide, had been out of work for some time, but that on Saturday he engaged with a firm some place in Kentucky to go to work as bookkeeper.” He left the Astor street residence early in the day, bidding his friends good-bye, and was not seen by tnem afterward alive. es INVESTIGATIN Testimony of Mrs. DahIman is Damng- ing to Children's Mother. OCONOMOWOC, Wis., November 23.—A the coroner’s inquest into the cause of the death of the two children of Ernest Cor- nell and the attempted murder of Cornell, the sensation of the day was the testimony of a neighbor, Mrs. Dahlman, who said that at about 4:30 o'clock Saturday morn- ing she saw two persons carrying a lan- tern go from Cornell's across the street, and a few minutes later return to Cornell’s. The direction given by the witness led to the Lewis House and stable, and the tfme is about an hour and a half before the dis- covery of the bodies. Then testimony was given by two wit- nesses who heard an awful cry about 6 o'clock and the sounds of blows, apparently emanating from the Cornell dwelling. One of these witnesses testified to seeing at the same time a human form pass a window iu the room where the tragedy occurred. The testimony of these three witnesses was re- garded as the strongest of the day against Lewis and Mrs. Cornell. — MINERS’ WAGES INCREASED. Men in Youngstown, Ohio, District Get Advance of 20 Per Cent. CINCINNATI, Ohio, November 23.—A Commercial Tribune special from Youngs- town, Ohio, says: Bessemer Limestone Company, Carbon Limestone Company and other large lime- stone operators in Mahoning valley last night posted notices of an advance in wages of 20 per cent, taking effect De- cember 1. The advance will affect 3,000 men and is due to all the blast furnaces being in operation. NEW TRIAL. FOR KOERNER. Newspaper Artist Who Murdered Hix Sweetheart, Rose Redgate. ALBANY, N. Y., November 23.—The court of appeals rendered a decision today granting a new trial in the case of William Jay Koerner, under sentence of death for the murder of his sweetheart, Rose A. Red- gate, in New Yorkcity, in September, 1896. Koerner is a newspaper artist, formerly of Pittsburg, Pa. His defense was insanity. The crime was committed on a crowded street and in broad daylight. —__. —__ PROF. PRITCHATT HONORED. - St. Louis Friends Tender Him a Ban- quet Before Leaving. ST? LOUIS, November 23.—P?of. Henry S. Pritchatt, who will soon leave for Wash- ington, D. C., to assume the position of chief of the coast and geodetic survey, was honered by the alumni of Washington Uni- cersity, of whose faculty he was a mém- ber, with a dinner at the Mercantile Club. D. R. Francis, ex-Secretary of the Inte- rior, in a short speech said that all Missou- rians should feel proud of the fact that 4 man born and bred in Missouri had been called by the President of the United States to take charge of the coast and geodetic survey, especially when this department would locate the most important coast de- fenses that this country is yet to build. ——.—_ Prominent Baltimorean Dead. BALTIMORE, Md., November 23.—George J. Appold, aged seventy-seven, president of the Merchants and Miners’ Transporta- tion Company and the Moward Oak Leather company, eres of pert eae morn- ing. le been only since Friday and had peen confined to his-.bed only since Half Holiday Tomorrow in the Depart- ments, Public Printer Palmer Announces That He Has No Authority to Is- sue a Similar Order. All the executive departments will be closed at noon tomorrow in order to en- able the employes to prepare for the ob- servance of Thanksgiving day. This is a pretty good indication that the same course will be followed with regard to the days before Christmas and New Year day. The Practice of closing the departments at noon on the days before national holidays, in vogue prior to the first administration of President Cleveland, has been sus- pended since that time. Its resumption by the present administration will be a source of general rejoicing in all the departments. The erder authorizing this half holiday in the Interior and Post Office departments Provides that all clerks whose