Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1898, Page 14

14 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1%, 1898-14 PAGES. ECKINGTON BILL REFERRED Giving All an Opportunity to Bid for the Belt Line. Investigation of the Price and Qual- ity of Gas and the Reasonableness of Telephone Rates Ordered. After debating tNe Eckington railway bill for nearly two hours yesterday, and after nine amendments had been proposed and adopted, the House recommitted the bill to the committee, with the following instruc- tions: “To amend the bill by striking out all af- ter the word ‘that,’ in the third line, and bring in a section or sections authorizing the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Rail- road Company and any other corporation of the District of Columbia or any person or persons to become a bidder and pur- chaser of the property and franchises de- scribed in this bill, and to further provide that said committee shall also provide spe- cific limitations and specifications under end by which said property shall be operat- ed by any such purchaser,” and that the committee be instructed to fix a period of limitation of the operation of the franchise herein granted. Cost of Gas and Telephones. Mr. Odell’s resolution to investigate the gas company was then called up, as follows: “Whereas it is stated and claimed in the public press of the city that it appears that the cost (of gas) is not reduced to the con- sumer, but, on the contrary, the bills ren- ered by said company to the consumer are as high, if not higher, than they were be- fore the passage of said act, and that th candlepower has not been increased and inaimtained at the standard as required by the foregoing provision of said act: There- fore, “Resolved, That a committee, consisting of five members of the House, be appoint- ed by the Speaker, with power to send for person: and papers, whose duty it shall be tigate the said charges and all facts h and report their con- » House at the present session fth Congre: That the expense attending tion, such as shall be nece: id out of the contingent fund of Louse. Mudd of Maryland offered the follow- amendme And wher: is stated and charged in the public press and by very many of the people of this city that the costs of tele- phone service in the District of Columbia are e ve and exorbitant, and that the to use of tel ess houses and us and unreasonabie: aid committee to investiga the th said charg Dis con- and » fair and telephone s for fur: rvice in the District of Co- bia. and what ought to be fair and rea uble use of telephones by the persons corporations renting telephones, and 1 with them in business or ert their conclusions to its present si ‘ion. That the expense attending ation, such as shall be neces resolution as amended was adopted. ng the debate Mr. Mudd sal amendment speaks for itself. 1 > offered it in re se to a widespread public clamor against what is claimed to be exactions and exorbi- ta of the telephone company in thi 3 sms to me that while the House ts in the investigating mood it better ttle further and look into these Tges against the present conduct of the telephonebusiness, where there seem to be strong apparent reasons for complaint.” Mr. Brumm—‘I want to suggest at this point that there is another idea which should be added to the amendment, and that is that the committee be empowered to inquire whether there is not another tele- phone system better than the one we now have and much cheaper, and if, in their judgment, they find there is such a one, to report that In addition to the matter of overcharging.” Mr. Mndd— te report all ‘The amendment requires us facts as to expenses and charges, etc., and under that requirement I think we can get at and report as to the matter of your suggestion if we find it ex- pedient and desirable. Excessive Telephone Rates. Dockery—“Mr. Chairman, I am in hearty sympathy with the proposition of- fered by the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Mudd) to investigate the question of tele- phone charges in the District of Columbia. I have no expert knowledge on the question, but judging from the volume of complaints which come up from all parts of this Dis- trict. I think it is manifest that telephone charges ere excessive. Now, then, the question in my judgment which this com- mittee hould first investigate is what reasonable and proper charges. = facts being ascertained, it becomes pertinent to know how we can enact them into laws. That brings me to this sugges- ion. “If the special committee is to enter upon this work—and I am in full sympathy with the resolution—it should do so prompily. If the investigation continues for two or three months it will result in nothing. We desire 4n accurate and prompt result, so that the committee in charge of the District of Co- Jumbia appropriation bill may have the benefit of the information and try to secure the ne legislation in conference on that bill. When the District of Columbia Sppropriation bill was before this body an amendment was agreed to fixing certain ites for telephone charges. I do not know What the temper of the Senate may “be in Tespect to that amendment, but whenever the conferees on that bill meet in confer- ence we desire the report of this committee upon which to rest remedial legislation. “I sug promptness and expedition in investigation, because I very much doubt whether any relief will come to the People of this District in respect to tele- phone service unless it be as a result of the conference on the proposition now pending between the two houses upon the District ef Columbia appropriation bill.” ——_-e—_____ ORPHAN ASYLUM PROJECT IN CUBA. Consul Meet Gene Suggestions Response. received yesterday by the New York Christian Herald from Consul General Fitzhugh Lee, in Havana, relative to the founding of an orphan asylum in Cuba. Gen. Lee said: “I have considered the advisability of renting a large and suitable building for the purpose of founding a destitute orphan asylum, where the little starving children who have no parents or relatives to watch ever them cnn be placed, and where they will be fed and well cared for, and, per- haps. later given some sort of education. that I can rent a most commodious sishment, with a large bath and all as well as ground around it, which the children can use for air and ex: I