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SOCIETY NOTES,

Many ladies have decided that the observance
Of Lent by no means requires them to give up
intercourse with their friends, and 80 intend
to continue observing the same reception days
as through the winter. Yesterday great deal
OF visiting was done.
Nine. Asia Buruaga and her daughter Will
continue to see their friends on Tuesdays at the
Chilian legation until they leave Washington.
MIR. Asia Buruaga Will not leave here until the
gentleman appointed to succeed him as Minis
ter arrives, and he does not know when that
Will be. All who are acquainted with MIN and
bis family hope their stay may be indefinitely
Only the gentlemen, and not the ladies', OF
the foreign legations were invited to attend the
requiem mass for the assassinated Car at the
Russian legation yesterday afternoon. The gen.
tlemen wore their court dresses, as II In the &C.
tual presence OF royalty.
Entertainments in honor OF Lord and Lady
George Camphe II, of Scotland, who are now
daily occurrence Last evening Gen. and Mrs.
Beale gave them a reception to which mem.
bers OF the diplomatic corps and OF the new
cabinet and their wives and few others were
Marquis OF LOrne.
The Loan Exhibition in the old Tayloe Man.
sion attracted thither many agreeable ladies
and gentlemen last evening, some OF whom had
lot seen the collection before and were greatly
amazed at the number and variety of beautiful
and interesting articles it contains. There was
LuuslC III Ine picture Satiefy, ana the young
people enjoyed dance.
EX Secretary Thompson says he thinks Wash
ington the most beautiful city in the world,
and II his business necessitateS his not living
at his old home In Indiana he Will certainly
select Washington as residence m preference
TO New York, Or any other place east Of the
mountains The engagement Of Major
Slack's son (whO is In the navy and Miss Bulk
ley OF New York lwho has been spending the
winter here with her step91otherl is announced.
Admiral Seott's SOD, Lieut.. Douglas Scott,
OF the army, returned sunday, after an absence
OF nearly three years. He Is with his wife at
bis parents residence and In excellent health.
Niles Sedgwick has lately had the pleasure
she had not seen for fifteen years--Mlss
Bessie Sharpe, the attractive daugnter of ex-
Marshal Sharpe, Is now visiting Miss Anna
Barnes.
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IMPRESSIVE SERVICE At The RUSSIAN LBdA-
TION.
Requiem mass for the assassinated Car was
celebrated at the Russian legation In this city
yesterday afternoon. The parlor5 OF the house
were hung in black. The windows were closed
and the darkness only slightly relieved by low
gas jets In chandeliers draped In black The
smell OF incense perVaded the whole house. 10
the 0ay window stood a low table covered With
the Greek cruclf1x. There were no chairs in
the room. Those present stood In solemn rows
along the walls The members of the diplo-
matte corps attended In full Dress The effect
or their gaudy costumes was subdued by the
faint light and the pall-l1ke surroundings. The
members or the Turkish legation wore Grape
over the gold on their uniforms. A number of
adies B,d were present: Secretaries Lincoln and
Blaine OF the Cabinet were In attendance
Ihere were also IN the room near the wall
Fathers BJerring and Laponch1n, priests OF the
Greek church. At O'Clock Father Bjerring
stepped to the altar with his face TO the audi,
ence. Father Laponchln stood at his lett The
former swung censor several times and then
laid IL aside. The priests then turned their
packs 10 the audience and began the mass
Father BjerrfDg was dressed in black velvet
rose neaVy With gold adOrnmentS: upon his
head was the mitre OF the Greek church.
Father LapOnchin, his assistant. was dressed
III the black and gold gown, but his vestments
were lot SO rich as those OF the celebrant; he
both were full and rich They rose and fell
While chanting the mass In regular cadence
and with musical feeling. Whenever the name
OF the assassinated Emperor was mentioned the
Turkish legation crossed themselves. A short
passage in The celebration was read In EnglIsh
with the rolling RS of the foreigner. The mass
coz Lcluded with the sudden turning around OF
tne priest and his assistant. The former held
high the crucfnX and invoked the blessing OF
Almighty God upon all those present.
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Nominations To-day.

