Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1897, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenas, Cor. 11th St, by Eveni: N Com ane aE Serra eee Kew Yok Ofice, 40 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star ts served to subscribers in the eity by carriers, om their own a-count, at 10 cents per week, o- 44 certs per month. Copies at the geunter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—pestage prepaid—50 cents per month, Saturday Qcintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added. $3.C0. Entered at the Post Office at Washingtm. D. C.. —____=,, —— ae second-cla. 3 mail matter.) £7 All mail subscriptions must be pal In advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. much hesitation. If I shall be so fortunate as to secure the nomination and election my only aim will be io perform my whcle duty faithfully and honestly. ‘The only guarantee that I can give is such record as I have made in the public pesitions that I have already held. 1 wiil fully appreciate your support and influence in securing the election of delegates from your county or district in the interest of my candidacy and I will be pleased to hear from you. Very truly yours, 2 v WY WM. A. STONE. Other circulars being circulated in Stone’s hehalf are copies of resolutions indorsing his candidacy, passed by the War Veter- ars’ Association of Allegheny, which are being sent to cll ex-soldiers and ex-sailors in the state, and the following, signed by a number of the leading Union soldiers of Pittsburg: In Representative Stone's Interest. “Deer Comrade: We desire to submit to your careful consideration the candiiacy of Comrade Wm. A. Stone of Allegheny ecupty for governor, and earnestly ask you to give him your support and use your in- fluence in securing the election of delegates in your county favorable to his candidacy. ‘Comrade Stone enlisted on February 10, 1864, from Tioga county as a private in Company A, 187th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, when not quite eighteen years of age, and served until the close of the war, being promoted through the various grades cf non-commissioned office to sec- ond Heutenant. He is an honored member ‘Of Post 88, G. A. R., of Allegheny City, and his record Idier and citizen is heyond s a Member of Congress’ he has $s to promote the interests of his , and as chairman of the subap- proprixtion committee om pens:ons has protected and cared for their welfare. The old soiciers of Pennsylvania now have an opportun'ty to show their, appreciation of his public services to them. His comrades are almost unanimously for hii. We snfidently ask your hel There is no discounting the strength of the soldier element in Pennsy! and Stone of Warren will probably convention time a strong and backing. Other Formidable Ca William A. Conne! IN A STATE CAPITAL Peculiarities and Politics in the Old City of Harrisburg. A COMMUNITY OF CLANNISH PEOPLE Preliminary Bluffing in the Game for the Governorship. CANDIDATES AND CHANCES Staff Correspondence of The Evening Star. HARRISBURG, Pa., December 6, 1897. Perched upon the east bank of tne Sus- quehanna river, where that noble stream is a mile wide and a foot and a half deep, is the capital city of the great state of Pennsylvania. It contains a complacent and self-satisfied population characterized by the steadiness peculiar to the keystone state, and which the irreverent delight to regard as slow, esfecially where Philadel- phia is concernea. Harrisburg is an ex- cellent understudy for the city of brotherly love in this respect. The likeness to the Jatter is illustrated in another striking manner. The people here are nothing if not clanish. Each inhabitant regards his church, his society or h immediate so- cial circle as the representative quintes- sence of everythirg that should be. Re- lgiously they are ardent and active, and, amusing as it may be to an impartial ob- server, they mix their business with their religion no uncertain way. To illus- trate what I would convey, il take the Presbyterians, who include the most prom- influential didate: of Seranton, ho is inent and the wealthiest portion of the| the present republican manager, not to say commun:ty. They have three big churches | boss, of Lackawanna county, is another —the Pine Street, the Market Square and | formidable, if Jate. He has the the Westminster. The latter is compara- | distinction of being the frend of both Quay lively new, but its m mbership is power- 5 *, ji ful commercially and the edifice is a mag- | @"4 Hastings, and desires, it is suid, to nificent one. The Market Square and the | utilize both in forwarding his ambition. He Pine Street congre however, are | has great wealth and is Eberal. Governor the oldest, and are made to dis- | Hastings is generally looked upon as ha guise the represent, re-| ing Attorney General McCormick of spectively isburg Trust Company county in training for the nomi tion. Behind all these avowed candidate and the Dauphin Deposit Bank. The Bai leys. who are the bore and sinew tg Trust, pass the collection pl ys at the Market Square how- may on loon come a pro! which party di a possibility ability in * » Who are the sub: cannot be harmonized. This is no less a Deuyhin Deposit, receive the offerin; person than P. A. B. W er, the Ph ntlal character at the Pine delphia street railroad r Wide: of worsiip. If a business man who a been of recent years the chief olds membership in Market Square should Support of Senator Qu He was desire an accommodation at the Dauphin] a butcher in Ph ly, Deposit Bank ne would be regretfully in-| elected city tre: then, fermed that everything was full, and the | Elkins, his lon; ociate same reception would