services can be spared will be allowed to leave at 12 o'clock, but under such orders the custom has been to let practically every one leave work at the hour named. A committee representing the composi- tors of the govert:ment printing office called on Public Printer Palmer this morning to ask that that office be closed at 12 o'clock tomorrow. The committee was composed of John W. Thomas, H. M. McElfresh and John W. Usilton. After they asked that the printers be given the same privilege as clerks in the departments, Mr. Palmer replied that he would like to do as they wished, but the law would not allow him to pay employes of his department unless they were actually at work Wednesday. There was no way in which to overcome this obstacle to the desired half holiday. They will, of course, have a holiday Thanksgiving day. —___-e+_______ AT THE WHITE HOUSE. The President Nearly Through Work on His Message. President McKinley received no visitors this morning prior to the cabinet meeting, which was a short one, ag the President and his official family had accepted invi- tations to be present at, the marriage of Miss Noble to James §. Harlan at St. Jchn’s Church. Secretary Gage and Sec- retary Alger were not present. The President is nearing the completion of the work on his message. As heretofore stated, the message has been written in sections, the President completing one sub- ject, laying it aside, and going te another. Like the ready-made houses of the present day, the message is now to’be put together. This will be an easy matter when every- thing is in readiness.’ When the message is put together, however, the President will have to go over it, makirg-such changes as he sees fit and to suit any ehange-in a sit- uation. x4 Capt. J. C. Napler of Nashvifle, Tenn., one of the applicants for thé positio: regis’ ter of the treasury, expects to see the Capt, Napier !s a scen-in-law of the late exa iypeeer Lang- ston, and is considered on@Sef the brainiest eclored men of the south, name is un- der consideration by the President. There are four colored mgn whose names are or have been under sideration,.They are Capt. Napier, ex-Séenator Bruce, A. Gaines of Kentucky and Prof. Wright of Georgia. It is thought to be certain that one of this four will get the appointment. Senator Wellington of Maryland is in the city, and will, it is expected, call upon the President. The fight for unfilled Maryland offices will soon open at the White House. Many appointments for that state were put off until after the ele¢tion. A change has been made in the force of ushers at the White House. Jacob H. Tur- ner, who was chief usher during the Har- rison administration, has been restored to the position of usher. He has held a posi- tion in the Post Office Department, and was transferred fgom there to the White House, succeeding Charles F. Digges of Maryland. Mr. Digges goes to the Post Office Depart- ment in place of Mr. Turner. Mr. Turner applied for his former position of chief usher, but this is held by Capt. Dubois, and no change was made as to this. The President nas‘ grapted jpardons to five mea serving terms in federal prisons. They are as follow: : Stephen M.. Folsom, comvicted in New Mexico in 1894 of making false entries in the books Of a natienal bank, and given five years. ¢ Justus J. Hetsch, convieted in Kentucky this year of embezzling postal funds, and sentence suspended pending application for clemency. J. E. Young of Arkansas, sentenced ten years ago to two years’ imprisonment. Pardoned to restore citizenship. John Timmons of Alaska, sentenced to six years in 1895. Fred. W. Griffin, convicted in Hlinois in 1895 of embezzling funds ‘from a national bank and sentenced to five years. Personal Mention. Secretary Alger has gone to New York to attend the chamber of commerce din- ner this evening. He will return Thursday morwing. Civil Engineer F. C, Prindle is at the Ebbitt on leave. , Passed Assistant Engineer F. M. Ben- rett of the New York iy at the Army end Navy Club. é Ensign F. B. Sullivan 4s here by order of the Navy Department, and is at the Army and Navy Club. Assistant Naval