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?7Tr - -''vJIS-Sw TH?E WASHINGTON TIMES VOL. 1. 2stO. 91. WASHINGTON, D. Cm SATURDAY MOItNING, JTTNE 16.1894. ONE CENT. d VICTIM OF A BADGER GAME Such Is the Latest Aspect of the Dc 1 Iancy Murder Case. WHAT TWO OP THE WOMEN SAY Eartholcmay Thought to Have Intended Blackmail Came with His Wife and Her Companion from Canada Pnlled His Pis tol as Soon as Ho Entered Delaney'" Boom. Buffalo, N. T May 15. Hundreds of people visited the morgue this morning to view the re main of William K. Delaney, the murdered lawyer. It la now definitely known that two women cro in Delanejs room when the shot as fired, while still another saw the assault from a doorway across the hall. Ono of the two women who were in tho room was the com panion of Bartholomy, who guided him to the p.acc, and the other was Bartholomy's wife. Tho lufereneo is that the first acted as Informor ujMin the other, prompted by Jealousy. Her name is Mrs. Thorner. Bartholomy himself is st II at luadquarters non-com mltal, except as to his first statement that ho did the shooting, llo has been recognized as the assassin by several w ho saw him going to Delaney's room or coming avvuy, a smoking revolver in his clutch. lira. Bartholoinay has been arrested and taken to police headquarters as a wltnosa. Sho re fuses to talk about tho tragedy, as does her hus bi.ud. Iho other woman, Mrs. Thorner, who eh ,?d the ihjHco and niado her way to Victoria, Out no, is vented, but bho rofused to come back with tiiedetectUe who went afterher. A war rant aivordiugly has been Issued for her arrest on l 10 charge of murder as accessory, and the p.l -o will co-operate with tho Canadian author! li st . lire berptetjtuco in this city. whole cade asv.as; Bartbolomay hinges or. the paper and I11L which Air. 1 homer bnr rowi d of another roomer. There has been as 3 1 it ronton assigned for the getting of writing ju als. Airs. Thorner says that Delaney acked ;or it. The suspicion Is growing that Dar tjtl may went thereto blackmail Delaney, and t':at the paper was for an acreement between tbo two meiL In lact.it locks very much as If 1 t'lisoy, while guilty of wronging Bar t ua was the victim of a bungling I ds.cr game. The sliongest evidence that pMU tiui-. is tho action of llartholomay. He lajuitiT from C.undawilh tho two women o ih tmrniug lie loft them. Mrs. Bar tm. Ion went to meet Delaney in tho nller liooii tellaig Mrs. hornr to wait for her at a I 1 i:ca the Ribol building. Then forty-five in tunes later Bartholoinay come along and II j t .. hwrnei ou.an that hi- wife Is in De la ucj a rcm. nnd they go over together. Mrs. Thorn rr ! the wif of c. confidence man known is Hundo:no Harry Thorner. a j hormr, tho woman who was with Bar th 1' ti when be eiitored Delaney's room, nnd t itMitiicl may herbuli, made statements to the poller and district attorney to-day Mrs. ju.rii r sild :n sut'stnuce that llartholomay me on her m the street in the ufternoon after b'ivfn -oiie over lioin Canada with them in the morning, and told her that his wife was in ho Hi 11 building with Delaney. Ho cl.cJ her 10 (.o oer with him as a w tn -s M.o went ocr and Loth vwnt into tlu 00m together. She says llartholomay pulled out t) fti!) t4. nionitiit he entered the room nnd kept Deliney covered with it. Alter a pa iy hl'O wtnt after paper and ink, and while sr w go i the men uum together. Just as she ciino into tl e room llartholomay flred. Mrs B.irtholoin:y does not add much additional light to the Etcry fclo admits tbt sho has been in timate with DuWney for at least two months, ai.d t.iat tLey had bcea intimate that afternoon. Mr O a Uushden'cdtoTiiE Ttues last night the corr ctmscf the tJatements made in yes terday s ibsuo of tho raper. He said: jn the publication which appeared in your p-por this morning relating to the killing of William C Dolnuey, of Buffalo, N Y., it Is stated th.it .Mrs. Hush came Ka&: with Delaney and ft pped 111 Bnfalo two diys with him before Fturing for Washington. This is a very inju rious and incorrect statement, and in Justice to A.rtx Hu-h 1 trus you will have the kindness t iiuM.th the exact facie, which are ns follows. Mrs. Hush did become ac quainted with Delaney while attending the A irld s Fair, but ho did not pay her marked at tention, ns she was only Introduced to him the morning before ih) left Chicago. She did not como La-t with him, as stated, but came East b VAy of Detroit, as 4ie desired to stop off at rri Colocrne, Canada, to visit n friend. This friend, who Is an estimable lady, accompanied l.er to Niagara 1'alN and to IluOalo, where she bad to go to tuko the train for Washington. While In llu Halo, which was two days nnd one niLt, Mr Dflaticy celled to see them at the hotel, Lut was not alone with Mrs. Hu&h at any t'nie Mrs. Hush friend, who accompanied her to HufTale, was cr instantly with her until she left for Washington. WHERE IS THE MAPLE? ' Nothing as Yet Seen in the Lower Bay of the Presidential Excursion l'artv. Cure JlExr.r, Va., June 15 The llchthouso tender Mapl, which loft WoshiuRton last even ing for tho Virginia capes, having on hoard the prP&Mcnt&l party, has not yat appearod in the vrators of tho lower bay. A Btiff northeaster blow into the gateway of tho Chcsapeako all day yesterday, leaving behind It a high rolling surf. Tho waters aro still so rough as to render it impossible that tho staunch littlo vessel Trill venturo out of the estuaries of tho bay until tho &ei calms down. rUhinc in the waters about Cape Henry under such circumstances would therefore bo out of tho question, hO it is probable that the party are quietly anchored in one of the near by coves or Inlets where hog fish, spots, salmon trout, and other delicious pan Ash bite plenti fully, and tho shores of which abound in small game At any rate, a careful search through the marine glasses at Cape lienry has failed to roxeala trace of the Maple anyw hero within a radius tf fifteen or more mileB from the ob servators It is hardly likely that if thejiaple had ap peared anywhere in the vicinity of tho capes she ould hae escaped notice. CapL liobleT U. Kvans, secretary of tho lighthouse board, who accompanies tho I're-ident on this trip, has a beautiful houe fronting Hampton Koads, near tho Old Point Comfort lighthouso. It was thought that tho party might have sought har bor in that neighborhood until the watersquloted down, but inquiry of tho lighthouse keeper there elicited no Information as to the where abouts of the 31apla GOT A JURY AT LAST. It Took Two 'Week-, to Secure One In the Hat Shea Case. Trot, N. T., Juno 15. The twelfth Juror In the 'Bat" fahea murder caso was found to-day. His name Is Matthew Book and he is the only Roman Catholic on the Jury. This fact is significant in Tiew of tho fact, according to the claim ot tho de fense that the religious question will enter largely into the triaL It took Just two weeks to secure the Jury. Assistant District Attorney Fagan opened the caso for tho people this afternoon. In his al tlress he scored the defense for seeking to wrap about tho murderer tho mantle of tho Itomau Catholic hurch "meat 1'crry. inspector of elections at the elec En district where Iloss was shot, swore that Qree repeaters had voted in his district under the protection of BatM Shea and his confede rates, ' Jerry" Cleary and John McGough. BISHOP AGAINST PRIEST. Decision in tho Bonacnm-Corhctt Trial Awaited With Absorbing