await the mem-| went into the é nthe ber of Pine Street who expressed a sim- ple ¢ 1 street railroad ownership. ilar desire at the Harrisburg Trust Com: | Widener is lasy street with all factions. y. His connect nd Hastings in Where All Are on a Level. the state; with se and Billy They all drink the same water, however, | Flynn in Pittsburg; with the Wanamaker the Durham factions in Philadelphia, if the Durham coterie can be called a fac- tion, i ious. Then he has enor- mous wealth and a very generous aptitude to spend it where it will do the most good. If P. A. B. Widener concludes to listen to which is procured from the once pellucid Susquehanna, and at present the fluid is filled with coal in lumps a little too small to burn, but entirely too large to swallow. It is in its political character, howeve . that Harrisburg is most interesting. It is | {he {uKKestions ice irene the central pot to which the state affairs | for the gubernatorial. nomination Wit ke of that character are brought to boil. All| blown off like the froth from a glass of the conventions of all the parties are held | beer. here: all the seandals with which keystone | In some very well informed circles there politics are so replete are first aired here, and the atmosphere is ever redolent with the fumes of those past and suggestive of the odors of those to come. The burning of the state house last year gave rise to one which promises to have no unimportant bearing on the campaign next year, when a governor, a lieutenant governor, a secr tary of internal affairs, a full membershi of the siate house of representati senators in the even numbered distri is an impression that there may be two republican candidates next year. In such tic candidate would win. st for Dr. Swallow this represent the element KW Votes estionably year unc in the state that is opposed to any party as a party. It was this vote that elected Pattison twice. In case of his nomination again next year, if harmony is not re- established in republican ranks, he would make a strong run. He would have for his t to be chosen. The latter are elected for | opponent in the con ntion, however, a terms. The destruction of the | formidable antagonist in James M. Guffey s house occurred while the legislature | of Pittsburg, the newly-elected member of Was in session, and the structure was burn-|the national democratic committee for ing over the heads of the senators and | Pennsylvania, for whom Harrity objects to members while they were considering af-| give up. Guffey is a nervous, agile, active, fairs of state. The ruin wa: couple of hours, and an edifice with a stir- ring history was a thing of the past. Ru- mors of incendiarism were at once rife and took more substantial shape in the declara tion of Rev. Dr. 8. C. Swallow, the Metho- dist divine, that the building had been de- liberately fired, and that interested parties high in offictal life stifled the facts that would prove it. Out of this charge grew bot controversy, during which Swallow charged John C. Delaney, custodian of pub- le property, with sharing in the profits of contracts given out under his direction, and charging the trustees of the orphans’ home complete in a | pushing business man, famed for his loyal. ty to his friends and extremely popular. Such are the present indications in this neck of the woods. There will doubtless be a hot time in the old state next year. CLUSKEY CROMWELL. —— Capital Traction Extension. To the diter of The Evening Star: The bill introduced in the House today by Mr. Richardson of the District commit- tee, permitting the Capitol Traction Com- any to disfigure the environs of the Cap- with the same thing. Both Delaney and | !tol on the north and east deserves, and > trustees sued Swallow for libel, and| Should receive, the condemnation of ihe iney secured a verdict. The case was} community at once. B street, from fet appealed, and shrewd observers here regard this as the last of it. Swallow was the pro- hibition candidate for state treasurer this year, and received 115,000 votes. Meantime, when the legislature homeless by the conflagration the street west to Delaware avenue, over which it is proposed to run double tracks, has only a roadway of thirty-five feet by ac- tual measurement from curb to curb, and double tracks of rapid transit cars on this State street, in what was heralded as a | ©‘0¥ the value of this street to the prop erty owners for the purpos It would be f of a roadway. impossible to back up a coal burst of patriotic zeal, offere church to p lesiak pure (0 eee fart to any one of the houses, to say noth- the church was believed in some quarters | 8& Of the deafening clang of bells through have inspired te edfer, but at any rate | *€0-thirds of the night. ‘This street is be to have a and the sum of $6,000 was | UP With fine houses, and it is the national proptiated to fix up the chureh for the | @ausural parade route, and a double track »propriated x cl lab transit route on it would be an out- accommodation of the hous nd senate | rage. This same bill proposes to run a sin- and their respective committees. Then an . gle track from the Bal tion up New Jersey grounds, and also acros of the east front of the ¢ stroying the beautiful the ny more and Onio sta- ap erect A commiss! sisting of ropriation of $m m of venue to the Capitol the entire width yovernor Hastings, er Haywood, Auditor General Mylan, Pre ‘a, and making of ion’s Capitol simply ‘2 : ; ot or rail- Hone wre tenw, OF the Senate McCarrell and | way station forthe street rallwayus, The Speaker of the House Boyd. en the | Capi Saal aireaHAaae ; 7 sed ee ee oe cee ae apital Traction Company bas done many things to*commend it to the good opinion ernor