Constryetor H. G. Gill- mor is at 1406 2ist street. Ensign D W_Blamer of the Puritan is at 1723 De Sales street on leave of absence. Lieutenant C. J. Boush,of the Annapolis is at the Concord on eave. Captain J. D. Gler mon, assistant surgeon, has reported at Fort Myer, Va., for duty with the 6th Cavalry. Captain Robert D.' Read, jr., 10th Cay- alry, is in the city on leave of absence. One of the recently elected members of the Ohio legislature is Wick Taylor of Youngstown, whe was for ja _mumber of years a clerk in the Post 9 Depart- ment. . t Elbert M. Rucker, jr., of South Carolina, assistant attorney in the: Department of the Interior, hes resigned in prder to prac- tice law. To Replace the Michignun. The Illinois Naval Militié Association has called a meeting at Chicago, November 30, to consider the feasibility of having the old gunboat Michigan, now the‘sole repre- sentative of the United States navy on the great lakes, replaced by a medern war- ship. A number of pi emt persons have been invited to be present at the meet- ing to deliver addresses. San Pedre Harbor Bids. Secretary Alger, in reply to a question as to what course_he intended to pursue in the matter of advertising for proposals for constructing the breakwateriin San Pedro harbor, said hezhad received many tele- grams from pffering to publish the advertisements for nothing If it should be found that there i§\no appropriation available. “But as the law does not permit of the acceptance of gratuitous service, he has asked the ‘controller of tae treasury is. fund from which the ean be paid. Should reply. in the negative fecre- will advance the money and ad-- Docket Prepared of the House Dis- trict Committee. MEASURES OF LOCAL INTEREST _——— ae Subcommittees Yet to Be Ap- pointed. WHAT THEY WILL TAKE UP = The docket of tie House committee on the District of Columbia has been prepared, and the bills wkich were introduced at the last session have been assorted and are ready to be tured over to the clerk one week from next Mcnday, when Congress assembles. The first step upcn the organization of the committee will be the appointment of subcommittees and reference of the bills to them. The new clerk of the committee, Mr. Barney, wil! come frcem Wisconsin with Chairman Babcock, probably a week before the assembling of Congress. The District committee of the House as appointed by Speaker Reed at the close of the extra session, 2nd announced in The Star at that time, is composed of the fol- lowing representatives: Joseph cock, Wisconsin; Alfred C. Harm sylvania; George M. Curtis, Iowa; Richard C, Shannon, New Ycrk; Benjamin B. Odell, jr., New York; Sidne Mudd, Maryland: George E. White, Ilinois; John J. Jenkins Wisconsin; Charlies F. Sprague, Massachu setts; James D. Richardson, Tennessee; Adolph Meyer, Louisiana; Asbury C. Lati- mer, South Carolina; William H. King, Utah; Mason S. Peters, Kansas; William S. Cowherd, Missouri. 5 Introduced in the House. The following bills have been introduced and await the committee's action. | H. R. 393—To provide tract or property indexes in the office of the recorder of deeds. H. R. 409—To prevent the adulteration of candy. 3 H. R. 482—To authorize the Washington and Glen Echo Railway Company to lay tracks 600 feet within the District. H. R. 483—For the relief of holders of certain tax-sale certificates. H. R. 31—To confirm title to lots 13 and 14, square 959. H. R. 1060—To repeal all provisions of the law for the payment by the United States of one-half of the appropriations for the District. H. R. 1075—To further protect the first day of the week as a day of rest. H. R. 1645—To incorporate the Wash- ington Cooling Company and grant the rights to lay pipes. H. R. 1646—Authorizing the acceptance of the bequest of the late Peter ven Essen. H. R. 1648—Requiring the record of mem- bers of firms and partnerships. H. R. 1883—To incorporate the Columbia Telephone Company. H. R. 2064-30 incorporate the National Grange Ledge of the Order of the Sons of Hermann. *° H. R. 2281—To regulate the practice of pharmacy. _«t Hi R. 2283—In relation to taxes and tax sales. . H. R. 