Interest. OKiaA, Neb., June 15. A special to the Bee from Nebraska City, Xeh., says: The famous CMhollc church trial. Involving many eminent prelates. In which Bishop Bonacum, of Lincoln, and his Influence, consisting of the condemna tion of JIgr. Satolli, were pitted against Iv. Father Corbett. who was supported By nearly all the Nebraska priests, closed to-day. The case was In the nature of Jontompt proceedings against Corbett in ho district court for refusing to surren der the Palmyra church to Ilonacum por an order of the court Corbett's defense was that be was in lawful and proper possession of the Jhurch. A decision will be rendered to-morrow, ilty priests wore In attendance. Crimes and Casualties. Mrs. Martha Needle, of Melbourne, Victoria, has been arrested on the charge of attempting to poison one of her lodgers, and a preliminary Investigation has led the authorities to bclievo that the woman has poisoned her husband, thre children, and another man. The Jury in the case ot Theodore Lambert, the burglar, who entered the house of William Kairar, a wealthy baker, for purposes of rob bery and killed the latter when he Attempted to arrest him. yesterday afternoon brought in a Verdict of murder in the first degree. STRUCK BY A WATERSPOUT. Captain Simpson Hurled Twenty Feet in the Air, bnt Not Injured. Baltimore, Juno 15 Captain Simpson, of the schooner Laurona Clayton, from the Bahama islands, reports that when anchored In Exhumo sound Friday, Juno 1, tho schooner was struck by a waterspout 103 feet in diamtter, which swept across tho sound with lightning-like rapidity. Within two minutes it had swept to the laud, falling with a noise of a hundred can non. Captain Minpson was hurled twontyfeet in the air, but by chance caught the main hnl yards aud held on for life. Navigator Meveus was thrown against tho main rigging with terri ble force aud seriously injured. The crew, who wero below, escaped unhurt. LOSSES BY THE FLOODS. They Will Amount to Sl.500,000 Alone the Union Pacific. Omaha, Neb., June 15. A detailed report of flood damaso in tho Northwest was ro ceived at Union raclflc headquarters to-day. It is thoroughly authentic, and indicates that reports ol destruction have uot been greatly exaggerated. It is from tho company's agent at Portland and declares that property along tho river front, in addition to being greatly damaged, has permanently depreciated 10 ler cent. The Union TnciHc, the report sajs, suffered more than any other road. Its tracks Irom Umatilla to Portland are still under water and its loss is conservatively placed at $1,500, 000 to date. Tho Northern Pacific loss will bo about hair that amount. A year will elapse beforo tho damage can bo repaired. DICK CHOKER'S GENTLE ROAR. He Says He Is Out of Politics, Princi pally cw York Politics, and Has Gone to Luropc for His Health. Qceesstoto, June 1& Richard Crocker, of New York, with his two sons, arrived this even ing on board tho Umhria. To an Atsociated I'rcsa representative lir. Crokor said he had come to Kuropo for his health. He would have started earlier but the illness of a relative had dotalned him. JVskod In reference to the Inves tigation of the New Yor3t police department by a committee of the state senate, Mr. Croker said that he hail not he summoned to appear hefore the committee, but he would be clad to give the committee any assistance in his power should they desire It. He said that he was out of politics now and did not purpose to t&ko any part again In the ad ministration of the. Tammany Hall organization. I n reply to n question why he had uot anuouncod in New York that he was about to leatefor Kurope, he said thit ho did not suppose the pub lic attached any Interest to his mo entente, ilr. Croker purposes to go direct to FarU. His stay in Europe will be for an indefinite period. c WESTERX CATHOLICS ASTIR. They Tear the Destruction of the Platts bur School of Philosophy. Chicaoo, Juno 13. Wealthy Roman Catho lics of Chicago aro in a stir about a move ment which. Boms of them claim, threatens tho destruction of tho Catholic Summerscbool nt Flattsburgt X. Y. At tho bis convention of Catholic reading clubs last night at the Columbus Club, V.. J. On ah an proposed tho establishment of Summer school of philosophy in tho West. Dr. T. J. County, of Worcester, 3Li.t president oftbo Flattsburg school, who was pr siding, objected seriously to the plan, saying it was a grave menace to tho eastern institution, which, ho said, was vet In the experimental state and needed undivided support. The debate grew warm, and it was apparent that tho idea of a western school will not be lightly abandoned. The project is backed by a number of prominent western Catholics. One .Man Against Six Hundred. East Chicago, 111 , June 15. For several hours last night Taddy Golden, an cx-prize fighter, held a crowd of COO men at bay here at the point of two ugly looking revolvers. He had Just tried to shoot Alderman Ross In Silverman's saloon, and had caused a stampede. He held the fort for a long time, not one of the hundreds of men who surrounded the building daring to arrest him. Tiually, however, he was taken, but only after a fierce fight, in which several of his captors had their heads cut. Golden de clared that he would kill .alderman Ross and every member of the city council. Including ilayor Penman. Homcopathists in Concntion. Devvek, Colo., Juno 15 At the business meet ing of the American Institute of Homeopathy to-day some modification of the by-laws was adopted. The most important scientific meet inc thus far was that of the section of materia medica and therapeutics at 11 o'clock. 1'roL T. F Allen, of New "i ork city, one of the ablest ex ponents of materia medica Ihhig, was received with great applause. The programme for their section, furnished by Dr. Kraft, chairman, was remarkable for its beauty and completeness. Iron Hall Claims Disposed Of. Indianapolis, Ind., June 15 Judge Winters has decided that all the claims filed by Receiver Failey In the Iron Hall case for sick benefits and claims upon warrants drawn but not paid for sick benefit are not preferred claims and should uot be paid. lie holds that the members tiling them shall receive such dividends as have been declared on tho amojnts which they have paid in on assessments. This docislon disposes of about 300 claims. Argentine's Finances. London-, Juno 15. A dispatch to tho Times from Buenos Ay res sa)s the financial situation Is easier, owing to an advance in wheat. Gen eral Roca Is of the opinion that the revolution in the country has been surpressed and I not likely to revive Ho says that tho government will do its utmost to meet its debts, aiid he thinks that the country will slowly recover from its financial and commercial troubles. Its the Hubonic Pc;t. London, Juno 15 The RritlshMedical Journal has received the following telegram from Hong Kong: The plague has all tho symptoms of the true bubonic pest, which ravaged Europe in the middle ages, and is described by Defoe. Tho only Europeans who have been affected were ten soldiers who were employed iu tho work of disinfecting the native quarter. One of them has died. .V.oroceo'i .Muddle. Paris, June 15 The government has ordered several bodies cf troops from the forces in Al geria to take up positions near the Moorish frontier. All tho powers, with tho exception of bt.ain, which is anxious to eecure the war In demnity front .Morocco, will decline