would, through humane agents, these little ones and have them ferred to the establishment, where they could be in charge of nurses and other Suitable attendants.” The Christian Herald, in reply, cabled that it would pay tne rent of the proposed @sylum for a year end furnish all supplies, and guarantee to raise all other expenses for the instituticn. ——+ee— PRESIDENT DOLE ILL. With Fever on His Way to Californ! A telegram to the New York World from Los Angeles yesterday says: President Dole of Hawaii complained of feeling ill today when on the train between San Ber- nardino and Riverside, end when the latter place was reached his condition had become so serious that his physician decided that he could go no further. He has a high fever, but the malady has not progressed sufficiently to warrant a definite diagnosis, = A cottage was eugaged for the president and his return to Hawaii will be postponed until recovery is assured. Stricken | REFORM OF THE HOSPITALS Recommendations Made by Investigating Physicians. A Municipal Institution Favored— Curtailing Emergency Service— Isolated Wards Suggested. Dr. Henry M. Hurd, superintendent of the Johns Hopkins Hospital of Baltimore, and Dr. John B. Chapin, physician-in- chief and superintendent of the depart- ment for the insane of the Pennsylvania Hospital, at Philadelphia, who were dele- gated in November by the joint select committee on District charities to investi- gate the hospitals of the District, have made their report to the committee. The report takes up in detail the con- dition of each hospital visited. Provi- dence Hospital was found in excellent shape, every part being clean and or- derly, and the furnishing appropriate and attractive. ‘The wards of Garfield Hospital are clean and the hospital appears orderly and well administered. It has all the essential equipment for the treatment of acute med- ical cases, of those suffering ~from inju- ries and of others requiring surgical aid. Attention is called to the need of safe- guarding the inmates at the Children’s Hospital from fire. The small ward for the isolation of contagious diseases 1s regarded as very inadequate, as well as the provision for the treatment of ortho- pedic cases. The building and site of the Emergency Hospital are declared inadequate for the demands. The building {s contracted and too high. The superficial space is divided into smail apartments, which are too often crowded and imperfectly ventilated. The structures at Freedmen’s Hospital are condemned by the physicians, although they found the nursing and the medical care there excellent. The wards or pavilions of the Almshouse Hospital are lacking in conveniences, have insanitary water closet arrangements, the furnishings are poor and the number of nurses insufficient for the proper attend- ance upon the sick. The physician: y that the Home for Incurabies is badly located and badly ar- ranged for active work. To undertake to modify and modernize Columbia Hospital for Women would, they think, involve a_cons putlay and would be unsatisfacto: assert that st would be better economy to sell the valuable ground on which the old build- and. of the hos; . like Providence, Emergency and the Central Dispensary, the almshou: and lum are much crowded, while other hospitals are over- crowded de There is no adaquate brevision for the care of con- ases. Excepting Garfield 5 exist for the admission and y find also that in the work ng government ital for chronic diseases exists in the District. The only approach to such a hospital is a group of temporary buildings in connection with the almshouse. ‘The physicians make the following recom- mendations: Providence and Garfield. 1. It is recommended that the Providence Hospital and the Garfield Hospital be se- lected to assume the charge of cases of acute diseases and such accident and emer- gency cases as may be in their immediate neighborhood, and that the police or Dis- trict officers empowered to send such pa- tients be instructed to send them to the hospital for which they express a prefer- ce. In every instance an effort should be made to ascertain the legal settlement of the patient, and if he is found to be a non-resident he shouid be sent to his proper place of residence whenever practicable. All admissions of such acute cases should be for a period not to exceed ninety days unless sooner recovered, and at the end o} this period he should be reported to a proper authority if unrecovered, or not likely to improve, for transfer to a hos- pital for chronic diseases. For this service disc Th a liberal daily per capita sum should be paid by the government, such sum as may be deemed equitable by both parties. It should be the understood policy to be encouraged that these two hospitals, as now existing, being well equipped to render to the sick and injured the best quality of service of healing and also the largest quantity of it, should be used for cases of acute disease, and that cases of chronic disease should be removed to other less ex- pensive institutions or transferred to a municipal hospital. This wili insure a more rapid movement of patients and better care ané attention for sick patients. Hence there should be power vested in some competent central authority to direct the remeval and trans- fer of such chronic cases who are a public charge. If there are indigent patients who prefer this form of medical treatment, power might be given to this officer to send such patients likewise to the National Homeo- pathic Hospital under conditions similar to those prescribed for the above mentioned hospitals. Curtailing Emergency Hospital Ser- vice. 2. It is recommended to abandon or cur tail the Emergency Hospital service, in view of the fact that the hospitals named above have or should have sufficient room for most of the bed cases now rezelved at the Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital. It is believed that if any beds are maintained at this institution they should be a limited number, where accident cases too feeble to be moved might remain two or three days. No other cases nee! be taken to this hospital, as with an efficient and active ambulance service either of the two hospitals named could readily bring all patients directly to their wards. Columbia. 