The PTes1dent sent the following nominal
tions to the Senate to day: S. Dana Horton,
Of Ohio, to be secretary to the commission
on Fart OF the United States to attend the
Intel national monetary conference at Paris
Post masters: Hiram 3. Barry at Elmira N.
Y; Robert F. Miner at Newman, Ga; VIM. 81.
Hartman at Waterloo, Iowa; George b. Reich
Steel at Portland, oregon. To be collectors of
customs: Amos j. Beers. district of New
Haven, Conn.,; Charles II. Odell, district OF
salem and Beverly, Mass; Alex. G. Davis, dis
Irict OF Beaufort, N. c.; Thomas F. Black.
district OF st. Mary's. Ga; Thomas M. Broad
waters, district of yicksburg, MISS Surveyors
OI, oI customs: John X. Leonard. port OF Indian
apois. and: Joseph l. CASTOR, port Of Uhatta-
nGOga, Tenn:; b. j, Watson, naval officer dis
uletot San Francisco, California,
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After short discussion the Senate adfourne'
Public Buildings in Washingson.

PRESENT AND FUTURE NEEDS OF THE GOykRN-
MENT-THB SUBJECT IN TIE SENATE TO -DAY.
The resolution offered In the Senate to-aay
by Mr.. Davis, OF West Virginia, was as folio Vs.
ResOlred, That the committee on public bu.gi-
1fgs and grounds take into consideration tie
subject of public buildings In the city OF Wash
1ngton. looking to the present and future needs
OF the general government; said committee
shall consider general plan and all questions
relating to present and future need for public
buildings, including the cost and Iocat' ons
therefor, and shall make report to the next
regular session OF Congress. Said committee
shall also report the number and location of
the buildings now rented by the government in
the District OF Columbia, the amount paid for
rent OF each building, the condition OF same
and whether adapted TO the purposes for Which
used, with their view as to the ECONOMY ana
prOpr1ety OF continuing to rent the same. The
committee may sit during the recess request
the superintendent OF public buildings and
grounds, and other officers OF the government
to and them; send for persons and papers, and
employ stenographer who shall also act as
clerk, and the necessary expenses shall be paid
out OF the contingent fund OF the Senate, Laid
over and ordered printed, to be called up here
after.
Senator Salisbury objected to ordering anY
such committee. he said this whole subject
had been covered In communication from The
secretary of the Interior sent to Congress last
spring: therefore there was no use for such
committee.
The communication referred to by Mr., Sauls.
bury was published in THE STAR.
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The Markets,

BALTIMORE. March l6.-virsinia skies, de-
i0 cast st. sas So ap dec new
fortses. eO4; do. ten forty coupons, 94S bid 10
BALTIMORE. March l6.-Ootton dull and lower
mtddIiDg. lOS Flour lower and fair active How
are sreet &C. aRd T s,y do
sss Co. BIC fs Paspsoo sns .s s.
firm-s%onthern % red. ii6ai is; do. smber. @ az. as
l.25; No; western winter red. spot and March.
Corn soaSern 1teSdy western nay SPOT
and options higher-southern white, 81; do, yel
s4fa sha Psaneg
to choice Pennsylyania and Maryland. Is 1Oa H. %
Provisions M vesy a firm % and h,ghermmess pork. old
So. Bscon-shoulders. 6A; clear rib sides. 80
prime to choice western packed. isa22; roll. isssl
Egg stes dy. is PETROLEUM M mnominai.refned. @ 50
% soft. 81. WHISKY dull ii and easier. % ioa i2
Freishts to Lverpoel per steamer quie.-cotton.
-four 2a 81 Sd asss
buFheis; corn. l27 026 bushels oats, coo bushels
ossh s 6pbnss snshes sassshss
bushels corn. 1913. g. 6 bushels.
5as E1chanse-ions. $50; short assH ao2esS aSesS
NEW York. March le.-Flour steady. whea
NEW YORK. March is. IL q. m:-The ssocl
Market opened generally weak and fraction
recorded. western Union. Union Facific and and til:
coal shares les ding the upward movement. Suhse
decliniI z tendency set In.
LONDUN, March l6. l2:3O p. m.-ConsoIs.
SO 1916 for money and SO 10 -l6 for the account.
sss fsff r. S.as lSs
Gates. s2E. Illinois Central. 1877. Reading. ssH.
LONDON. March 16. 4:s0 p. m.-Consols.
SO 1916 for money and 100 for the account
U. =. bonds, fves, lo4k. Erie, 49as. New YORK
Central, 1907.
NEW YORK MARKETS THIS AFTERNOON.
The following quotations were current In New
York to-day st 2:30 p. m., AZ reported by ID. D.
Dodge. Of $50 18th street. by special wire -
Western Union, 112H; American Union. All; New
centrsis n iio Ne New YORK. @ Isfe Ere and western
T Rsissss Sss:ss SS
49,; st. Paul, IIIh; do. preferred. -; Wabash
paSde fns Rae s 90 and e. s.snib.l .Sd
St. Jo. t4t as4X DO. Preferred, i6i; st. Louis and
Iron r. Che sna ss 4sS
j. O. TX; kor:hsrR ;a Rssihc Gem: %: DO pTs.
Ohio. 3sh; Louisville and:NsshviIle. SiE Mash.
s sna
Canada southerps 7sA; District of Columbia
ss zig Ss and s sSS
T.. fna % e. Re AN and western. GSissso, So Sc
sS!s S's :ss ~ f.esa g. 1sas:
eoassns Sss1as sESs.aIsss si ssed: a tx
i.ois; ss. iostu.osS; COUPON. 'SSGso i0s2slasxs
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kilograms to The Star.
GREAT LAND FRAUDS,
THE RUSSIAN TRAGEDY.
NEW CHARTER FOR NEW YORK CITY,
REMARKABLE TEXAS MURDER
THE NIHILTST ASSASSINS.