to recognize Abdul Aziz as bultan until he has been recog nized as such by the .Moorish people- Cholera Again on the .March. London, June 15. A dispatch to the fctandard from Vienna says there have been sixty coses of cholera and twenty-flvo deaths at Ciechanowic, Russian Poland, thirty milos from the Prussian frontier. Telegraphic Hrcvitlcs. Thero has been n heavy snowstorm In tho Cor dilleras and inauy persons have perished. The Prendergast cae beforo Judge Payne in Chicago was yesterday continued until to-day. The Hedge roller mills at Williams Ille, N Y., was burned early yesterday morning; ios nearly 1( 0 003. The striking carpenters of Cincinnati by a decisive otq.5 esterday declared off the strike which has paralyzed the building trado there for flvo weeks. Commander C. P. Stockton to-day delivered the first or tw o lecture? In tho War College course nt Newi-ort, R. I., upen -'Preparations for War, or the elements tf War." Tho Richmond and Danville railroad property as a whole was sold iu Richmond yesterday to Charles IL Colter and A. J. 1 nomas, represent ing Drexel, Morgan A Co., for $2,ttW,O0O. Randolph II. Harrison, colonel of the Fifty sixth irginia regiment during the war of tbo rebellion, and a cousin of ex-President Harrison and of the late Carter Harrison, of Chicago, died in Williamsburg, Va., on Thursday, aged 65 years. Chini and Mexico will enter into closer rela tions, the former country having appointed an ambassador who I to concludo a treaty pro viding for the naturalization of ihtuese resi dents In Mexico and no exclusion or registration of Chinese laborers, and it is thought that a largo exodus from ban Hanclsco of Chinese will be the result. A petition bearing 00,000 names and repre senting many religions has been prepared for presentation to the Chicago board of education, recommending that a rcadmg book consisting of selections from the sacred bcriptures In une in the schools of Toronto, Canada, with the ap proval of both tna Catholic and Protestant churches, or similar select ions, be put In use In the public schools without delay. MINERS KILLED BY SCORES Frightful Explosions in Two Austrian Coal Shafts. MOST BODIES WILL BE BURNED A Bosctilng Party of Ten Men Also Perished. Forbidden Dynamite Blasting by a Lazy Miner the Cause of the Catastrophe Work of Belief Carried on Clumsily. Troitac, Austrian Silesia, June 15 A terrible disaster. Involving great loss of life, is roported from Karwln. An explosion took place at 10 o'clock lost night In a pit of Franzlska mines, at tho place mentioned, and resulted In the death of 120 miners. The first explosion was almost Immediately followed by & series of other ex plosions in tho tnlnos, tho roost disastrous of tho latter being In the Johannes pit, whore eighty miners were killed. A rescue party, which descended into one of the pits at 5 o'clock this morula. a!no perished. '1 ho ventilator ehalts of several of the pits were destroyed and firo spread In all directions. 1 er rible excitement preails in tho neighborhood of the pits w hero the miners ha e been killed. The official report places the number of killed at 360, with twenty persons fatally injured. Fourteen bodies have already been recovered. '1 here were fi e distinct explosions, the last one occurring shortly after 1 o'clock, this morning. Ihegalleiiesof the mines are still on fire and the recovery of tho bodies of the miners killed Is thus retarded. It Is believed that tho majority of the bodies of the killed will bo consumed by fire. London, June 15 A dispatch to the Standard from Vienna sf)s: During tne 101 years In which the Kurwiu mines have been In existence thero havo been many disastrous explosions In them. The Inst was in -March, lte5, when 305 men wcro killed. The mines aro In to sections and havo an aum.nl output of 100,000 tons. Most of the coal is consumed in Vienna. All the shafts are provided with tho noit modern ventilation and safety appliances, Including double doors, connecting lDO orLing shafts with tho air shafts and oil lamps or tho Museller system. The Franzlska shaft is Ai meters deep and connects by passages with tho Johannes sbatt, which is Sl meters deep. It i expected thai tuo firo will continue to burn at least eight days, as It did In lbW. Count von Larlsch, the owner of tho mines, was In the village to-day and personally superintended the work of rescue, which was carried out with more zeal than discretion. The pirty con sisted of several foremen, officials, aud miners, of whom ono ovcrteer, two head miners, an offi cial, and ten miners wore killed by enaulng ex plosions. A dispatch to the Chronlclo from Vienna siys: The men who escaped from the burning mines state that the explosions originated through dynamito blasting by a miner, huch blasting Has against tho rules, but t be rules were dis obeyed by tho miner in order to save himself work. TALKED ON STATE BONDS. rcaturo of the Indian Appropriation Hill That Nearly Caused Trouble Final Vote Will Be Taken To-day. Tho Indian bill was again taken up in the House yesterday, and ntter a somewhat sharp debate on tho arbitrary power ol tho Commit tco on llules a rule was adopted to secure a Tote to-day on the measure. Tho section or tho bill providing that the face value of state bonds in which the gor crnment hud invested Indian funds Aould be placed on the booLs of the Treasury to the credit of the several tribes, and the bonds, becomiuc tho property of the United States, should be sold to tho highest bidder. Representatives from Arkansas and Vir ginia, two of the states Interested, were very much disturbed over this proposition, and an acute discussion ould have occurred had not Mr. Hichardson secured the recognition of the point of order that the objectionable section provided for now legislation. Tho ovening session, ns usual, was dooted to pensions. . . OPPOSED TO IKNOVATION. Deceased Wife's Sistcr.Marriage Bill Again Defeated by the Lords. Losdos, Juno 15. The House of Lords to day, by a vote of 129 to 120, rejected tho sec ond reading of the so-Iong-discussed and fre-quently-fought-over deceased wife's sister marriage bill. Lord Dunraven, in moving the second reading of the bill, said that the experience of tho United States, Canada, and elsewherushowed that the legalization of buch marriages had most satisfactory results. The result of the vote was received with cheers on both sides of the House. In 1S47 a royal commission was appointed to examine the marriage laws, and from 1819 up to tho present day attempts havo been made, both In the Lords and in the Commons, to carry tho bill making marriage with a de ceased wile's sister legal, but these attempts havo always failed. In more recent years the Commons have carried tho bill by a large ma jority, but it ha3 been thrown out In the Lords. In explaining his bill Lord Dunraven said that tho meauuro diBrrcd from preceding bills In that It was not proposed to compel tho clergy to celebrate 6uch mairiagesnor to require parish churchoc to open for their celebration. It only asked that the stite cease to 6tamp such mar riages with Infamy. Ihel-nrlof belbome contended that it was only a rich man's quoslion. He stld the House ought to pause a long tlmo before following the example of America, where relaxation had led to a great increase in tho numb6r of dWorces and to ether gra-. o evils. Lord Hersehell, tho lord high chancellor, sup portod tho bllL Iho Arcbblshop of Canterbury opposed the measure bocauso of tbo severance It would en tail between tho laws of tho church and the state. The Princo of Wales was present and voted with the majority for rejection. ELKS AT JAMESTOYJN. 