Hastings claimed the $50" af the Washington pabl 0 was i tended to build the new capitol entirely. | 0st sym sympathy for its rec rtune, but The other members held the sum should be | §t should mot do this thine, rae devoted only to erecting the main butiding, lem great wrong to private inte upon the Capitol, a menace to the live and that further appropriations secured for building the H hould b. arsine d with its high speed a of congressmen as they € rings. stings probably know!ng, from his long wcross and _re-c from the committe familiarity with state affairs, that there is |‘rooms, of Supreme Court judges and th good picking in wings, whether of fowis | thousands of visitors who walk to and from or public buildings, withdrew from ali | the Capitol. It is not as if there were no further participation in the deliberations | other way of approach. It already has one of the commission, and has attended no that Is the least objectionable, and in its meetings since. The other members pro-{ continuance there is no wrong done. The ceeded with the preliminaries, however, | traction company would like to have it un- and selected Henry Ives Cobb of Washing- | derstood that the grade south of the Cap- ton, D. as the architect, and he is now at work on the plans. Some Discordant Notes. It is generally Lelieved here that there will be music in the air, of a more or less Giscerdant character, before the roof is put en, and that it will be heard particularly airing the campaign of 1898. The preliminary bluffing in the game for the gubernatorial nominetion fs now in pro- gress The recent break between Hastings and Senator Quay was the starter. The gevernor removed Senator Quay’s particu- lar political friends, Gen. Frank Reeder and J. P. Elkins, from the secretaryship of the commonwealth and the assistant ettorney generalship, respectively, as well as Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth Barnett und two or three smaller office holders of Quay proelivities, giving Reed- ers place to Dave Martin. Mr. Elkins is chairman of the state republican commit- tee. This action will undoubtedly have las ing effect in widening the breech now ex- isting among the republican factions, and conservative men who have observed the result of one of the hectograph letters writ- ten on House of Representative paper, but dated Allegheny. Every G. A. R. man and ex-soldier in the state, as well as every working republican bas received one. My Dear Sir: I am a candidate for the office of governor and will be glad to have you support me. I have hot reached the conclusion te become a candidate without itol is too great for the new electric cars. This is not true, for the company already has from its contracting electric supply company a guarantee to send the cars safe- ly and certainly over that grade under the most crucial conditions. The real reason is one of competition with the Metropolitan company. This same privilege of running cars on 8 street north of the Capitol has been repeatedly sought by other roads, and as often denied, and it would not only be a retrograde step in civilization to allow it now, but it would be unfair to the other companies who have been refused. The Capitoi plaza is also a great thorougivare for wheelmen going east and west,’ and rapid transit cars across their route must multiply the loss of life. Furthermore, one public school (the Arthur, between Ist street and New Jersey avenue and B and C streets) will be completely girdled with these death-dealing cars, and many little innocent victims will be sacrificed. It is hoped that all public-spirited citizens will join in the protest against this outrage. EDWARD W. BYRN, 31 B street northwest. —_.—__ Personal Mention. Frederick Emory, chief of the bureau of forelgn commerce, State Department, who thas been seriously ill for two weeks past, has recovered sufficiently to be able to re- sume his official duties. Frederic L. Moore has left the city for a ten days’ absence in Florida. ‘ BEST IN THE WORLD It Must Be So, for They Admit It Themselves, ENGLISH METHOD OF FIGHTING FIRE They Go About It With Suitable Dignity and Decorum. SCORN ANY INNOVATIONS ee Se Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. LONDON, November 24, 1897. Commander Wells of the London fire de- partment is the hero of the most desperate act of revolution this metropolis has beheld for a century. His daring disregard of the law of the land was exhibited during last week's fire, which overswept the most an- cient of the business portion of the city, doing good service in clearing two or three acres of rubbishy buildings, which Ameri- cans would scorn to utilize for hen houses. © or three antiquated little fire engines sre picking their le'surely way to the e of the conflagration some twenty inutes after the flames had manifested themse'ves, when they became stalled at the entrance to Aldersgate street, which is an insignificant sort of lane, though one of the princi, eity. Several nundred S, 3 dravs and 2osters’ barrows, which had been caught in the burning district, were crowd- ing to escape through that iane and choked it like a fleet of canal boats pushing for a narrow lock. The firemen were brought to a standstill. For the carts to be turned bacix was im- possible, because retreat would have forced them into streets hemmed by burning buildings. To wait for them to disentangle the: Ives and clear a path would have wasted enother half hcur. Commander Wells grasped the situation like a great general. In ten minutes, ¢ fifteen, he stecled his mind to a bold He sent a squad of men running © sweep the spectators off the s Then, with pale and de- and such a 4! in his ey apoleon when he ordered the at