3. It is recommended that the Columbia Hospital surrender the valuable grounds upon which it is now located and be es- tablished elsewhere. The present build- ings, except the nurses’ houses, have no special value, and the cost of modification and reconstraction would be attended with an outlay equivalent to the cost of a new hospital. As the gynecological and mater- nity services have no neces.zry connection, except in exceptional cases, it is recom. mended that they be disasscciated, with advantage to both classes, and that the new hospital to be erected be a maternity hospital of sufficient size to render all of the charitable hospital maternity service now performed in this or other hospitals of the whole District. Gynecological surgery, it is believed, can be better done in acute general hospitals, with less danger of in- rfering wit) tne operations 7 ternity hospital. be z ere A Munictpal Hospital. 4. It is recommended and proposed that a municipal hospital be erected to receive all patients, tnmates of the Garfield, Provi- dence, or any other hospital in the Dis- trict, and i.mates of the Washington Asy- lum (or alms housey who may be proper subjects for such an institution—that. is, those who have been under treatment in the hospitals cf the city at public charge and have become chronic, or are, in the pinion of physicians, incurable patients. These could be transferred to the proposed municipal hospital. The proposed municipal hospital should be a well-constructed building, with mod- ern appointments as to ventilation, heat- ing, sanitary appliances, and medical serv- ice equal to the best in the District, with plain and becoming furnishings, on grounds entirely separated and disassociated from the alms house, jail‘and house of correc- tion. This world remove objections made ty the worthy poor to treatment in an alms house hospital. Many chronic in- valids do not require the more expensive standard of care of an acute general hos- pital. On the other hand, the acute hos- Pitals would show an increase of the per capita cost. Freedm . 5. It is recommended that the work now done at the Freedmen’s Hospital be trans- ferred to the proposed municipal hospital. Whatever reasons may have once existed for designating any class as and making special hospital provision for them at the expense of the cannot be said to exist any of Its present inmates have claims for and treatment when sick and poor. If deemed advisable, the ple might be assured of the enjoyment of the Same advantages to be derived from hospital service and experience as they ncw possess in any new arrangement which may be made. This-proposition would practically consolidate all hospital service for the poor and dependent of the chronic class in one institution, to which no pro- fessional objection can be raised. If the Freedmen’s Hospital were not the property of a private corpcration, and if its site and plant were under the control of the gov- ernment, it might be converted into a municipal hcspital, under the management of the District authcrities. Isolated Wards. 6. It is reccmmended that at the Gar- field, Providence and Children’s hospitals contagious disease wards be erected on the premises to receive all contagious dis- ease exceptirg smallpox. For Insane Persons. 7. It is recommended that a ward for the temporary detention of insane persons and of cases of alcoholism who may be ar- rested on the streets, or who may fall Into the custody of the police to be detain- “ed pending their examination and legal disposition, be erected in connection with the municipal hospitals, and that the tem- porary detention of insane persons in the station houses or jail pending such exami- nations be prohibited. A Supervising Board. 8. To bring all of the hospitals, charitable irstitutions and reformatory institutions of the District under govefnment super- vision and inspection and to establish a system whereby their operations may be unified and co-ordinated, it is recommend- ed that a board of charities and correc- tions be created for the District of Colum- bia. This board should serve without pay. A portion of its members should be women. It should have a paid secretary, who shall be a physician familiar with hospital, charitable and institutional work. This board need not possess administrative pewers, but should visit and report an- nually, and be the mecium through which Congress may be informed of the practical and ‘detailed operations of all institutions coming within thelr purview. The board, through its secretary or agent, should have authority to ascertain the residence and lega! settlement of persons in the hos- pitals or other institutions, and power to return such cases to the place from whence they come. They should receive monthly reports from the hospitals, and verify them. They should have power to make orders of admission to hospitals, to make transfers from one hospital to an- other, and to discharge patients from hos- pitals. It 1s not considered our province here to enumerate all the powers and duties of such a beard, as we are not sufficiently in- fcermed how far they might conflict with existing statutes, but we have seen the necessity of unification, accountability and economy, and feel it a duty to urge the establishment of such a board. The changes above stggested are far- reaching, and in all probability they can- not be made at once. ‘They look to a uni- fication of hospital work on a compreaen- sive plan, and if adopted they will unqnes- tionably prevent a duplication of hospital work and a waste of public appropriation They will also t in more accu y de- termining the duty of the government to the helpless sick of the District of Colum- bia. ee SALVATION ARMY BAGS BIG GAME. Col. W. H. Stevenson Joins and Gives: $5,000 Check. A special to the New York World from Bridgeport, Conn., says: The spirit of the Salvation Army has come over Col. William H. Stevenson, and he has joined the organization, signalizing the fact on Sunday night by presenting it with a check for $5,000, In the state of Connecticut no one Is better known that Col. Stevenson, and the Salvation Army members are cele- brating as they have never before cele- brated the advent of a recruit. Col. Stevenson was superintendent of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad in the early eighties. From 1887 until 1892 he was vice president and gen- eral manager of the Housatonic system of railways. For three years he was.