0cr Two Hundred Districts Will Be Rep resented There on .Monday. CrscrxNiH, Ohio, June 15. rrominent Elks wero hero to-day. Among thom Hon. A. Aj perly, grand exalted ruler, Louisville; Hon. Goorge A. JuinUn, Houston, Tex.; Hunter A. Gray, Croft, Dallas; Hon. Eugene Hernan, Balti more; lion. T. D. Fclder, Jr., Atlanta. An Important conference wns held and the plan of battle at Jamestown outlined. Letters and telegrams wero received gn mg assurance that over -fO districts out of -U wuuld be repre sented nt Jamestown llonday. 1 he committees all meet at the bhcrmau house at Jamestown to morrow night. It was determined that any lodso thit bad failed to pay its per capita tax would not bo per mitted to be represented at the grand lodge i.s a lotfce, hut any inembors from theso lodges who aro members of the grand lodge who afllrm their allegiance will bo admitted upen creden tials given by tho committee on credentials and return. 'Iho party left in a special trie car. 'ihey will be in Jamestown to-morrow morning. - nroucht o News from Pcarv. rniLADELrHIA, Pa., June 15. Tho bark Sili con, Capt. Peterson, from Ivlgtut, Groenland, May 11, reached her dock In this city to-day. Cniit. l'otcr&ou said he had not seen nor heard of tho Peary party. "I only got as far north as latitude 61," ho said," while Peary is supposed to be about 1,UC0 miles further north." Death Came Like a Hash. ilAUQCETTE, Mich., Juno 15. Capt. Moore, aged 56, was stricken with apoplexy whllo riding on a stieet carhero tc-day aud died almost instantly Capt. iloore has been IdentllW with lake trans portation interests upwards of thirty years, lie was a member of Oriental Coinmandry, Knights Temjilsrs, of Cleveland, Ohio, nnd Ahmed Tem ple, Mystic Shrine, of Marquette. - 'o Gold for Export from Banks. New Tokk, June 15 The nsjistant s ub treas urer In response to an inquiry for information as to tho statoment that tho binks would here after furnish gold dt sired for exports says that no such arrangement with tho banks has been made by the subtreasury. lie has heard of no arrangements at all for tho banks to supply the gold and does not believe one has been effected. 9 Engcmann Case. District Attorney Birnoy will not ho able next week to try the coses of Engemann and the bookmakers Indicted for violation of the gaming law. The delay Is occasioned by the fact that Judge Cole's court will he occupied in hearing the arguments for a now trial In the ense of Dr. Leon. The Engemann case will probably come up for trial June 23. POPULISTS FOR GRESHAH. They An Said to Favor His Election as United States Senator. CmcAoo, Juno 15. Tho Inter-Ocean this morning publishes the following: "Secretary of Btnte "Walter Q. Gresham Is said to bo n candidatoof the Illinois Fopullsfs for United States Senator to succeed Senator Cullora." Secretary Gresham nnd wlfo arrived in Chi cago lost ocning. The Socretary had infor mation ns to tbo movement in his interest in Illinois and declined to discuss politics. Chairman Taubeneck, of the Populists, bo ltoves tbat tho Populists will have tho bal ance of power in tho next legislature. Judge Gresham will be satisfactory to them, and they will try to elect him, bo says. PRENDERCAST'S EXECUTION. Lawyers Believe It Will Xot Bo Postponed Beyond the Day l'fxcd. Cnicino, Juno 15. Lawyers generally be lieve that Judge Payne will not again post pone tho execution of Prendergast. Ho Inti mated as much to-day when the case was be foro htm on tbo hearing of tbo motion for a continuance. It wns gossip in tho court room that Judgo Payne has spent many hours look ing up the law in the case, nnd he llnds no autllority giving him the right to grant a stay of execution where tho supreme court and the Governor have both declined to disturb tho judgment of the lower court. It would seem, therefore, that delays aro dangerous to Pren dergast, as the date set for his execution is July 2. MRS. STANI'OKD'S AFFEAL. She Calls Upon Senator Mitchell to Defend the Memory of Her Husband from Attack. Tho following telegram was received yes terday by Senator Mitchell, of Oregon: Sissos, CaL, June 15. To Hon. John IL Mitch ell, Washington, D. C: Thero never nas a more base accusation ever madengafnst my husband thnn that 'made by Congressman Geary when he assigned such de- ? raved motives for establishing tho university, ou, who know him so well, w ill you not defend his memory, which is so dear to me? Mrs. Lei-inu Stanford. To which Senator Mitchell replied as fol lows: WASnrxciTOV, D. C, June 15. To Mrs. Leland Stanford, Msson, Cal : Senator Perkins most fully and beautifully de fended In the beuate the memory of the late feenator btanford against the vile attack. I was absent from tho :renato and know nothing of either the attack or Senator Perkins" defense until I saw tho latter In tho Kecord. An oppor tunity later will enable tenntor Hoar, myself, and other friends to supplement what Senator Perkins has already so well said. John IL Mitciieu. POLITICS IN TOST OFFICES. President Cleveland Kcissnes an Execu tive Order Made in 1880. The Post Office Department Is sending to all postal employes copies of an executive order issued by President Cleveland In l&SG, warn i nc all office holders against the use of their official positions in attempts to control local political movements. la a notice ac companying tho executive order tho Post master General savs: ".Ml person of every decree, condition, and private opinion nre entitled of right to a kindly service by their po eminent, with attention, civility, and especially without offensn to their sensibilities. The postmaster must therefore be patient, courteous, and helpful In transacting his buelnesj, compel his clerks to similar con duct or dismiss them, and so govern himself and them that tvery proper visitor may leave grati fied by kochI treatment. Advantage of the en forced opportunity should never be taken to sub ject Uitors to the public ofilce cither to prosely ting attempts to convert them or to other wounds of feeling by expressions In opposition to their opinions, political, religious, or other wise. The regulation forbids further that the post master sbould install himself as a manipulator of the political affairs of hU own party, lie is not thereby abridged of bis privileges ah a citi zen, hut restrained irom encroachment on those of his fellow-citizens." I irnctallic .Memorial Circulated. A memorial Is being signed at WUlard's hotel indorsing the movement asking Lord Mayor Tyler, in his offlclal capacity as rhief magistrate of the City of London, to nominate soma promi nent bimotilllsts in England to confer with leading citizens here as to tho best means to he adopted for bringing about an international bi metallic conference at Washington. The failure of the "Imperial currency commission" at Ber lin to arrh eat any understanding on silver as legal debt-paying money has led to tho present movement. - Shot in a Saloon Rortr. William Berry, a colored barber, aged 22 years, was shot in the left thigh with a 33-callber re volver by William IL Lee, at the Emmett House barroom, about 11.30 o'clock last night. Lee works in the barroom, and when Berry came In the two quarreled over a woman, when Lee pulled out his revolver