2300—Relative to the title of real estate. Ww H. R. 2309—To provide for a municipal building and court house. H. R. 2486 to widen the Aqueduct bridge and lay thereon a sirgle track for street railway use. H. R. 2524, for the preservation of game and prevention of its sale during certain closed seasons. H. R. 2525, for the protection of fish and maintenance of a spawning ground in the Potomac river. |. Re 25 for the construction of a me- morial bridge across the Potomac river from Washington to Arlington and Fort Myer. H. R. 2596, to incorporate the Women’s National Health Protective Association. H. R. 2913 and 2915, to amend the char- ter of the Capital Traction Company. H. R. 3004, for the relief of Esther A. Keyser. H. R. 3005, for the relief of the estate of Willlam B. Todd, deceased. H. R. 3383, to restore medical freedom to the people of the District of Columbia. H. R. 3518, to regulate the service and fix the hours of service for policemen. H. R. 3654, to incorporate the Washing- ton and University Ruilrogd Company. H. R. 3819, to establish the system of sin- gle tax in the District. H. R, 3965, relating to the equity sult of Morris and others in the District. H. R. 3864, to authorize the Falls Church and Potomac Railway Company to extend its line into the District. H. R. 3970, to pay the final judgments un- der the highway act. Passed by the Senate. Also the following bills which passed the Senate last session and were referred to the District committee. S. 467, for the regulation of cemeteries. S. 468, authorizing the acceptance of the estate of Peter von Essen. S. 1258, to regulate the disposal of refuse. 8. 471, relating to the adulteration of foods. —_—__-e-_____ TREASURY PROMOTIONS. Official Announcement of Changes in the Department. The following promotions are announced at the Treasury Department: Office of the auditor for Interior Depart- ment—P. E. Northup, Illinois, $1,400 to $1,- 600; A. H. Shattuck, Masgachusetts, $1,200 to $1,400; Henry Gardner, Massachusetts, $1,000 to $1,200; Geo. W. McLaurin, Florida, $900 to $1,000; Miss M. Nelson, New York, $600 to $900. Auditor for the Post Office Department— J. S. Manning, Ohio, $1,600 to $1,300; Oliver M. Ong, Ohio, $1,200 to $1,400; Wm. H. Scholz, Wisconsin, $1,200 to $1,400; Jas. E. Wilkins, Illinois, $1,200 to $1,400; Miss E. V. Leigh, New Jersey, $1,000 to $1,200; Jas. B. Patterson, Montana, $900 to $1,000; Jas. E. Underhill, New York, $720 to $1,000; Wesl y Kitchen, Karsas, $1,200 to $1,400; @. J. Dowling, Ternessee, $1,000 to $1,200;8. D. Skeen, Pennsylvania, $1,000 to $1,200. Supervising architect's office—Wm. H. Russell, Pennsylvania, $1,200 to $1,400. The following have been designated for examination with a view to their promo- t'on in the office of the auditor for the Pcst Office Department: E. E. Jackson, Onio, $1,400 to $1,600; T. H. Green, Mississippi, $1,600 to $1,800; W. B. Noerr, District of Columbia, $1,400 to $1,600; W. I. Rich, Mas- sachusetts, $1,200 to $1,400; G. W. Albertie, Wisconsin, $1,000 to $1,200; C, T. Chapline, West Virginia, 31,400 to $1,000; I. T. Smith, New York, $1,000 to $1,200; K.A.Jacobs, Mes- sachusetts, $1,000 to $1,200; C. T. Nutze, Pennsylvania, $1,400 to $1,000; Miss M. El- dredge, New York, $1,200 to $1,400; Miss D. w. Perera District of Columbia, $1,000 ———---__ Acting as Secretary. Assistant Secretary Howell is acting as Secretary of the Treasury in the absence of Secretary Gage. ‘ Recognised as Vice Consul. 2: The President has recognized E. R. du Mont as vice at’ Ranish owe ‘Scranton, REVOLVE R|SUICIDE’S SAD CASE WILL BE CLOSED AT NOON BILLS AWAIT ACTION | WANT AN ART Commission Bill to Be Presented to Congress by Artists for Its Formation. Secretary Brown of the Public Art League Conducting a Correspo' ence Respecting the Movement. The Public Art League of the United States, of which Mr. Glenn Brown, the well-known architect of this city, is sec- retary, will soon hold a meeting to ar- range for the presentation to Congress of its bill for an art commission, proposed by its beard of monagers. Other matters will also be disposed of. It is probable trat the