‘on the staff of Gov. Thomas M. Waller. Twice he was a candidate for governor before the convention. He is a member of the Old Guard of New York. He created the Stevenson Military Brass Band. He is a composer of music himself. He has large railroad interests in Ohio and gold mines on the Pacific slope. He is known from Maine to California. A few years ago he attracted atten- tion in New York by taking the part of a newsboy againt a Gerry agent and was arrested. Col. Stevenson was fined $50, and he declared that it was cheap. He hes always been a good man and charitable. But no one was prepared for the sensation of Sunday night. The Salvation Army meeting was well ad- vanced in the barracks in Broad street when Col. Stevenson came in unnoticed. He sat in the rear of the hall for a lit- tle time and then arose to his feet. “I love to hear the band of the Salva- tion Army,” he said. “I have often open- ed my window to listen to its sweet mu- sic as it passed up Broad street. I love to hear the Salvation Army voices in singing. I left my house this evening without the slightest intention of com- ing to this meeting, but I heard the band. Hs drew me toward the army and I came in. “The Salvation Army is doing great work. In fact, I have no hesitation in saying that it is doing more good in the world and for the world than all the churches put together. “E am groping in the dark myself, but I expect to find the light some day. I wane to join the army. Will you accept me?” There was a little silence, followed by a confused murmur. There was not a per- son who did not know Col. Stevenson and who was not startled at his request. Even the officers of the army were amazed. But they recovered themselves quickly. Nelujah,” they shouted; “God bless They fired the Salvation salute, they gave thanks and their joy was great. A dozen warriors and lassies gathered about Cel. Stevenson. They shook him by the hand, clapped him on the shoulder. They led him, nothing loth, to the plat- form. They prayed with him. They sang their triumphant hymns. They pleaded with all others there to emulate Col. Stev- enson’s example. They must hear him speak again. “The first thing in military circles,” he said, ‘‘and I believe that this is an army, is to insure your footing on a good, sub- stantial basis.” With that Col. Stevenson drew a little book from his pocket, sat down and filled out a check on the Connecticut National Bank for $5,000, which he presented to the captain of the barracks. The band struck up a song, and never did Bridgeport hear the Salvation Army sing with such enthusiasm and fervor. And the colonel sang with them. And when the meeting was over the band and all the salvationists must es- cort Col. Stevenson to his fine residence, playing with vigor and singing en route, and Col. Steve@son at the head of the procession. When he reached his house he invited them all in. There were religious serv- ices in the parlor, Col. Stevenson himself leading in prayer. Then refreshments were served. After this the band must play outside and serenade Col. Steven- son, which it did for an hour. Bridgeport never saw nor heard a Sun- day night serenade before, and it did not know what to make of the demonstra- tion. The great crowd that gathered thought that some people had gone mad. Col. Stevenson was to have led the pa- rade’ last night but the weather was in- clement. He says he will lead it fre- quently. ——_—_—-e-_—____ A Plaster Cast of Tyler. A plaster cast of Vice President Tyler has been set up in one of the niches of the east corridor of the Senate wing of the Capitol. The original provision providing that busts of all the Vice Presidents be prepared and placed in the niches of the Senate chamber has been carried out to such an extent that all the niches in the chamber have been occupied with busts. Vice President Tyler's bust is the first to be placed outsfde the chamber. The plas- ter bust is set up only for exhibition, and will be replaced in a short time by a work in marble. Oo A Notary Public. Mr. Julius Baumgarten has been appoint-.| notary public for the by the President, District of Colum. ea bia. THE INTERESTS OF LABOR Central Union Body Discusses Matters of Local Importance. Association - Commended— Telephone Bill Indorsed— Act to Regulate Employment. The weekly meeting of the Central Labor Union was held last evening. President N. C. Sprague presided, and Mr. J. J. Crowley was secretary. An invitetion was read from Rev. Kem- rer Bocock, rector of Grace Church, West Washington, to attend a meeting at that church Morday evening next, for the purpose of organizing a branch in this eity of the “Church Association for the Advancement of the Interests of Labor.” 4iter a long discussion of the feasibility of such a schema, resolutions were adopted expressive of) the sentiments of the union, which set forth: “We commend the organization known as the ‘Church Association for the Ad- vancement of the Interests of Labor’ to the membership f the union organizations of this District, as the-purposes of the as- scciation are:those for which trade organ- izations are maintained. “We heartily favor the organization of local brancises of this association, and in their efforts‘to speure better conditions for the wage workers we pledge our support and co-operation.” Automatic Telephone Exchange. The delegate from the Electrical Work- ers offered resolutions in reference to the Jenkins telephone bill, pending in Con- gress, which had been adopted by the Electrical Workers. ‘A bill known as H. R. bill 787 has been introduced by Representative Jenkins, which authorizes the Automatic Telephone Exchange Company to construct, operate and maintain an 2xchange in this city. Local Union, No. 26, N. 8. E. W. favors the bill, and believes its passage would bene- fit our community by restricting the nicnopoly of the American Bell tele- phone service now rendered by the Chesa- peake and Potomac Telephone Company, thus establishing a competition which weuld result in cheaper rentai. “Local Union, No. therefore indorses the legislation proposed by Representative Jenkins, and directs that a copy of these resolutions b> submitted to the Central Lakor Union and Building Trades Council for their indorsement, and that a copy of the same be forwarded to the irman of the House committee on the District cf Co- lumbia.” The