Waterloo, rprised, drove portentous- of the pop- ahead, and, so the ly chronicle, “amid the cheers ula 4 Disregard of Precedent. Well might the populace cheer, for this was the most radical disregard of law and precedent that has been done by a Briton sinee Guy Fawkes attempted to blow up parliament. It made an epoch in the an- nals of the fire department and the history of London, The papers and the people have ked ahout little else since. The episode in interest and importynce all other features of the fire. The London fire department is a most impressive spectacle to look upon. It makes a fine showing in the procession on Lord Mayors’ days, with its tiny red engines, painted and ‘scrubbed like confectioners’ delivery wagons, looking like toy carts rather than real grown-up, serious ma- chines; its glowingly polished brass works, its dainty little hose carts and reels, all manned by dignified, aldermante gentlemen, armored in the thickest blanket coats of blue, white gleves and shining brass kel- mets, heavier than those inthe tower worn by back-number kings. It is beauti- ful to behold, also, trundling along to a fire, with all the firemen rising up, shouting “ho! ho!” fer people to get out of the way, just as the old volunteer companies did hun- dreds of years ago, all catching bronchitis from exercising their lungs in the night air, but scorning to adopt such new-fangled notions as bells. It 1s as conservative, thoughtful and deliberate in all {ts move- ments most British machiner: there is no unseemly, undignified haste. uiting Out a Fire. The method of putting out a fire in Lon- don was well illustrated by last week affair. Tae blaze started in a feather house. Some passing citizen saw the flames and hunted up a constable around the corner, whom he told. The constable ened to the scene to make sure that h correct. ‘The papers say that he hastened, but it is doubtful if London constable would so far forget the demands of his dignity. Cursory inspection convinced him of the truth of the report, the entire outfit was flaming like a fur- ice When he reached it. So he blew his whistle to summon’ another constable, be- cause it was contrary to rules for him to leave his beat. The constable on the next beat was out of hearing, as he usually 1s, or took time to think it over, because ten minutes passed before he had appeared, and by that time two houses were burning. There was a consultation—the papers d scribe it asa “hurried consultation"—be- ween the two constables as to what should : done, and they decided that one of them hould ‘run to the nearest fire station, which happened to be on his beat, and re- port the outbreak. At this stage of the proceedings three buildings were seized, and tenants of neighboring stores had h sun to move their goods to the sidewalk. enty minutes after the fire had been discovered, said the Evening News, notice had been received by the fire department. This was an uausual delay, adds the News, which is true, be ise the average time constable to make up his mind and the intelligence along to engine is only ten or twelve minutes, cording to good authoritie Wonderful Work! Within half an hour after the beginning of the fire there were a dozen or more en- ines on the scene, and, after the firemen had unraveled their hose and made coup- ‘ings with the pipes, they got to work. They did wonderful work, too, as all the newspapers admit, for though there was an entire block ablaze when they arrived, they succeeded by heroic exertions; and despite serious handicaps, in restricting the devas- tation to an area of eight or nine blocks, though to do this required one hundred en- gines. The Londen papers have told of the drawbacks which hampered their work. One was that several men fainted under the weight of their uniforms and brass hel- mets after an hour’s work. Some reckless citizen, writing to the Times, suggests that firemen be allowed to remove their over- coats and helmets when they think their work would be facilitated thereby, but this incendiary proposal is squelched under weight of unanimous disapproval, because it would terd to the relaxation of disci- pline and the 1o3s of that soldierly appear- ance in the firemen which makes them the pride cf London. Another drawback to the most effective results was that the fire was too hot for the men to stand nearer than the opposite side of the street, and many of the engines, unfortunately, could not pro- ject a stream cf water across even a Lon- don street. This same reporter for the Evening News, who explained the delay ip, turning in the fire alarm, gives other in- teresting details. He obtained permission to ascend to the roof of a building wnich commanded a fine view of the scene, he says, but, unfortunately for the interests of history, is compelled to add, “The scene was one which baffied description.” But the Evening News, in common with other papers, is confident that the firemen did everything within the power of man. The fire leaped from building to building, it explains, and to check its advance would ‘ac- e been impossible except by super- oe, like tearing some of the houses in its path. A Preposterous Article. ‘Mr. Julian Ralph, an American, has writ- ten a most preposterous erticle to the Dally Mail about this fire. He says they do these things better in the United States. But Mr. Ralph may go to. He ‘canst impose upon sensible Englishmen with such transparent fairy tales. Several ef thém have written to the papers to say 80 without the slight- est hesitation. It ts a pernteious habit with the Yankees to be perpétually claiming that things are done batter in America— Part of their offensive‘polity of brag. Mr. Ralph must take Londoners for children to try to