meeting will be held in Washing- ton. Secretary Glenn Brown sent forms of the proposed bill to members of the league and prominent artists, architects and others throughout tke country. More than a hundred letters relating to the bill were received by Mr. Brown. All but twe or three of these were favorable. These want- ed to separate architects from the other forms of art. The McKaig Bill. The present bill differs materially from the McKaig bill, presented by a commit- tee of architecis, with the indorsement cf the directors of the institute, directing that the President of the United Siates, wita the consent of the Senate, shall ap- point a commission on public architecture, to consist of three architects and two engi- neer officers, the commission to be under the general directicn of the Secretary of the Treasury. The commission was to select by allot five architects to compete for all buildings costing more than $10),000; all competitors were to have at ‘east ten years’ experi- erce. It gives in detail what the com- mission shall furnish each competitor; it also fixes a rate of payment for each com- petitor. It specifies what shall be done with re- jected designs and goes into other details. It states that the supervising architect shall be the representative of the govern- ment, and shall perform all the duties per- taining to the office. Objections to the McKaig bill are men- tioned by the Public Art League. One of them is the appointment of the whole com- mission by the President, and through him the danger of political appointments. The Secretary of the Treasury and the super- vising architect are ex-officio president and secretary of the commission. The civil en- gineer and officer of the engineer corps are permanent and the architects may be ap- pointed for each individual building. In this way the artistic portion of the com- mission Will be transitory and have no per- sonal knowledge of any scheme of devel- opment as a whole, and the Secretary of the Treasury, supervising architect and en- gineer members, from their previous and more permanent connection with the com- mission, will have more than their proper weight in the management and conduct of affairs. Competition Limited. The limitation of the competition to five architects selected by ballot; the bill does not provide how the names for balloting shall be obtained. The bill goes minutely into detaus of competitions and general management. Such detatls should be left, the league thinks, to the jusy or commission, as each — will probably require special treat- ment. The league has now more than 800 mem- bers, and is constantly growing. The offi- cers are: Richard Watson Gilder of New York, president; C. F. McKim of New York, first vice president; Augustus St. Gaudens, of New York, second vice presi- dent; John La Farge of New York, third vice president; T. M. Clark of Boston, Mass., recording secretary; Glenn Brown of Washington, corresponding secretary; John R. Carmody of Washington, treasurer. ee PRESENTED TO THE WILMINGTON. A Silver Punch Bowl Given by the Citizens to the Gunboat. WILMINGTON, Del, November 23.— Wilmington was in gala attire today over the ceremonies attendant upon the presen- tation, on behalf of the people, of a silver souvenir, an elaborate and magnificent punch bowl and glasses, to the gunboat Wilmington, named in honor of this city. The exercises started this morning in the uuditorium, when a splendidly bound Bible, costing $100, and paid for by contributions of the public school children, was presented to the boat. The presentation of the silver punch bowl took place this afternoon at the Grand Opera House. There were addresses of welcome by Senator George Gray and for- mer Senatcr Anthony Higgins. The silver souvenir was formally presented to the gunboat by former Ambassador Thomas F. Bayard, and was received by Capt. Todd of the Wilmington. The gunboat will remain here several days to give the citizens an opporiunity to thoroughly inspect the vessel. ———— RULING ON BONDSMEN. Those Who Are on Unsatisfied Re- cognizances Not Acceptable. Chief Justice Bingham, sitting in