resolutions were Central Labor Union. Delegate Spohn of the tegislativ? com- mittee reported the receipt of a letter from Secretary Tindall of the board of District Commissioners acknowledging the receipt of his letter, accompanying a copy of a bill entitled “An act to regulate the employment of labor in the District of Co- lumbia,” and assuring the committee that the Commissioners will giv: the subject due consideration. Mr. Spohn also reported that the com- mittee would request the members of the Senate end House District committee, as th> immediate representatives of the peo- ple of the District of Columbia, to favor the eight-hour bill, prison labor bill, anti-in- junction bill and seamen’s bill, all of which are pending in Congress. Machine-Made Bread. At the request of the delegate from the Bakers and Confectioners’ Union the dele- gates were requested not to use machine- made bread, and the central body deter- mined to discourage the use of such bread as much as Is in its power. It was stated that each of the machines already intro- duced into Washington can produce 4,000 loaves an hour, which is equal to the work of eight men for ten hours. It is claimed, however, that the machine-made bread is not nearly so palatable as the hand-made. The statement was made that the paint- ers employed on the new residence of Sen- ator Foraker have been objected to by Painters’ Assembly, K. of L., and their summary discharge was demanded. The Central Labor Union directed Secretary Crowley to forward a letter to Mr. Hender- son, the contractor, and inform him that the paintersemployed on that job are union men and reeegniaed as such by the Central Labor Union. A special committee was also appointed toisee the contractor in the Interest of the men, and also to call upon Senator Foraker,if necessary. Speakers for the suffrage meeting to be held this evening at Electrical Workers’ Hall were announced as follows: Gen. J. Hale Sypher, W. C. Dodge and John W. Hayes. ( indorsed by the Ss YOUNG( HOLLENBECK HERE. He Came 4o Washington Following tie Bribery Story. Mr. S. D. sHollenbeck, a member of the Ohio republican state executive commit- tee, and who, when called before the legis- lutive committee investigating the charges of bribery in connection with the election of Mark A. Hanna to the United States Senate declined to answer any questions on the advice of Senator Hanna’s attorney, Former Representative Harry Daugherty, hes been in Washington for several days, where he was called to confer with the ju- nier senator from Ohio. “To be frank,” Mr. Hollenbeck said to a Star reporter last night, ‘there doubtless is a dissatisfaction in our party in Ohio, but an equally great dissatisfaction may be tourd in the ranks of the democracy. Tre democratic party in Ohio has new leaders like Allen Thurman, who have tried to read out of the party some of the old standbys who are not favorable to a prostitution of the national finances, and the result is that the party is in a condi- tion not far from chaotic. Oid-time demo- crats, who have fought the battles for years, refuse to be ousted, and there you are. “Of course, the senatorial canvass has made some soreheads in the republican party, but that could not have been other- wise, no matter who was elected. I believe that the campaign in Ohio this fall will be victorious for the republican cause. The republicans are in better condition for get- ting together and patching up any differ- ences that may exist than are the demo- crats.” Mr. Hollenbeck’s son, Harland H. Hol- lenbeck, who is alleged to have beer impll- cated with “General” H. H. Boyce in an attempt to secure the vote of Representa- tive Otis of Hamilton county for Senator Hanna by the aid of money, and who was said to be eluding the Ohio investigating committee, it new develops, has been in Washington for more than three weeks, having come here immediately following the publishing of that sensational story. Young Hollenbeck has a desk at the head- quarters of the republican national com- mittee. : ——— Found Hiding im a Stable. Frank Brown, alias James Ross, a col- ored man, who told Judge Kimball that he returned from the penitentiary last August, was in court today as a suspect. He was seen in a yard in the rear of Sth and G streets northwest last night, and when Policeman Hooper was called he found him hiding in the stable. “When did you return from prison?” the court asked. “On the 25th of August,” responded the prisoner. “And for what were you sent there?” “For nothing.” Judge Kimball made an effort to ascer- tain where the man has lived since his re- turn, but dtd not succeed. Detective acy gave the court the in- formation tHat the prisoner was sent away on a chargerof having taken harness from stables. A sentence of two months was imposed. —— Class Officers Chosen. Officers of the class of 1898, National College of Bharimacy, have ben clected as follows: President, Edward A. Duckett; vice president, Miss Lucretia B. Lacy; treasurer, #andrew Sheridan; sacretary, DISCUSSION OF ANNEXATION Argument on the Hawaiian Treaty Goes On. What Was Said in Yesterday's Exe- cutive Session of the Senate—Not Prepared for a Vote. Nearly four hours were devoted by the Senate yesterday to the consideration of the Hawaiian treaty. Senator Pettigrew was the principal speaker. He devoted himself largely to the administration of President Dole, showing how the govern- ment of Queen LiluoKalani had been over- thrown, and to a presentation of his views of this government's participation in the revolution. He contended that the downfall of the queen’s government was due to a con- spiracy on the part of Minister Stevens, representing the United States, and a few citizens of Honolulu, of whom President Dole was one, who were backed by the marines from a United States battle ship. Mr. Pettigrew also contended that the passage of the McKinley tariff law had been the direct cause of the revolution by which the queen’s government was over- thrown, the motive being to secure the bounty of 2 cents per pound on domestic sugar, which the law provided. He quoted a letter from Minister Stevens saying that the provision for this sugar bounty had ruined the sugar business of the islands unless they could be annexed to the United States, and cited other authorities to main- tain this contention. Mr. Pettigrew discussed