gull them with suc fiction as that firemen in the United States habitually sleep with their boot® béside them, and jump into these same ‘boofs to slide down @ pole onto their engme'when wakened by a fire alarm. This would be a most undig- nified, cireusy performance, even if it were practicable, which every’ grown person knows it is not. His story,'too, that Amer- ican firemen dynamite bulldings and tear them down summarily: to stop the spread of a fire, if tried, whieh is*hardly credible, is another proof of Yankee ‘lawlessness, of a piece with the lynckings which occur daily in Boston, New York and Washing- ton, with the connivance of the best citi- zens. Of course, the property of law- abiding Englishmen could not be confis- cated and destroyed. without action by the county council and board of aldermen and a commission to assess damages. What is all this rubbish Mr. Ralph writes about water towers and extension ladders and chemical engines and electric fire alarms, is asked. No such devices have ever been seen in London, and thete is considerable doubt if they exist,’ except as fantastic machinery for display. If they amounted to anything, London would have them, for did not Sir Eyre Massey Shaw, a predeces- sor of Commander Wells, visit America to inspect the fire service of the cities, and did not he announce ‘upon his return that he had seen absolutely nothing new that was worthy of adcption, and that London had the best fire department in the world? In Use for a Century. Who can question that the methods of the London fire force are perfect, for have they not been pursued for upward of a century without great change? “All honor to Commander Wells and his brave fire laddies!” exclaim the newspapers, as they sit upon Mr. Julian Ralph. If these Yan- kees desire to learn to fight fire with dig- nity, decorum and deliberation, let them come to London and learn. s November 25. Since the foregoing was written, the London county council has held a meeting, and swept away all controversy. Col. Rat- ton, chairman of the fire brigade commit- tee, presented a report, under five heads. The first and fifth follow: “I, That the fire engines, escapes and men were on the spot in a remarkably short time.” V. Tnat London is ahead of any other town in the world in the matter of its fire brigade.” The report was adopted unanimously, the morning newspapers announce, and “amid cheers,” The county council hesitates, however, to approve the lawless course of Commander Wells in driving on the sidewalks. That, said a councilman, was a dangerous prec dent. RM. C. —_+—__. ROSSIN’'S STABAT MATER. Its Excellent Interpretation at Holy Trinity Chureh. A rare treat was offered to the music levers of Washington last Sunday even- ing by the choir of Holy Trinity Church, Georgetown, on the occasion of their elec- trie Nght inauguration. ~The selection for the evening was Hosstni’s Stabat Mater. This celebrated Latin hymn on the cru- cifixion forms part of the service of Roman Catholic churches during Passion week, ard has been a favorite theme with both Italian and German compocers. Some of these compositions have been masterpieces, but Rossini’s can be sald without fear of contradiction to be the most popular of themall. Mr. Gumprecht showed not on’ good musical taste in making this selection, but also a knowledge of'the kind of music that would be appreciated by a Washing- ton audience, if one may judge from the crowded church. Certain portions of this composition are very familiar to Washing- tonians, but it is claimed that as a whole it had years The soloists for the evening were Mrs. Esther Gumprecht, Mrs, Margaret Nolan Martin, Mr. William McFarland and Mr. Michael J. Scanlan, assisted by Mrs. Kitty Thompson Berry, Miss Lillian Sefton and Mr. James Nolan. Mr. MeFarland —ren- dered the beautiful tenor solo, ‘“‘Cujus Animam,” with a great deal of feeling, and the “Pro Peccatis,” by Mr. Scanlan, show- ed remarkable smoothness of execution. The solos given by Mrs. Gumprecht and Mrs. Martin were both very pleasing, but the gem of the evening was the noble and inspiring ‘Inflammatus,” This familiar selection was rendered, both solo and the grand old chorus, with such splendid ef- fect that one felt like echoing Heine's sen- timent that the genius of eternal youth dwells in Rossini’s music, The services aside from the music were highly impressive. Archbishop gave the benediction of the m sacrament, and was assisted b; Richards, Gillespie, Lee, Mulvaney, not been given here for twenty Martinelli t_blessed Fathers Scanlan, O'Donohue, Ryan, Mackin, and Mer. Sbaretti. Rev. W. O. Pardow preached on “Light” using the beautiful new decora- tions as subjects to illustrate his thought- ful discourse. The lights are confirled to the celling and the rear wall of the church, so that there is no glaring in the eyes of the congre- gation. Those that illdminate the altar are so placed that they @re not visible from the body of the church.’ The effect is very pleasing and impressivé. —ss__ OFFER A REWARD. Sas Montgomery County, 3 Officials After Ballot Bex Thieves. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. ROCKVILLE, Md.; December 8, 1897. At a meeting of the county commissioners held here yesterday Messrs. G. Minor An- derson, member-elect .ef the house of aele- gates; Thomas Dawson, clerk of the circuit court, and Galion Millef, one of the officers of registration, all republicans, made a per- sonal request to the board to offer a reward for the apprehension of the person or per- scns who, between the evening of Novem- ber 6 and the morning of November 8, stole from the court room two of the ballot boxes used at the election ot! the previous Tues- day, and which hadheen plated in. the custody ofthe clerk ofthe circdit court by the election supervisorsafter they had com- pleted the count and made up their returns. A similar request way also made to the commissioners by the members of the dem- ocratic state central county. After consultation,’ the commissioners concluded to offer a reward of $300 for the apprehension of the or parties guilty of the crime. The boxes taken were those belonging to the first precinct of the fourth district, and of the twelfth district. During the sitting of the late grand jury several persons appeared before that body as wit- nesses in regard to thig matter, but their evidence was cm sufficient to warrant a presentment of any petapn, There is some talk athong leading republi- remor Lowndes to e“pprehension of Gommittee for this ‘cans here of asking also offer a reward for the guilty parties, Brightwod Chapte# Officers. Brightwood Chapte?, No. R. A. M., at its last regular meeting @élected the fol- lowing officers’ tq serve th ensuing yea i. B. McEatyre; high*priest; W. E. Nalley, king; W. G. Platt, retary; G. W. ited, tinel. There were also at this three petitions received for the CONGRESSMEN IN TOWN Senators. The names of senators who have reached the city are given below, with their ad- dresses: Aldrich, N. W., R.I., Arlington. Allison, W. B., Iowa, 1124 Vermont ave. Bacon, A. O., Ga., 1757 Oregon avenue. Baker, Lucien, Kansas, 1918 15th street. Berry, J. H., Ark., Metropolitan. Burrows, Julius C., Mich., 1404 Mass ave. Caffery, Donelson, La., 2110 O st. Carter, Thos. H., Mont., 1432 Stoughton st. Chandler, W. E., N.H., 1421 I st. Chilton, H., Texas, Varnum. Clay, A. 8., Gi Varnum. Cockrell, F. M., Mo., 1518 R st. Cullom, 8. M., Ill, 1413 Mass ave. Daniel, John W., Va., 1700 19th st. Davis, C. K., Minn., 1418 Mass. ave. Elkins, S. B,, W. Va., 1626 K st. Fairbanks, C. W., Ind., 1900 Mass. ave. Frye, W. P., Maine, The Hamilton. fowa, The Portland. Gear. J. D Gray, G. 1., 1421 K st. n.w. Gorman, A. P., Md., 1432 K st. Hansbrough, H. C.. D., 2033 Fla. ave. Harris, W. A., Kan., 1016 13th st. Hawley, Jos. R., Conn 1741 G st. N. J.K., Ark Kenny, R. Kyle, J. H. Lindsay, Wm., Ky.. Lodge, H. C., Mass. Mallor: 10 North Capitol. Martin, K st. nw. Mason, W. E., Ill., 1423 Chapin st. McBride, G. W., Oregon, 1 B street n.e. McEnery, S. D., La McLaurin M st. Vermont av North Capitol st. Cochran. 1 Mass. ave. Metropolitan, . L, 8. C. MB street n.e. McMillan, James, 1114 Vermont ave. Q. Mills, R. Mitchell, ‘Texas, 174 Morrill, Justin S.. Vt., 1 Thomas circle. Nelson, Knute, Minn., 649 East Capitol st. Pasco, S., Fla., Metropolitan. Penrose, Boies, Pa., Normandie. Pettus, E. ¥ Ala., 205 A st. s.e, Platt, O. H., Conn. Platt, T. C., N. Y., Arli Pritchard, J. C., N.C. Proctor, Redfield, 1535 1 Quay, M. S., Pa., 1612 K street. Rawlins, J. L. Arlington. ston. 23 M st. n.w. Utah, Portland. Roach, Wm. N. D., 1317 Yale st. Sewell, W. J. . J., Normandie. Shoup, G. L., Idaho, Normandie. Smith. J., jr., N. J. Spooner, J. C., Wi: St t, Wm. M., Tillman, B. R., S. Teller, , Arlington, » 1725 R. I. ave. , § Dupont circle. 0S Del. ave. R. I. ave. arnum, Cairo. ormandie, i) K street. ndie. H. M., Col., 1 . Ind. e. C., Mis: . G. L., Md., tmore, G. P. R. 1 White, S. M., Cal., Norm: Wilson, Jno. L., Wash., the Cairo. Wolcott, E. O., Col., 1 Conn, ave. Representatives, Representatives have arrived and are 1o- cated as follow: Reed, T. B., Speaker, the Shoreham. Acheson, E. F., Pa North Capitol. Adams, Robert, jr., the Albany. Adamson, W. C., Ga., 121 C st. s.e. Alexander, D. S., N. Y., the Concord. Allen, J. M., Miss. 100 B st. nae. Arnold, W. C., Pa., the Varnum, Bailey, J. W., Texas, the Riggs. Baird, S. T., La., Wellington Hotel. Baker, Wm. B., Md., 215 N. J. ave. n.w. Ball, T. H., Texas, the Varnum, Bankhead, J. H., Ala., —. Barham, J. A., Cal., the Ebbitt. Barber, L A., Md., 10 B st. n.e. Barlow, C. A., Cal., 503 B st. ne. Barney, 8. S., Wis., the Wellington. Barrett, W. Mass., the Hamilton. Bartholdt, R., Mo., the Congressional. Bartlett, C. L., Ga., the Riggs. Belknap, Hugh R., Ill, the Portland. Belden, J. J., N. Y. Belford, J. M., N. Y Bell, Jno. C., Col., 1135 12th st. nw. Benton, M. EF. ., 216 A st. s.e, Berry, A. S., Ky., the Wellington. Bingham, H. H., Pa., 1019 Conn. ave. Bishop, R. P., Mich., 132 A st. ne. Biand, R. P., Mo., 215 E. Capitol st. Botkin, J. D., Kan., 508 E. Capitol st. Brenner, Jno. L., Ohio, 247 N. Capitol st. Brewer, W., Ala., 1330 Columbia road. Brewster, H. C., N. Y., —. Beoderick, Case, Kan., the Elsmere. Brosius, M., Pa., the Elsmere. » Ohio, 1347 Q st. n.w. i ., Ohio, the Varnum. Brownlow, W. P., Tenn., 310 E. Capitol st. Brundige, S., Ark., the Wellington. Bodine, R. N., Mo., 215 East Capitol. Boutelle, H. S., Il, the Arlington. Brantley, W. G., Ga., the Bancroft. Brumm, C.N., Penn., 120 Md. ave. n.e. Burke, R. E., Texas, 116 Md. ave. Butler, Thos. S., Pa., 1623 H st. nw. Campbell, J. R., Ml. Willard’s. Cannon, J. G., Il, the Cochran. Carmack, E. W., Tenn., 131 B st. s.e. Castie, C. H., Cal., the V: Catchin: 127 A st. ne. Clark, Champ, Mo Clarke, F. G., Cochran, A. V. S., N. Y., tne Hamilton. Cochran, C. F., Mo., 1421 Q st. nw. Codding, J. H., Pa., 1418 Hopkins place. Colson, D. G.. Ky., the Regent. Connolly, J. A., Ill., the Shoreham. Cooney, Jas., Mo., the Hamilton. Ebbitt. A , the Metropolitan. B., Mich., the Colonial. Cousins, R. G., Iowa, the Shoreham. . N., Tenn., the Varnum. Cranford, J, W., Texas, 222 3d st. n.w. Crump, R. O., Mich., 521 B st. n.e. Crumpacker, D., Ind., Willard’s. Cummings, A. J., N.Y. ~ Curtis, Chas., Kan., 1631 R st. n.w. Curtis, Geo. M., Iowa, the Cairo. Dalzell, Jno., Pa., 1605 N. H. ave. Danford, L., Ohio, —. Davison, Geo. M., Ky. Davidson, J. H., Wis., 