Crim- inal Court No. 1, decided that when it ap- pears that against a person offering him- self as surety there stands on the court's records a forfeited and unsatisfied recog- nizance, that person will not be accepted as a bondsman. This ruling was made when Thomas L. Blandford offered himself as surety in the sum of $1,000 for Walter Pickett, under in- dictment for assault with intent to kill. Blandford stated that he owns real estate of the value of $10,000, incumbered to the extent of $1,500. He stated under oath that he was not on any other bond, and was about to be accepted, when Clerk Gatley called the court’s attention to the fact that the man is on a bond of $1,000, and on an- other of $300, the latter, further explained Mr. Gatley, being a forfeited and unsatis- fied recognizance. Assistant District Attorney Shillington also showed that some time ago Bland- ford’s offer to become surety in another case was refused by the court, and he sug- gested that, a forfeited recognizance stiil standing against Blandford, he should not be accepted as surety in any case, so long as that remains unsatisfied. Chief Justice Bingham adopted Mr. Shil- lington’s suggestion, and refused to accept Blandford as a surety. 5 es ° Army Notes. Captain Alfred C. Sharpe, 22d Infantry, is relieved from duty at Cleveland, Ohio, and ordered to join nis company. Colonel Charles R. Greenleaf, assistant surgeon general, has been appointed 4 mem- ber of the meer na : fe at San Francisco, » relieving Lieutenant Colonel Johnson V. D. Middleton, deputy eral. “Captain Tsaae P. Ware, assistant surgeon ordered to Benlcla barracks, Gal" dered to < Benicia. barracks. has been s at erdered to the Presidio at San Francisco, Cal. Sweet, 25th Infantry, has ordered to Mo., ie acestionte = Ye when) in a box of Stockings from -the ORDWAY OBSEQUIES Arrangements in Charge of District National Guard. THE GENERAL ORDERS ISSUED TODAY Dead Commander to Be Buried at Arlington Tomorrow. HONORARY PALLBEARERS The funeral services ever the late Gen. Albert Ordway will be held at St. John’s Church, Rev. Alexander Mackay-Smith officiating, the services commencing at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow. There will be music by a quartet. The interment will be at Arling- ton cemetery. The honorary pallbearers will be Gen. Hawley and Admiral Walker, representing the Loyal Legion; Post Adjutant Chas. F. Keefer and Past Post Commander J. P. Lothrop, representing Kit Carson Post, No, 2, G. A. R.; Col. H.C. Corbin and Capt. Constantine Chase, representing the United States army; Admiral Howell and Capt. S. C. Lemly, representing the United States bavy, and Adjutant Gen. C. H. Heyl and Major Geo. H. Harries, representing the District of Columbia militia. The body bearers will be six members of the general non-commissioned staff of the District National Guard. Orders were issued from the War Depart- }ment today detailing a troop of the 6th Cavalry and a platoon of Capron’s Light Battery of the 4th Artillery to participate in the parade. The artillery platoon will fire the funeral salute of ele guns at Arlington. The three infantry volleys will be fired by the 4th Battalion, D. C. N. G. Staff Trumpeter George Friedman (who has been Gen. Ordway’s trumpeter for several years) will sound “taps.” General Orders Issued. The following general orders, giving di- rections for the assembling of the District National Guard for the funeral services ever the late Gen. Ordway’s remains, were issued from headquarters today, by order of Col. Clay. I. The brigade will assemble for escort and parade duty Wednesday, Novembet 24th instant, at 1:15 o'clock p.m. The infantry will form in Mne (double rank) at the west side of 16th street, facing east, the right resting on I street. Com- panies will be equalized in the battalion be- fore the formation. Il. Unless otherwise specially directed, full dr regulation uniform will be worn, organizations not yet provided with it wearing undress uniform, equipments and forage caps. Ill. Commanding officers of companies will furnish their battalion adjutants with “morning rts” immediately