and flred. Ilerry was carried to the Emergency hospital, where the ball was extracted. Iho police aro looking for Lee, who fled after the shooting. -- Henrietta Storrid's Assailants. Marshall Turner, William Boundy, Robert Coates, and Vallla Leo, all colored, were arrested Thursday night in Georgetown, suspected to have been concerned in tho assault on the New Cut road a few nights ago on the person of Hen rietta Morrid, colored, i uraer is an employe of Mr. Blundon, tho man who frightened the men away. The men wore not brought into court yesterday, as the police are still looking for two others who are Implicated in the affair. Raid Upon rishcrmen. A raid was made late Thursday night by a squad of policemen upon eight fishermen on tho Totoinac rivor. They were charged in police court yesterday withuslng nets for the capture of fish In violation of tho law. Nearly all of tho men were found guilty, bjt some had to be dls rai ied for want of proof. Fines amounting to $45 wero collected, nnd the fish which had been captured were sent to tho poor house. Two Judicial Hills Acrccd Upon. Two measures were agreed upon by the nouse Judiciary Committee yesterday, a Sen ate bill for the appointment of nn additional circuit Judge in tho eighth Judicial district, and tho bill by liepresentatlvo Tate, or Georgia, pro viding that distillery apparatus seized for viola tion of the internal revenue laws may bo kept by the owner under bond pending Judgment if fifty hogs or cattle depend on It for feeding. e No Change in Anthracite Coal Prices. New Yohk, Juno 15. A meeting of tho anthra cite coal dealers was held to-day in the office of Coxo Brothers & Cu, operators and owners of the Lehigh and other 4oal mines. In tho Jersey Central building. It was announced by Coxe Brothers nnd Co. that no change had been made lu tho price of coal, and that no business of any importance had been transacted at tho meet ing. '"- 4 O Cut on the Ncck- Gu3 Francis, a 15-year-old colored boy, went to tho Emergency hospital about 30.30 last night with a cut two and a half inches loug in the back of his neck. Ho said somo unknown man had cut him, but he din not know where It oc curred. After tho wound vos sewed and dressed he was taken to his home, at No. 121 B street north west. - Seven Inches of Rain in Two Hours. OmiHA, Neb., June 16 A special to tko Beo from Madrid, says: A remarkable downpour ot rain fell hero tc-diy. Tho government guagcr reiorts a fall of soen Inches in three hours. Much hail cccompinled tho rain. It was gen eral in this part of Nebraska. Across the Ocean. Eighty-four raoro deaths from the plague are reported In Hong Kong. Louis Tiffany, of New York, has been pro moted to be an associate of tho ocieteNat!onale des Beaux Arts of franco. Emperor William yesterday reviewed tho troops who are going to southwest Africa, aud briefly addressed them, exhorting them to treat tho natives with moderation and not forget that, though black, they are capable ot honorable feelings. The wife of William O'Brien, Irish member of Parliament, has donated X50 to the fund being raised to bury tho victims of the drowning acci dent between A chill Island and Westport, Ire land, and to assist the relatives of tho deceased, and T. P. O'Connor, M. P., has given 20 to the fond. BRICE HAD NO SUGAR IN HIS Nor Was He Interested in Anything in the Tariff Bill. " HE MAKES A SWEEPING DENIAL Hever Was Present at Any Conference at Which Sugar Stocks Wero Discussed. Wanted a Measure That Porty-three Demo cratic Senators Could Vote For. Senator Brice was detained longer before the Investigating committee yesterday than any other of the Senators who appeared before It. Ho reiterated his declaration In his letter to Chairman Gray, in which he said that he had not bought or sold a single sharo of sugar stock or dealt tn Industrial stocks ot any kind. He declared: "Since entering the Senato I have not been concerned in any way, directly or indirectly. In any property, securities, stocks. Investments, or speculntlcns In anything that Is mentioned in the tariff bill from the first lino to the end of the free list with the exception of somo local manufacturing establishments In Lima and ad Joining towns In Ohio. Nor have I sought to ac cumulate wealth in any way by investment or speculation since 1 entered the Senate in any of tho things which I have mentioned. In other words, my investments and the things with y hlch I am concerned are not connected with or allectud by the operations of the tariff act, ex cept a tho general property of the country is." Mr. lirlce denied iu general terms the allega tions contained lu the newspaper article which is the basis of the Investigation. JCegardfug the alleged conference at the Arlington, at which time, it is said, the matter of the valuo of sugar stocks was discutxjed and the etlect of the tariff legislation upon the same, lu which the particular bchcdule desired by tho bugar trust, so called, was considered. Senator Brice said: I was never preset at any conference or meet ing whete any ttich bubject was discussed. I was at the Arlington hotel on the evening of the 7th of March lat, at the room of Mr. IL L. Ter rell, of New lorfc, for tho rast thirty years one of my most intimate friends. Mr. lerrell, with whom I had for years business interests, but with whom 1 have had no Interests whatever in any way for more than six years last past, said that he was interested in sugar. I requested that ho send for Mr. Havemeyer, that 1 might get Mr. llaeineyer's statement, presuming him to be the best Informed man in the country on the subject." Senator Oray Let me ask you there, were you previously acquainted with Mr. Havemeyer? Mr. Brice If 1 had been at all acquainted with Mr. Havemeyer it was no more than a familiar ity with hi lace. I had never exchanged words in my life with Mr. Haiemeyeron any business BUbJoct. I said to Mr. Havemeyer that there was a strong feeling against a tax on sugar and against any additional tax on refined sugar and that 1 had great doubt whether the Senate and the Housu would uot put sugar, both raw and refined, on tho free list. Mr. Have meyer became pretty earnest and he at tacked the pOilcy ot tho Democratic majority in the Senate and House as being de structive ot the manufacturing interests of tho country. This I relented. 1 said that 1 would do what was fair and right if he and other re finers could satisfy mo what that was, but that lu no event would 1 concede more than half tho differential In favor of refined sugar m Mowed by the existing McKlnley law; that I was Inclined to belle e that thero was some protection to tho re finers Hi an ad valorem (schedule. He stated that there was absolutely none. At this time benator bmith, of New Jersey, camo into the room " The testimony of Mr. Brico corroborates that of Messrs. Terrell. Havemeyer, and Heed as to tho further occurrences in the room. Senator Lodge 'Hid Mr. Havemeyer say any thing about tho obligations of the party for gift or money? benator Brice "Absolutely nothing. In any way. Ihere was no reference to it in words or intimation." benator Brice varied his denial on this point In numerous ways to cover the varied way in which questions were put to him by benators Gray, Lodge, and others. Ho said also: "I may say that I Lever saw the amendments (of tho r'inance Cummittee) or know anything about them peibonally, either by inspection or by hearsay, until they were reiorted to the benate, except one or two amendments, tho general substance of which was reported to tho Democratic caucus." bo far as ho knew he did not communicate tho subdtaucecr purport of these amendments to any one who could use them fur speculative purposes, beveral das alter tho meeting in Mr. 