briefly the character of the present population of Ha- wali. He stated that two-thirds of the peo- ple there were males, and that this fact applied to all naticnalities, including Americans and other Anglo-Saxons. The circumstance, he contended, went to show that the Anglo-Saxon does not go to Ha- waii to make a home. The man capable of self-government, he said, must wear woolen clcthes a part of the year and for some months feel the frost in his blood. Summing up, Mr. Pettigrew said that the epponents of annexation claimed to have established four points. They had, he said, shown, first, that the rovte to the orient via the Aleutian Islands was 1,000 miles shorter than that via Honolulu; second, that no battle ship coaling on the Hawaiian Is- lands could reach the United States in con- dition to fight, and that on this account the possession of the islands would be an clement of weakness rather than of strength, which was in opposition to the theory that the islands were necessary to defense; third, that the commerce of the islands, which had been claimed to be one important reason for their annexation, was constantly declining and was less than that of an ordinary county of the United States: fourth, that one of the Aleutian Islands would ‘afford a more secure footing and by a shorter route for a cable to Asia than would the route via Honolulu. Following Mr. Pettigrew, S ler made a brief statement, cailing Pettigrew’s attenticn to the fact that the United States minister was not the only representative for a foreign government who had recognized the Dole government. Mr. Pettigrew replied that this was true, put that the recognition of the other gov- ernments had not come until the day fol lowing the queen’s abdication, whereas Minister Stevens’ recognition had been be- fore that time. % Senator Proctor’s Argument. Senator Proctor of Vermont followed with a brief speech in favor of annexa- tion. He devoted himself exclusively to the military phase of the question. He cited the fact that England has strongly fortified posts all along our Atlantic sea. board, beginning with Halifax and taking in the Bermudas and the West Indie: called attention to the stron at Esaquimault, and said that if ould po the Haw s she might ily do in « let this opportunity to acauire them pass by, her drum beat would be heard almost entirely around the United States and that she would be able to attack us from her own territory in any direction. He’also contended that it would be a com- paratively easy matter for the Japanese to acquire the islands by populating them, which they were apparently very strongly inclined to do. He said that the United States, failing to make the islands a part of this country, could not regard their seizure by some other power as an of- fense against this country. We could not play the dog in the manger, refusing to accept the territory ourselves or to allow others to take it He controverted the statement of Senator Pettigrew that warships could not carry sufficient fuel from Hawaii to make them effective either for or against the United States in case of hostilities, and quoted statistics to show the contrary view. During the session Senator White cf California attempted to ascertain from Senatcr Davis, in charge of the treaty, whether there would be any early attempt to secure a vote upon it. The California senator stated his opinion that there ought to be at least three weeks’ notice of a time for a vote for the arrangement of pairs. He stated that he would be compelled to be absent from the Senate for the next three weeks, and expressed a desire to know something of the plans as to bring- ing the discussion to an end. In reply Senator Davis simply stated that he could not at present say when the de- bate would cease or when the Senate would be prepared to take a vote. Ss New Fourth-Class Postmasters. Fourth-class postmaster have been ap- pointed in Maryland and Virginia as fol- low: Maryland—Brownsville, George F. Brown; Upper Fairmount, George H. Ford. Virginia—Brookneal, Bezer Snell; Lilly, Mrs. Fannie Newman; Mangohick, Mrs. 1. T. Mooklar; Rescue, Sarah i. Jordan; Vol- ney, Joseph J. Spencer. a Ewart Nomination Postponed. At the request of both Senators Butler and Pritchard, the Senate committee on judiciary again postponed consideration of the nomination of Mr. Ewart to be judge of the western district of North Carolina. Air eee ee AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE, &c. we Today. Thomas J. Owen, Auct., 913 F st. n.w.—Trus- tees’ sale of dwelling, No. 1620 O st. n.w., on ‘Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 4:30 o'clock p.m. Wm. M. Yager and Geo. M. Myers, trustees. Dvncanson Bros., Aucts., 9th and D sts. n.w.— Trustees’ sale of dwelling, No. 129 L st. s.e., on Tucsday, Feb. 15, at +4 o'clock p.m. Mahlon Ash- ford and Aldis B. Browne, trustees. Tomorrow. Ratcliffe, Sutton & Co., Aucts., 920 Pa. ave. n.w. Sale of 500 pleces of sultings, pants, patterns, &c., on Wednesday, February 16, at 10 o'clock am. J. E. Frechie & Co., Aucts., 316-318 8th st. n.w. Sale of furniture, carpets, &c., on Wednesday, February 16, at 10 o’clock a.m. = a AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYs. THOS. J. OWEN, AUCTICNEER, £13 F ST, N.W. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF SMALL BRICK DWELI- ING, BROWN'S COURT SOUTHEAST. By virtue of a deed of trust, duly recorded in Liber 1739, folio 287, one of the land records for the District of Colun bia, and at the request of the party thereby, we will sell, at public aue- tion, in front of :he premises, on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY NINETEENTH, 1898, at FOUR ry P.M., lot 98 in square 870, with the improvements thereon us: One hundred, dollars cash, ialance, in mcnibly payments, w terest, secur ‘deed of trust on the sold, or all cash. A de- Dealt of $60 required at time of sale. Gouveyancing and recording at ‘8 cost. 30! S. SWORMSTEDT, Trustee. fe0-d&ds ROBERT E. BRADLEY, Trustee. THOS. J. OWEN, AUCTIONEER, 913 F 8ST. N.W. USTEES’ SALE OF A TWO-STORY BAY-WIN- a BRICK, BEING NO. 1981 11TH NICE, ‘ATTRACTIVE-1 DOW LOOKING PROP- AUCTION SALES. THIS AFTERNOON. AUCTION SALES. THOS. J. OWEN, AUCTIONEER, 913 F ST. N.W. SALE OF TWO-STORY BRICK 'G, NO. 1620 © STREET NORTH- By virtue of a certain deed of trust, duly re corded in Liber 2228, folio 251 et