THE NIHILTST ASSASSINS.
Their Warning to the Czar-The
Fatal Bombs Prepared by a Rus.
PARIS, March 16.-The IntransigeGnt pub
fishes letter addressed to NJ. Rochetort by a
Russian refugee in Geneva, stating that the
NJ Nihillst committee had warned the Car on the
Sd Instant OF the peril he would incur II free
dom was not granted the people, and asserting
that the bombs which were thrown on Sunday
were manufactured in st. Petersburg by a
t woman. Inc ie!ter also states That no one by
the name Of Roussakon figures on the list OF
their members.
Special Ukasc OF the Gear.
ST. PETERSBURG, March lett has been
of Alexander III. by special ukase, summon
ing the peasants to join In allegiance with the
other faithful subjects.
Russian ObStfuCti0nists.
The Golos says: THE late Czas S reforms have
not attained their ends, because the co-opera
tfon OF action OF government and society is
necessary, and this has been wanting for years
past There is faction In Russia born and
nourished by public apathy. The state has
lately invited society to assist In struggling
against this faction, but public forces which
one blow"
The question Of the form in which this CO.
operation is 10 express itself has lately become
matured, and there is no doubt that had sac
rllegfouS hand not ended the life of the Car he
would have decided the question in the interest
VI pcopit lUlS IaSh uUW QpSOiVt3 Oh Alex
anGer Ill.
Happy Thought.
Inc Strdnd say there is no other issue than
to diminish the responsibility of TIE head OF the
government, thus lessening the dangers per-
sonally threatening him from fanatlcal evil
GoerS.
Son and Daughter of the Late Gar.
LONDON, March l6.-A dispatch from Berlin
70 the Times says: The Crown Prince and
Princess, Princess Christian, the Russian en-
bassy Lord Amptbtu, British ambassador, and
the preftct OF police, met the Duke and Duchess
of Edinburgh and the Grand Duke Alexis at
the railway station, and after NJ. Sabouron,
Russian ambassador handed the Grand Dukt.
Alexis package of sympathetic letters and
kilograms, the train proceeded to st. Peters
burg.
German Socialists .Encouraged.'
When the news OF the assassination reached
Berl1n 1t was Immediately feared that the muir
der might increase the severity OF the socialist
law here, and this result has already become
noticeable. as a number Of suspected persons
have been expelled from the city and suburbs
According to an official report lately presented
TO Parliament, it seems that the anarchic ele-
ment, though unseen, is more vital and vIgor-
Gus after lapse OF two years than when the
socialist law was passed. The report states
that efforts have been made, which were par
TALLY successful, to distribute socialist organs
among the population, and even among the
troops,
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Wall Srreet To.dav.

NEW YORK, March l6.-The Posts financial
Article says The stock exchange markets to.
day are quiet United States bonds are higher
Tor the As and otherwise unchanged. Railroad
bonds are steaOy TO fIm, excepting Milwaukee
and st. Paul firsts Il. and d. divisioA}. which
are down TO 1870 from l247S. and c. C. and |. &.
Incomes to 20 from 10Y. The stock market
opened with unimportant changes; in the first
hour there was ali ADVANCE OF 4a1a, per cent
The latter, Western Union Telegraph, whicl
yesterday afternoon declined Az per cent on
account OF the renewal OF Injunction proceed
ipgs against the Consolidation. In the next
half hour there was decline OF. 4als4; the
latter, Reading. This was followed py an ad-
vance OF lss7s, and again by a :decline OF
lsazs. The principal dealings have been
In Delaware. Lackawanna and Western, Lake
Shore, Western Union Telegraph, Union
Pacific, Milwaukee and st. Paul and jersey
Central The market for foreign exchange Is
very dull and lates are lower. The posted
rates for prime bankers sterling are nov 4sI
and 4S3s4. The actual rates are 4S0ak ana
4s2ha4 Gables 4s2s4a4s3A, and prime con-
neTctal bills 4ISLla1l. It is perhaps unnece,-
gary 10 add that these rates warrant gold im-
ports. There Is no treasury bond purchase TO
day and yet the loan market is easy enough
thus far at Sac per cent for call loans on stocks
and 4a5 per cent on United States bonds
Time loans are sac per cent which is also tie
quotation for prime mercantile paper,
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The New Deal in the Senate,