'I errell's room at the Arlington several ben ators namely, hlte of Lousiano. Caffery, Gor nian. Hill, and bluis-elf ero dibcusslng the sugar tariff at his (Brlce's) house. Mr. Have meyer was pent for, and benator Caffery had a talk with him in h rice's o31ce, none of the other benators being present thero. Mr. Havemeyer then lelt without seeing any of the others again. benator Brice also said he had uot to his knowl edge s-en any other ofiicerof the sugar trust to dUcudsfiUgar with him during the pendency of tho tariff bilL Mr. Brice was very explicit and emphatic In his denial of any knowledge of campaign con tributions from tbo tugar trust. He knew noth ing of the contributions in llyJ, and he did not think Mr. Gorman did. Previous to July 1, lbUS, when he w as in charge, there were no con tributions from the sugar trust or any ono con nected with it, S3 far as he knew. He ucveiAl tended a meeting on Benedict's yacht at which pledges were made to the sugar in'erest. He sild no had been In favor of keeping all sugar free. benator Brice entered Into a detailed descrip tion of tho rise In the price of Bugar stocks lu 1'0 when tho McKmley bill was under consider ation aud passed. He said thero had been a great deal said about speculating during the term the present bdl was pending, but it was a3 nothing compared to the dealing that went oninl&HI. In January, ly.H), sugar trust shares, which had been dealt In lor a year and a half, were worth 54 cnts on the dollar. He then traced their advance during the year until they reached 51.35, a profit on tho capital stock, of $33,5.c,OjO. benator Brice said that he would make an other statement, that during tho time the tariff bill was pending in Congress or in tho Senato he did not ask a member ot the Finance Committeo lor a sinslo Item for himself or for any ono else; neither did ho ask for a duty en sugar or for either an ad valorem or a specific duty. N'uator Dai is: "What weie you doing then?" Senator Brice: "I was trying to get forty threo Democratic votes for this tariff bill, and get a bill that forty-three Democrats would vote for." benator Hill, of Now York, was detained in tho room of tho Committee on Investigation longer than somo of the other benators In addition to tho questions ns to w hether ho had speculated in sugar or owned sugar stock, which were au sHredintho negative, benator Hill was ques tioned m regard to the meeting nt tho resi dence of benator Brice. when the sugar question was dibcued. He said he was present at that time and listened to tho Louisiana benators, who explained tho sugar duties and told what w as neeaea. x uero was more or less aiscussiuii of tho sugar schedule rule by others pres ent, and all listened to the Louisian i Senators. "I did most of tbo listonlng'sald DHL He also answered qiestions regarding the visit of Mr. Havemeyer to his room when tho latter asiodhiin to interest himself hi behalf of a sugar duty. Mr. Hill said that Mr. Uaiemcyer would no doubt remember the detail of tho in terview much hotter than he, as many people were calling upon h!ra at that time in relation to the New York Mate affairs and he could not rcmber tohavotoldMr. Haiemeyerthat ho was more Interested in tho rovenue tar than any other feature of tho hill. Tbo examination of tho other Senators was confined almost exclusively to tho same stereo typed list of questions which the members of tue committee had submitted to each other, ard the answers wore unvarli-gly to the same effect. Besides the members ot the committee tho&e benators examined to-day were Messrs. Aldrlch, Allison, Bote, Berry, Blackburn. Blanchard, Brice, Call, Camden, Carey, Chandler. Ccckrell, Coke, Cullom, Daniel, Davis, Dixon, Dolph, Dubois, Faulkner, tryo, Gallinger, Goorge, tHlw son. Hale, Hanshrougb, Harris, Hawley, Hill, Boar, and Hunt oil Tho committee also examined Theodore nave moyer. vice president of Iho sugar trust, who stated that ho had especial charge of tho routine business of the company, such ns tho purchase of machinery, stock, etc: , and ho was not very familiar with tho irenctal management of tbo concern. He was shnrnlv questioned by Senator Allen In repnrd to tho operations of tho trust, and with reference to campaign contributions, hut the replies of tho witness did not add any thing to tho information already elicited. Torpedo BOat Ericsson. Tho War Department Is considering a proposi tion made by tho Dubuquo Iron works to deliver the torpedo Ericsson, nearly comploted by them, at New York Instead of at Pensacola, Fla., as re quired by the contract. It is likely that the pro posal will be accepted, as the opportunity for soeed acceptance trial and for repairs and alter ations are much superior at New York. 4 It Is Simply Wonderful. Over 650 lots sold at "Dol Itay" in the last six weeks and twenty-three bouses started. Tnere are a few moro choice lots at $100 and $150 each. Our terms are 81 down and $1 weekly on each lot Excursion Sunday at 2L45 p. m. Tickets ten cents of our agents at the Pennsylvania depot. Wood, Harmon & Co., No. 525 Thirteenth street northwest. WANTS RADICAL ACTION, President Debs Urges a Boycott of Pullman Cars Throughout the Country. CmCACO, June 15. President Debs, of the American Hallway Union, urges that radical ac tion be taken on the Pullman strike. "Tho tlmo has come for a fight to the finish," he said, "but uot Pullman company and A. It. U." He suggested that as a l&st step toward a gen eral boycott a committee of twelvo be appointed from tbo convention to wait upon the officials of the Pullman company and demand a settlement or arbitration of the questions at issue. "Then, if they refuse, the order for a general boycott on tho company's cars can be issued," continued President Debs, "and when that order goes out, brothers, not a Pullman car will be moved in any territory over which tho flag ot the Ameri can Hallway Union floats." MONEY FOR THE MAILS. Appropriation Bill for Post Offices Is Millions Less Than the Estimates. Senator Blackburn, from tho Committeo on Appropriations, yesterday reported tho Tost Ofilce appropriation bill. It carries S7.23G,533, which Is $4,000 less than the House bill. It Is $3.1G2,835. less than the estimates, nnd $2,803,851 less than the estimated postal revenues. Tho changes from tho House bill are S 1,000 Increase for the office of tne Postmaster Gen eral. 10,000 for tho special service for the de tection of crime, and a reduction of $15,000 for advertising for first and second class post offices. Senator Sherman gave notice of an amend ment to the bill making an appropriation of $100,000 for special facilities for the mail ser vice over the trunk lines between Cincinnati nnd Atlanta and Cincinnati nnd Cleveland, to be used at tho discretion of tho rostmaster General for promotion of the service. TREASURY TAlVlPF AND BONDS. Situation Is Causing but Very Little Un- easiness to the Financial Experts at the Department As the end of the fiscal year Is only fifteen days distant. Treasury officials are ableto give a fairly accurate estimate of the net results of the Treasury's operations for the year. Up to this time the receipts