1420 15th st. n.w. Davis, R. W., Fla., the National. DeArmond, D, A., Mo., the Varnum, DeVries, M., Cal., 1623 H st. nw. Dingley, N., Me., the Hamilton. Dinsmore, H. A., Ark., 1814 K st. n.w. Dockery, A. M., Mo., Willard’: Dolliver, J. P., Iowa, the Dorr, Chas. P., W. Va., 22 Dovenor, B. B., W. Va., —. Driggs, E. H., N. Y., the Ebbitt. Eddy, F. M., Minn., 1322 Columbia road. Elliott, Wm., S. C., the Normandie. Ermentrout, D., Pa., the Regent. Epes, Sidney P., Va., the Colonial. Faris, Geo. W., Ii 208 A st. s.e. Ferguson, H. B., N. M., 227 N. J. ave. s.e. Fenton, L. J., Ohio, the Varnum. Fitzgerald, J. F., Mass., the Wellington. Fleming, W. H., Ga., the Cairo. Fletcher, Loren, Minn., the Richmond. Foss, Geo. E., Iil., 1623 H street n.w. Fowler, C. N., N. J., 1406 16th st. nw. Fowler, J. E., N. C., St. James. Fox, A. F., Mi 52 B st. ne. Gaines, Jno. W.. Tenn., the Normandie. Gibson, H. A‘, Tenn., 1527 I street n.w. Gillett, O. W., N. Y., the Hamilton. Griffin, M., Wis., 1502 Vermont ave. n.w. Griggs, J. M., Geo., 1323 R. I. ave. n.w. Groff, J. V., Ill., the Elsmere. Grosvenor, C. H., Ohio, the Cochran, Grow, Galusha A., Pa, Willard’s. Grout, W. W., Vt., the Arlington. Gunn, James, Idaho, 120 4th st. s.e. Hager, A. L., Iowa, Portland Flats, Hamilton, Edward L., Mich., ——, Handy, L. L, Del, —. Harmer, A. C., Pa., 1230 Vermont ave. Hartman, C. 8., Mont., 1719 Oregon ave. Hawley, R. B., Tex., —. Hay, Jas., Va., 1109 14th st. nw, Heatwole, J. P., Minn., —. Hemenway, J. A., Ind., 1702 19th st. n.w. Henderson, D. B., Iowa, Normandie. Henry, E. 8., Conn., 1421 K st. n.w. Henry, Patrick, hissy, 1908 st. s st. nw. ‘ellington. milton. rant place. Henry, R. L., Texas, the Ws Hepburn, W. P., Iowa, 1124 E. Capitol st. Hinrichsen, W. H., Ill., 1014 Mass. ave. n.w. Hill, E. J., Conn., the Hamilton. Hitt, Robt. R., Il, 1507_K st. nw, Hopkins, A. J., Ill., Willard’s, Howe, Jas. R., N. Y., 208 Md. ave. n.e. Howell, B. F., N, J., Normandie, Ti, the ACA: OA: will wear the “ Hygienic Shoe for the same money—but.... AOACEACACACA them, and espectally 1f on Christmas morn, Big line of Men's Slippe ordinarily belong at $2. Jenkins, Jno. J., Wis., the Wellington, Johnson, H. U., Ind., 812 12th st. nw. Johnsoi N. D., 238 Md. ave. n.e. Jones, sh., the National. Joy, C. Me., Arlington. Kelley . E., S. Dak., 227 E. Cap. st. Kerr, V , Ohio, the Fredonia. Ketcham, J. H., N. ¥., the Hamilton, King, W. H., Utah, the Oxford. Kleberg, R., Tex., 406 A st. s.e. Knox, W. S., Mass., the Cochran. Kulp, M. H, Fenn, Willard’s. Knowles, Freeman, 8. D., 206 Del. ave. n.c. Landis, Chas. B., Ind., 240 N. Capitol st. Lanham, 8S. W. T., Texas, the National. Lentz, Jno. J., Ohio, Portland Flats. Lester, R. Ga., the Cairo. Linney, R. Z., N. C., 915 H st. n.w. Littauer, L. N., N. Y., the Albany. Little, J. S., Ark., the Varnum. Livingston, L. F.. Ga., 2021 O st. n.w. Lloyd, Jno. ‘o., 215 E. Capitol st. Lorimer, the Raleigh. Love, W. F. the National. Loud, E. F., Cal., the Everett. Lovering, W. C., Mass., 1711 17th st. n.w. Low, Philip B., New York, Hotel Regent. Loudensleger, H. C., N. J., Willard’s, Lybrand, A., Ohio, Hamilton. Mahon, T. M., Pa., the Oxford. Martin, C. H., N. C., 1008 N st. nw. McCall, S. W., Mass., 1225 Vermont av. n.w. McCleary, J. T., Minn., the Regent. McClelland, Geo. B., N. Y., 1445 R. I. ave. McCulloch, P. D., Ark., Normandie. McDowell, J. A., Ohio, the Varnum. McEwan, T., jr., N. J., 1840 I st. nw. MeMillan, B., Tenn., Normandie. McRea, T. C., Ark., the Metropolitan. Marshall, Geo. A., Ohio, 247 N. Capitol st. Meekison, D., Ohio, 1307 N st. n.w. Mercer, David H., Neb., 1503 Roanoke st. Meyer, Adolph, La., WO) Q st. nw. Miers, R. W., Ind., the Congressional. Miller, W., W. Va., the Varnum. Minor, E. S., Wis., 49 D st. s.e. foody, W. Mass., $16 15th st. n.w. Moon, Jno. A., Tenn., 416 6th st. n.w. Morris, Page, Minn., 704 14th st. n.w. Northway, S. A., Ohio, the Riggs. Norton, J. A., Ohio, Metropolitan. Odell, B. B., sr. Osborne, Jno. E. y Otey, Peter J., Va Overstreet, Jesse, Ind., —. Otjen, T., Wis., 250 Del. ave. n. Packer, H. B., Pa., 813 12th st. n.w. Parker, R. W., N. J., 1733 N st. n.w. Payne, S. E., N. Pearce, C. E., Mo.., Pearson, R., N. C., Perkins, Geo. D., Iowa, the Hamilton. Peters, Mason 8., Kan., 1013 G st. n.w. Pitney, M., N. J., —. Plowman, T. S., Ala., 205 A st. s.e. Powers, H. H., Vt., the Riggs House. Prince, Geo. W., I 1300 Columbia road. Pugh, 8S. J., K lowa circle. Ray, Geo. W., N. ¥., —. Reeves, Walter, Il Iowa Circle. Rhea, Jno. 8., Ky. Richardson, Ji n., 1103 6th st. n.w. Rixey, Jonn F., Va., 102 B st. n.e. Robinson, M., Ind., 2125 R st. nw. Royse, L. W., Ind., the Ebbitt. Russcll, Chas. A., Conn., the Hamilton. Sauerhering, E., Wis., the Wellington. Sayers, J. D., Texas, the Riggs. Shafroth, J. F., Col., 1463 Kenesaw ave. Shattuc, W. B., Ohio, the Cochran, Sheldon, C. D., Mich., —. Settle, E. E., Ky., the Wellington. Sheldon, C. D., Mich., the Colonial. Simpkins, John, Mass., the Albany. Sims, T. W., Tenn., the Varnum. Slayden, J. L., Tex., 1688 19th st. nw. Skinner, Harry, N. C., the Ebbitt. Smith, D. H., Ky. Smith, Geo. W., Il § 14th st. nw. Smith, Marcus A., Ariz., the Wellington. Smith, S. W., Mich., 407 C st. s.e. Smit ym. A., Mich., the Shoreham, Southwick, Geo. N., N. Y., the Cairo. Sparkman, S. M., Fla., 1743 Q st. nw. Spalding, Geo., Mich., 920 14th st. nw. Sperry, N. Conn., the Buckingham. Sprague, Chas. F., Mass., 1500 R. . Stallings, Jesse F., Ala., the National. Steele, Geo. W., Ind., the Portland. Stephens, J. H., Texas, 220 N. J. Stewart, A., Wis., 1014 Vermont ave. Stewart, Jes. F., N. J., the Normandle. Stokes, J. Wm., 8. C., the Metropolitan. Btone, W. A., Pa., 1721 Q st. n.w. Stone, C. W., Penn., 46 B