after the parade is misseG, noting thereon the names of all officers and men absent from the parade without leave. Commanding’ officers of regiments, separate battalions and separate companies will furnish these headquarters with consolidated morning re- ports before 10 o'clock a.m. of the 25th in- Stant; will see that all enlisted men absent without leave are properly dealt with, and will report to these headquarters the names of all commissioned officers so ab- sent. IV. Government employes will be given certificates covering absence for the duty performed under the requirements of this der. vk So. 16, is V. Paragraph IIT, general orders current series, from these headquarte amended to read: “The officers of the 3 tional Guard will wear the usual badge of mourning upon the sword-hilt, and the reg- imental and battalion colors will be drap in mourning for a period ofethirty da Arrival of Remains. The remains of neral Ordway, the or- ganizer and commander of the District of Columbia National Guard, reached this city from New York shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, by way of the Penn- sylvania railroad. Assembled at the depot to properly receive the funeral party were the members of. the general commissioned and non-commissioned staffs of the trict of Columbia militia, and seve cers of the regimental and battalion staffs. The movements of the officers we ed by Major George H. Harries, in general of rifle practice of the militia, and the intimate friend of General Ordway. The officers were: Maj. W. C. Mcintyre, quartermaster general; Maj. E. H. Neu- meyer, commissary general; Maj. M. V. Tierney, chief of ordnance; Maj H. Ourand, inspector general; 5 Davidge, jr., judge advocate general; Capt. Edward F. Riggs and Capt. A. P. Robbins, aids-de-camp: Quartermaster Sergeant P. M. Kennerly, Commissary Sergeant . Smith, Hospital Steward F. P. Weller, Color Sergeant E. 8. Wilcox, Staff Ser- geant E. P. Corvaizier, Sergeant tvgler George Friedmann, Ordnance Sergeant F, M. Thompson; Maj. R. H. O’Brien, 2d Bat- talion; Capt. Harry Walsh, Company A, 4th Battalion; Capt. Richard J. Donnelly, adjutant Ist Regiment; Capt. H. H. Par- menter, quartermaster 2d Regiment, and Messrs. Allison Nailor and B. Lewis Black- ford. Their Reception. ‘The swords of all were draped in crepe. The officers were aligned inside the gates, and, as the train approached, marched down the depot platform and halted facing the baggage car. The casket was lifted from the car just as the funeral party passed. The officers uncovered and re- mained so as the friends who had accom- panied the dead general from New York moved to the carriages in waiting. Colonel Cecil Clay escorted Miss Ordway, sister of the deceased; Mr. George Y. Worthi: gton, a relative of the family, walked with Mrs. Ordway, while Colonel Charles H. Heyt, adjutant general of the District mili- tia, was with Miss Valerie Padelford, the general's little granddaughter. ° Members of the non-commissioned gen- eral staff lifted the casket, draped in the national colors, into a hearse and then the funeral cortege moved by way of Pennsyl- vania avenue and 15th and I streets to tho family residence. During last night Major Davidge, Captain Riggs and Captain Rob- bins were with the remains as guard of honor. They were relieved today by Major Harries, Major Neumeyer, Major McIntyre and Captain Parmenter. ‘The deceased general's only son, Godwin Ordway, who is a resident of British Co- lumbia, will not reach Washington in time for the funeral. He is on his way here now, but cannot possibly arrive before Fri- —_——_—— COLUMBIA-MARYLAND LINE SOLD. New York Capitalists Acquire Electric Road to Baltimore. NEW _ YORK, November 23.—John B. Searles, when asked today regarding the reported purchase of the Columbia and Maryland Railway Company's rights by a Se ES a ee ee that fo ‘were pending, Satiwane ust yet soemtetee The project of the purchase is to connect Baltimore and ‘Washington by a fast- service of electric trains. —_—_—>—_ ‘i Government Receipts. Government receipts today—From internal revenue, $455,703; customs, $568,479; mis-