aggregated $292, 201,721 and the disbursements $356,11777, leaving a deficit for the eleven and a half months of )73.9,J.!,G1(L Ihe loss during tho last fifteen days of this month was 3.0.W. Of the total re ceipts so far this month ').46335 was from in ternal revenue ana tijs-i.'Sj-i irom customs. It Is thought uy the Treasury officials that the total deficit for the year will not be materially greiter than It Is now, and that 700,0CO will probably more than cover it even should the customs receipts continuo to decline and those from internal revenue as during tho last fort night. While the cash balance yesterday reached $115,0U5.2S and the gold balance JC7rS)l,972, tne lowest point since the January bond Isaue, tho situation is causing but little uneasiness at the Treasury Department. The progress m ado on tho tar 111 bill during tho List few days has en couraged the belief that It wUl become a law by July 15, and In thit case Treasury experts are confident there will bo no necessity lor another bond lsue. They argue that as soon as Importers know what duties they will b reiulred to pay, they will at once place their orders that have been held during the lost several months pending the tariff settlement. A large increase In tho leceipts from Internal revenue is ex pected also. Owners of spirits now in bond, it Is contended, cia better alord to pay even a very high rate of Interest and take their goods from bond than to wait until the law goe3 into e3"ect and pay the higher tax contemplated by tho bill as it now stands. Altogether, the situa tion Is not regarded as at all alarming, and up to this lime there has been no serious thought of another bond Issue. NEW DISTRICT BUILDING. Old Citv Hall to Be Demolished and a Million and a Half Dollars Expended. The nouse Committee on Public Buildincs and Grounds yesterday authorized Chairman Bonkbead to preparo a bill appropriating $1,500,000 for a new District government building, which is to accommodate the United States courts as well as tho city government. The expense is to be borne jointly by tho United States and the District of Columbia. It i3 proposed to tear down tho old city hall nnd to use tbat site, with a3 much more of Judiciary square as may be necessary. Every office, from tho highest to tho lowest, is to bo located in tho new building. There is good ground for the belief tbat tho Senato will give tho bill favorable consideration. STEPS AGAINST PADRONES. Secretary Carlisle Adopts .More Precau tions for Italian Immigrants" Safety. Secretary Carlisle has written a letter to Baron Fava, the Italian ambassador In this city, in forming him that he has directed the superin tendent of immigration to designate a room on tho main floor of EUis Island, N. Y., for the dis play of approved circular, advertisements, and printed matter forwarded by state boards of immigration, transportation lines, corpora tions, and others ovffring inducements to Im migrants for settlement and employment. 'iho ambassador is al-o informed that he may station In this room, if he so desires, one or two persons who can adi ie w ith It ilian Immigrants and cive them such information and I ust ruc tion as will promote their welfare. This room, howeier, will ho open to all nationalities. Hereafter all Italian immigrants arriving at theportof Newport will be reiulred to pass through this room Lcfore they are permitted to hold communication with any person not con nected with tho service. I'ersons placed In this room by the ambassador ore expected to glvo to the officers any Information ther receive as to attempted violations of tho Immigration laws. KEEPS AMERICANS OUT. Alleged Effect of the Maritime Laws of the United States. The debate Letoro the nouse Committeo on Merchant Marino between representatives of the Seamens Union and Maritime Exchange over tho bills Introduced by Representative Maguire, of California, for tho protection of seamen yesterday was continued to-day. A. Furebeth, tbo representative of tho sea men, answered tho argument mado by Ver non C. Brown, of the Now York Maritime Association. Ho urged laws for periodical Inspections of nil sail vessels as in the case of steamships. Ho advocated such laws as aro enforced by Ieadinc maritime nations for providing better schedules of anti-scorbutic food, and for making ship owners liable for injuries caused by negligence or cruelty of officers. Mr. Maguire assorted that tho maritime laws of tho United States keep Americans out of the merchant marine service almost entirely. - Increase of Telephone Stock. BOSTON", Mass., June 15. The senate this after noon passed to bo engrossed tho Bell telephono bill, allowing tho company to increase Its capi tal stock to $.10,000,010. The amendment allow- lag an increaso of 10,000,000 wos defeated by a voto of 21 to li m Local Brevities. Judge Cox has granted divorces to Ttebeeca Williams, Samuel L. Jones, and W. T. Swann. Clara Hussell has. filed a petition for alimony nnd counsel fees during tho pendency of tho suit for divorco filed by Alexander A. Hussell against her. Thomas J. Boyd, r.n ex-policeman, was In police court yesterday charged with violating the Sunday liquor law. The Judgo found him guilty and Imposed a fine of $Th). James Holmes, colored, aged 15 years, wo? be fore Judgo Jllller yesterday charged with carnal knowledge of Daisy Whiting, a 15-year-old girl, nlso colored. The defendant was held for the action of the grand Jury. Slnry tlston, guardian for John, Mary and Catharine biston, has filed a bill In the supremo court ot the District, praying that the court will order a sale of Infants' interest In the Todd and Brown subdivision, and In lot 3,Gass subdi vision. The "Campaign of Education" will be opened to-night by tho Interstate Demo.ratic Associa tion at the new headquarters. No. 631 Louisiana avenue. Congressmen Swanson, of Virginia, Brookehire, of Jndiini, Black and Livingstone, of Georgia, are announced to speak. The school at the corner ot Fourth and E streets, conducted as an annex to tho German Lutheran church at that place, which was closed owing to a caso ot scarlet fever In the family of tho Janitor, will lw reopened Monday. It was stated that the school was a kindergarten, but the system is that which U employed in public schools. TINKERING IT IN SECRET Report That the Wool Barons Are Revising the Schedule. IN SESSION IN THE BASEMENT Dissatisfaction Among Western Republican Senators at the Lack of Support for Their Interests from Their Eastern Colleagues. No Actual Progress in Woolen Schedule. It was reported at the Capitol 'yesterday by a prominent eastern Congressman that whllo the consideration of tho woolen schedule is being delayed in tho Senate a num ber of woolen manufacturers are closeted In one of the Senate committee rooms, engaged In pre paring a new woolen schedule. If this report is true, a new schedule will soon bo presented to the Senate, and will probably be passed without much discussion, as it will no doubt be agreed to by leading Senators of both political parties before tho Senate as a body will be asked to consider It. This method of preparing the different sched ules of tariff bills has been In vogue for many years. It reached tho limit of public patience when the McKlnley tariH bill was framed. It has been modified and, to an extent, kept within the bounds of reason during the preparation of the present compromise tariff bill, but on the metal, cotton, sugar, and