st. n.e. Stroud, W. F., N. C., 220 3d st. s.e. Sulloway, C. A., N. H., the Varnum, Strade, J. B., Neb., 924 14th st. n.w. Talbert, W. J., 8. C., 716 9th st. n.w. Tate, F, C., Georgia, 230 A st. s.e. ‘Tawney, J. A., Minn., 704 14th st. n.w. Taylor, R. W., Ohio, —. Terry, W. L., Ark., Metropolitan, Todd, A. M., Mich., the Cochran. Updegraff, T., Iowa, the Ebbitt. Underwood, O. W., Ala., 103 Md. ave. n.e. Van Voerhis, H. Ohio, the Cochran. Vehslage, J. H., N. ¥., Congressi: Hotel. ‘Walker, Jas. A., Va., the Normandie. Walker, Jos. Henry., Mass., the Shoreham. Wheeler, C. K., Ky., the Wellington. Wheeler, Jos., Ala., cies tod st. court bench caused the Ginvorcclest Robert A” Van W: York city. Consult the interests of your feet in buying Shocs! No more painful corns or bunions if you jenness Miller” Shoe. They are Mra. Miller's ideal of © perfect-fitting, comfortable, graceful shoe for women, and are made of tha-hest materials, in 4 styles of button and lace. ordinary shoes, when you can now buy the famous ———— ee The extra quality—the same styles, but little finer finish, $5. : Men’s “Gift” Slippers. ? You know how the old gentleman appreciates easy, comfortable Slippers, 4 thinks of buying bimeelf a pair, but is most profuse in his thanks when he is presented with £ in russet, black and vicl kid, Choice of the Mne.... If you want to buy, sell or exchange anything, lease property or rent rooms, want a situation or want help, it will pay you to announce the fact in the advertising columns of The Star. They are closely studied by more than three times as many people as read any other paper. ° AROAPAGAEREAOA OAR OACACAB: & Why pay $3.50 for jerness_— Miller’* WR & wl S PACA OABCAOCAB ° @ He rarely rg ’ chamo! ‘nea. mere $1.49 § ence Se Sens JOE HOOKER’S PROMI How Chaplain Edwards Dared to Tell Him the Unpleasant Truth. J. A. Watrous in the Chicago Times-Herald. “Dr. Edwards, editor of the ern Christian Advocate, Chi: my friend Ennis of the 8th New Jersey Infantry, ” chaplain of a Michigan regiment. He had a peculiar experience soon after Gen. Burnside was relieved from command of the Army of the Poto- mac and Gen. Joe Hooker—Fighting Joe Hooker'—succeeded him. I wonder how many officers and men who were in the Army of the Potomac remember a strik- irg, not to say sensational, incident of that period.” It was just after the dis- astrous battle of Fredericksburg and Burn- side's useless “mud march,” when Hooker took command of the Army of the Poto- mac. The men were demoralized, the offi- cers discouraged. Drinking in the army Was prevalent, there was a belief that Hooker was setting a very bad e ample, Chaplain Edwards called on the command- ing general. After introdu chaplain sa‘ orthwest- 0,” sald ng himself the zealous General Hooker, I have come on a mission that may result in my arrest and dismissal from the se~vice, if not a severer punishment, but I am im- pressed that I would not be doing my duty to you, this army, our country, and my God were I to remain stlent.” General Hooker very kindly saidg “Chaplain, be seated and let me hear what you have to say. Dr. Edwards began in this wa: ‘Gen- eral Hooker, have you any idea what the men have been ing in relation drinking customs among the officers, self included, the last few days?” to the your- Hooker, not at all surprised, answered that he had not. “Then let me tell you, for I have mingled with them and have had many opportunities to hear their ments; they are all in gne dir have been talking amo:® them: what might have happened had Lee and his army attacked this army while so many of its officers, including the gen- eral in chief, were under the influence of strong drink. They have expressed the be- Nef that disaster and destruction would have been the fate. Your appointment had the effect to lift the dark clouds of gloom, Your example, these days, imitated by so many others, has brought back that cloud, and it rests heavily over your army today Good soldiers that these men are, they are also American citizens, observers and thinkers, and It will not do to give them too severe a test.” General Hooker remained silent until Dr. Edwards reached this point, and then his face fell into his hands. He sat in that pesition for some minutes. When he straightened up he looked into the fa ot Dr. Edwards, and then, in a manner most animated, asked: “Chaplain, do you tell me that that is the way the men of this army have been talking, and that that is the way they feel? Do you tell me that there is a feeling of gloom among the brave men of the Army of the Potomac because the head of that army and some of its commanders of brigades and divis- ions have been indulging to excess?” “That is what I have felt called upon to tell you, General Hooker, and it is tho truth.” “Chaplain,” said Fighting Joe Hooker, haplain, I give you my prom! with it my hand, that so long as I command of the Army of the Potoma will not drink another drop of intoxicating: liquor,” and then he warmly thanked the chaplain for calling. ———__-+e+-—____ Liguid Fuel for Vessels. From the New York Times. The torpedo boat Stiletto arrived at the Brooklyn navy yard yesterday from the training station at Newport, to be fitted with a system of pipes and valves for sup- plying liquid fvel to the fireboxes under the boilers in place of coal, which is used at present. Chief Engineer Edward Farmer, in charge of the bureau of steam engineer- ing at the Brooklyn navy yard, has for some time past been busy preparing plans for the alterations. As yet liquid fuel is in an experimental stage. It has, however, been tried with some success on the two torpedo boats con- structed for the battle ship Maine, and also on several of the vessels of foreign govern-