seq. one of the land records for the District of Columbia, and at the request of the party secured thereby, we Sill sell at public auction, in front of the prem- ises. on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY FIFTEENTR, 1898, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. lot 21, in William M. and Mary W. Merrick's sub: division of lots In square 181, improved as above. Terms made known at time of sale. A deposit of $200 required at time of sale. Conveyancing and recording at purchaser's cost. wx M. YAGER, M. MYERS, fet-d&ds Trustees. “DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS. TRUSTEES’ SALE AT AUCTIO! OF PREMIS! NO. 139 L STREET SOUTHEAST. eS By virtue of a deed of trust, dated May 11, 1882, recorded in Liber No. 1691, "folio 82 ct seq., of the land records of the District of Columbia, we will sell, at public auction, in front. of” the premises, on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY — FIP- TEENTH, 1898, at FOUR O CLOCK PM. lowing described real estat ington, in said Distri Lot nuinbered fi teen (14), in W. H. Doherty's subdivision tn squa numbered seven hundred and forty-two (742), per plat in Liber 19, io #2, of the records of he District aforesaid, to- gether with the improvements, consisting of a two- story and basement brick dwelliug, No. 139 L reet_southeasc. Terms: One-third cash, balance in equal install- ments one end two ye . With interest at (6) per centum annum, payable semi-annually, from day of sale, secured by deed of trust upon the property sold, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. A deposit 100 will be required at time of sale. All conveyancing at purchaser's cost. Terms te be complied with within ten days, otherwise the trestees reserve the right to resell at risk anu cost of the defaulting purchaser. MAHLON ASHFORD, ALDIS B. BROWNE! Trustees. ituate in the city of fe2-eo&ds TOMORROW. EN'L AUCTIONEEI above Pa. ave. J. E. FRE 316-3 Exteasive Furniture and Carpet sale, within our WEDNESDAY, FERRUARY ‘ A.M.. comprising superb Pur inds, suitable expecially for private residences and boarding houses, all berdered, Lesks, ete. this sale, the entire niture store, in rug shape; 3 ‘Also, to be sold cntents of a seco ete. N & €O., AUCTIONE 920 Penna. ave. bow. SALE OF 500 PIECES FINE SUITINGS PANTS _ PAT TERNS, ETC. BEING THE G TABLISHMENT RI OUR ROOM CONVENIENCE OF MOVED TO FOR DAY MORN BRUARY will ive. a. tings, “pat We Invite the attention of te buyers, store of H. K ing on TU O'CLOCK A.M. Store FEBRUAL I the unred emed pledges n which is due on ars interest or . Silver and Gold F , Seal and Set Rings, ¢ end »bs, ” Bad Cuff Links, 5 lets, mds and other Pre s in every si ed Wari . Clocks, ats and Muff ‘ las, Dress urgieal Instruments, V! le of Sewelr A Nily Opera cal and Quilts, e S AT AUCTIGN. SDAY, FEGRUARY TEENTIH, LOCK’ A.M. We skal! sell at our s: . corner 1oth’ st. “and sortment_ of Groceries, : sauces, Soaps, Flour, Spi Sos and other goods usially found in very, removed to our rooms for conve WALTER B. W! Terms cash. fel5-2t “THOMAS DOWLID duly recorded tn Liber 2128, ene of the land records for the District of Columbia the purties secured there of the premises, ou FOURTEENTH, ‘1898, AT HA O'CLOCK P.M., the following described property, situate in Le Drolt Park, city of Washingt District of Columbia, and’ described us follow The rorth sixty (60) feet of lots thirteen (13) und fourteen (14), In Duvall and Mackey’s subdivision of lots three (3) and four (4), In block ten (10), of AL. Barber & Company's -subdivision of ' Le Droit’ Park, “as, sald first’ named subdivision reccrded In’ the office of the surveyor of the trict of Columbia, in Couuty Book 8, at page 3 the said parts of lots thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) being more particularly d E Beginning for the same at the northeast of said lot thirteen (13) and running thenc sixty (60) feet; thence weet thirty-three (3 to the west line of said lot fourt with said west line sixty thirty-three (33) feet to th Terms of sale: Cash. A deposit o required on each lot ac ime of sale. Terms of sale to be complied with Within fifteen days from day of sale. otherwise the trustee reserves the right to resell any lot at risk and cost of defaulting pur- und at the request of in frout I will sell, south, ) feet thence chaser. All conveyancing and recording at pur- chasers cost. FRANKLIN H. MACKEY, Surviving Trustee, fe2-d&as Bul D sireet n.w. EFBY AGREEMENT THIS pened to MONDAY, FI EIGHTH, 1808, same hour teld&: DU: NKLIN FP TRUSTEES’ SALE OF BRICK 1619 MARION STREET. a certain deed of trust, dated F . and recorded in Liber 2201, folio phe of the land records of the District and at the request ef the parties » We Will sell, at p Premises, ‘on Y, Y OF FEBRUARY, 1898, AT cLOCK P.M. the following sperty, situate, 1 being in the city of Washington, District designated as By virtue Carvsi and William John Miller, trustees’, subdivision of part of squai numbered four hundred and forty- rding to the plat of said subdivis! appears of record in the office of the District of, 44, at page "Terme of sale: One-third cash, the balance in one, two and three years, with interest from date of sale at cix per cent per annum, paya semi-annually, secured by deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser. A’ deposit of $250 required at time of sale. If terms of sale are not complied with within ten days from the day of sale, the trustees reserve the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, after five days’ notice of such resale in some’ newspaper published in the city of Washington, D. All conveyancing 2nd recording at purchaser's cost. ALBERT A. WILSON, Trustee, JOHN B. LARNER, Trustee, fel4-d&ds 1335 F street. C. G. SLOAN & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 1407 G ST. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE BUILDING LOT, — SITUATED “CORNER MARSHALL STREET AND SHERMAN AVENUE. By virtue of a certain deed of trust. dated the 4th’ day of September, 1895, and duiy recorded In Liber No. 2061, folio 47 et'seq., one of the land records of the District of Columbia, and at the Tequest of the party secured thereby, at public auction, in front of the premises, on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY ‘TWENTY-FOURTH, 1898, AT FOUR-THIRTY P.M., lot numbered frelve (02), in block Bumbered eight (8). of Todd & Brown's ‘subdivision of parts of “Mount Pleas- ant” and “Pleasant Plains.” ‘Terms made known at time of scle. FRANK T. RAWLINGS, Trustee, fel2-dts 1505 Pa. ave. THOMAS DOWLING & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 612 E st. n.w. TRUSTERS' SALE OF FIVE TWO-STORY AND BASEMENT BRICK DWELLINGS. SITUATE 1203, 1205, 1207, 1200 1 STREET SOUTHEAST. 