probably the woolen schedules has been employed to the detriment of public good and for the benefit and at the in stigation of corporations and trusts. It is expected that full developments as to the Influences of corpora tivo lobbyists on the fram ing of the Senato schedule will be made when the tariff bill is presented to the House for its second consideration. "Western Keputlican Senators have missed the support of their eastern colleagues in their ef forts for protected wool, and trouble is brewing that will markedly manliest itself when future schedules come up wherein eastern interests want to make a fight on items vital to their sec tions. The dissatisfaction is already creeping out. The eastern tariff leaders have made little ef fort on the wool schedule,and western Senators, with a lack of long technical experience in steer ing legislation, havo had to rely on ineffective speeches. Messrs. Aldrlch and Allison, when called Into conference with tho Democratic managers yes terday, exhibited only a lackadaisical interest in the application ot the flve-mlnute rule, and merely said that they wanted plenty of time for speeches on their side. They made no effort to force concessions that might be allowed by the Democrats If there was less insistence on schedules affecting the Last. In fact. It is the same old trouble arising that csme into prominence when western silver be ua tors were battling for their lives azainst the repeal of the Sherman law. Senator Teller then warned his eastern coUeagues that they would lack western support when they needed it, but the threat never vent into effect, and the western contingent has continued loyal on party questions. But they have had little consideration for their work. It is a case of general grab, in which eastern interests are getting the best of it be cause they have the longest reach. Perhaps the next western threit will mean more. Although the Senate made no actual progress on the woolen schedule yesterday, a series of amendments looking to the restoration of a duty on raw wool were v oted on, but all of them suf fered defeat by majorities ranging from two to eight The three Populists voted against the restora tion of the McKinley duty on wool, but In favor of .Mr. Peffer! amendment to scale tho duty down 50 percent. This amendment commanded tho largest voto of the day, being defeated by only two votes. The Democratic lines remained unbroken, aU the Democratic Senators voting solidly against every attempt to place a duty on wool, except In one Instance, when Mr. HIU de clined to vote at all on the 1'effer amendment. Just before adjournment Mr. PeCer offered an amendment to place all manufacture of wool on the free list. Justifying It on the ground that the farmer and manufacturer should be phved on the same footing. It was not noted upon, how ever. The proceedings yesterday were devoid of sensational or marked features of any kind. KILL COLLECT FULL FAY. Printing Deficiency Eill Passed by the Sen ate Yesterday likening Will Put 31 oner Into the Pockets of IZmpIovcs. The deficiency bill for the payment of the unpaid salaries of discharged employes of tho Government Printing OClce, which passed the House yesterday, was passed on motion ot Senator Cockrell at tho cioo ol the tariff de bate in tho Senato yesterday. Tho bill provides for tho payment of salaries as for full service of employes who wero ab sent under their regular leaves cs provided by law, and also for certain expenditures for de partmental printing. FOR BUSY AARTS OF LIFE. Interesting Closing Itcrciscs of the Busi ness High School Pupils. For the first time during the school year aU the pupils of the Business High School were gathered together yesterday afternoon on the occasion of tho closing exercises of the year. An excellent musical and literary entertainment was pre sented. Tho feature was a one-act farce comedy enti tled "ilr. X, ' in which the following took part: Edward Muth, William Clabaagh. John A. Col lier, Silases Fanny L. Andrews, Bessie b. Tyler, and ilaude Hunton. The other numbers were a baritone solo by Mr. II. J. Dalynud a zither duet by Jlfcses Bertie B. Yost and -vander. At the conclusion of the programme Prof. Charles A. Davis, principal of the business school, made a few remarks, thauking the pupils for their aid to him, wishing tho first year classes a pleasant vacation and return, and tho graduates success in whatever they shad under take in their future careers as business men and women or In other Institutions of learning, and then declared tho Business High bchool year of 1S33-& at an end. Anti-option Bill Prospects. Representative Hatch, of Missouri, is back from West Point, where ho was one ct the gov ernment board of visitors. lie said concerning tho anti-option bill, of which ho has charge: "Oa Jlonday I will move to take up tho bill at once. I will ask no special rule, as tho regular rules give the privilege to tho Agricultural Committee of calling up a measuro at any tlmo. If the House sustains me we will have two days of gen eral debate on tho bill, and a vote by the middle of next week." Coxcy's Hill In the House. Tho Coxey bill for good roads and non-Intorest bearing bonds, which Senator Peffer introduced In tho Senate, has been introduced In the Houso by Representative Geary, of California. It was done by request, and does not slcnlfy that Mr. Geary entertains tho Coxey tifoorles. An amend ment has been added to mako it compulsory for every state, territory, county nnd township to give work to every unemployed person In Its limits at $1 50 a day for common labor and $3.50 for labor with a team, eight hours a day. 4-9- Caritol Notc. Representative Cabanlss has Introduced a bill to Increase the number of army and navy offi cers detailed as instructors in schools to 1C0 from each branch of tho service. The Senato in executive session yesterday made public the confirmation of Pendleton King, of North Carolina, to bo chief of tho Bureau of Indexes and Archives in tho Department of State. Representative 'Wright," of Pennsylvania, has introduced a bill to pension at $ a month widows of Union soldiers dependent upon their labor for their support, and at i children of de ceased soldiers under lfl or who became perma nently disabled beforo that age. Coxey and Browne wero granted a hearing by the Srenate Committeo ou Education and Labor yesterday to advocate their 'good roads' bllL They urged tbe passage of tho bill on the ground that if It passed it would provide employment for the idle men cf the country. The hearing was not completed, and will be resumed on the 27th Instant. The Senate Committee on Education and Labor yesterday unanimously decided to favor ably report tho bill providing an appropriation of S-W.UOO for a government exhibit at tlio pro posed cotton exposition to bo held at Atlanta, Go,, In the Autumn of next year, and decided to recommend that the bill be appended to tho sun dry civil appropriation bill as au amendment. - It Is Simply Wonderful. Over S30 lots sold at "Del Uay" In the last six weeks and twenty-three house started. There are a few more choico lots at $100 and $150 each. Our terms aro $1 down and $1 weekly on eich lot. Excursion Sunday at 2:45 p. m. Tickets ten cents, of our agents at the Pennsylvania depot. Wood, Harmon Co., o. 5i5 Thirteenth street northwest. m SI i ..;,. ijjl'-jSfiy-iri'fi--"' ytjfo1 V'lUs ".-. ' i, V ZfJS&Tzjr A. ,-1 wr tf -.