2 By virtue of a certain deed of trust, dated Jt 9, 1806, and recorded In Liber 2140, folio tol seq. one of the land records of the will sell the ai ction, on FRIDAY. FEBRUARY EIGH. 3 Rages AT FOUR gg ae 2%, in square 1021, together with the ments thereon. ‘Terms of sale: One-third cash and balance In annual installments at one and two H i i BE i ie Et tf : Tek i} i! f | fi : ue it of q $ TRUST sTe HE SOUTHEAST ¢ AND NEW JERSEY NORTHWEST, NUMBER AVEAT By virtue the District & supp 4% supp) 1898, “in Equity Jobn Howlett is Jan et al. nre de trustees, appointed by ey AVENUES the a the former ¢ will, op FRIDAY, THE TWENTY-FIPTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, ALD. 1898. AT. POUR O'CLOCK P.M., sell. at puliic auction, in front of the prem- ~ owing described property, = ah. ins five hundred and fifty-seven numtere ). commencti the northwest corner of said jot el «aby and running thence on the line of New York aver thirty-three (33) feet seven Inches; the allel with the dividing Lin (11) and twelve (12) in sald aquare one hundred (100) fect; thence westerly to > western line of said lot el 3) feet eleven and one-half (1 from t rthwest weatwardly along said » and oe inaratug, half (111) inches to the pe taining three thousand and square feet, more or Jess, an dwelling known as No. northwest. ‘Terms cf sale: One-third (1-3) cash, balance tn one and two years from date the payments to be represented hy prominnc with faterest et the nnum, interest payab y deed of trust mpon property sold, or all cash, at purchaser or purchasers to December 31, 1897. | AN com cording at the cost of the pureha A deposit of $250 required at the tim Terms of sale to be complied with wit from dute of sale. otherwise the trustees rceerve the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser or purchasers. JOHN B. LARNER, Trostoe. 1835 Fost. nw. AN, Tenstee, con. ork avenue ten days CHARLES 1H. BAT 4% ot. nw SON BROS., Auctioneers,” feld-dtx . G. SLOAN & © S, 1407 G ST. VALUABLE UNIM- ITUATED ON P 1. istric request of the parties sell at public auction, in fromt of the WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY-THIE Iss, AT) HALF ing’ described land sitvate in the city ef Washington, Distric lumbia, and desi lot tumbered two Letritzen and vision of square dered six hundred recorded in the UTDON & CO, AUCTIONCERS, .) NOTE AT Al . TNE SEVEN ag we wills SUTTON & CO. A feli-tt CHANCERY SALE OF ARLE AND UNIMP! 2 AL ESTATE F WASHINGTON, DOC 7.18, 19 AND 20, REL IN SQUARE NUM fs impro ing. The te aiticlent me hich shall be All « B approval cording at pur nt purchin e compli r land records sell at public au on PRIDAY, 6 AT FOL ington, istrict: All (30), in Willian A. Vaughi ed 1 N survey er with the impre ory brick dwelliag, e in sald District, msisting of at Xo. 405 Kentucky avenue Terms: One-third cash Stallments, at at six 16) per ce ly, from day trust upon the prop on of the pu be required at time of § “s cost. Ti m days, ‘in equal ine to be otherwise the trustees reserve the right to resell at risk and cost of the default- ing purchaser. CARUSI, B. BROWN AUCTIONE! nw. OF VALUABLE UNIMPROV- e. BEING s 8 4 ATE IN BLOCK and by virtue of a certain deed dated the Sth day of Pebrear in Liber No. 1766, f land records of the District of the request of the party secured, trustees will sell, at publi the premises, 188, and premises, situat lumbia, known and distinguishe 8 numbered six (6), eight J. Gray plat recorde “County No. ef the records of the surveyor of said lots will be sold separately. ‘Terms of sule. One-third cash, and the balance in one and two years, for which’ the notes of the purchaser must be given, bearing interest, pay- able semi-annually, at the rate of six per centum per annum until paid, or all cash, at the pur- chaser's option, A deposit of $50 will be required on euch Lot All conveyancing, acknowledging and recording at purchaser's cost. 17 the terms of sale are not complied with in ten deys from day of sale, the trustees reserve the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of defaulting purchaser. CHARLES EARL STEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED TREEAL ESTATE, ‘NO. 1708 TENTH STREET NORTHWEST. Ry virtue of a certain deed of trust to us, dated May 16, 1893, and duly recorded in Liber No. 124, folio 108 et neq., of the lund records of the Din: trict of Columbia, and ut the request of the party secured thereby, We, the undersigned trustees, will it public auciton, in front of the premises, on THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF FER. . 1808, AT HALY-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., the ‘following described land and mises, situate in the city of Washington. in the istrict of Columbia, and designated as and being lot 129, im Lemar’s ‘subdivision of part of square 363, as’ per plat recorded in Liber 15, folio 18, of the’ records cf the office of the surveyor of ‘the District of Columbia, together with the improve- ments, cousisting of a two-story and basement brick “awelling. ‘Terms of saie: One-third of the purchase money to be paid in cash, and the balance in two equal installments, payable in one and two years, with interest at six (6) per centum per annum. payable semi-annually, from day of sale, secured’ by deed of trust upon the property sold, or all cash, at the on of the purchaser. A deposit of $200 will be required of the purchaser at the time of sale. All conveyancing, recording and. no- tarlal fees at the cost of the pu: MAHLON ASHFORD, CONSTANTINE H. WILLIAMSON, Address 470 La. ave. nw. NATH'L WILSON, Atty. for party secured, Ni 622-624 F st. nw. parce Tea-d&eds” THOS. J: OWEN, Auctioneer, 913 F TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE t- PRO! PROPERTY ON DELAWARE AGE request of the secured thereby, we will sell at spcelon, in front. of the ‘on AY. ARY TWENTY PLETE i $y, Fitagerald's subadtviato “of lots in ‘equine’ No. ‘Term;; cash, balance two a a PAR EE required at time of sale,