The question who shall fill the Senate Offices
will not be definitely settled until the Senate
committees have been ben organized, but 1t Is
believed tn at GOV. George c. Gorham will get
his old place Of secretary of the Senate, and
that Nr. James X. Young VIII also regain his
position as executive clerk. AS regards the
place OF seTgeant-at-ar 1t is understood that
the man named by Senator Malone will get It.
1t has been stated that ex-CongreSsman
CIitcher. OF Virginia, prominent readj1ster, was
the candidate OF Gen. Malone, but another
report has it that Mr.. Stith Boiling, OF Peters,
burg, Is really his man for the place. Coupled
with this statement is the report that Mr.. Boil
long. who is a man OF wealth, does not care for
the place. According to the talk at the Capitol
Mr. Robert Blaine, brother OF the Secretary of
state, Will get one OF the eligible positions In
the secreiary'S Office when the republicans
take full control. Mr.. Blaine. 1t will be repeni-
teIeo. was removed from Senate position by
Sergcant-at-A Arms Bright.
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THE BOER WAR.

The Extension Of the Armistice.
LONDON, March ia dispatch from Durham
an interview with Joubert, the Boer com
manaer, on Monday. at which 1t was agreed 10
extend the armistice four days, the conditions
OF the aTmistlce to remain unaltered exc apt
that Gen. Wood should have the option OF
sending four days more provisions to those
garr1sonS which have already received eight
Gays provision, and twelve days provisions 10
those which have not received any.
Beers Longing for an Honorable
LoNDoN. March ia dispatch from New
casLe, Natai, says: Paul Kruger, In his letter
to President Brand, OF the orange free state.
expresses deep grtef at the death Of Sir George
+. Colley, WHOM he contrasts favorably with
Sir ThCophilus Shepstone, Sir BarJie Frere ana
Sir VIM. Lanyon. He says THE more the
and the more distinctly We declare that We
will do all that is possible to make IL easy for
the honor Of England to be induigent." MI.
Kruger endorses the proposed meeting Of COM
missioners to negotiate terms OF peace. He
expresses the belief that verbal discussion
will lead TO good result. Up to the present
time he sass: 1--WE have done nothing
armed resistance not willingly. but of
conp pulsion. Should we not undertake
now with equal earnestness the work OF peace?
Yes, surely; but no one would demand Of us TO
cut our own throatS and declare ourselves
rebels. Lord Ktmberley's telegram OF the S6h
instant cannot be the basis OF peace. Reason
able guarantees for our treatment we can by
no means admit, as they are too much like an
acknowledgment that we have commenced our
work without Justification. The phase OF rebels
is past. We will be reasonable but must hold
to our main point. We hold TO the offer OF a
republic under a British protectorate, When
the peace negotiations are opened the British
troops shall remain where they are On the
frontier and IN the camps within the Trans
Eaal. out no fresh troops must be brought from
England until peace Is concluded"
Arbitration Wanted.
Paul Kruger, in his letter to President Brand,
carefully distinguishes between royal commis-
sion to investigate the grievances Of the Beers
and a commission for settling the basis of
peace. He says: "a royal commission Is not
to be thought Of an arbitration Is necessary,
not jury which can give verdict OF guilty or
not pu1fy-N
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MURDER BY JEALOUS HUsBAND.-Ernest Ste
phen MeSmeroh, q German wood-caryer, SS
years OF age. shot and fatally wounded Emil
Pauly, aged %. a boarder In his house, In New
York. yesterday, and afterward shot himself
through the temple. blowing out his brains.
Jealousy OF the young man, who, he believed,
SUSTAINED the relation OF accepted lover toward
his Wife is thought TO have been the reason OF
the crime, though Mesmeroth, who had long
been sick, was Undoubtedly out OF his mind.
He had been suffering some time with heart
disease. Pauly had been raised In Prussia. In
the same mouse With Mesmeroth's wife, and had
promised her parents TO protect her In this
country under all circumstances MesmeroJh,
IL is alleged, treated her badly, and had once
Teen separated from her.
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Trouble Among PcnnsyIvauia Leg.
t&IRrnrS-

HARRISBURG. PA. Mar. i6.--ln the house this
morntngMr. Rnddiman, OF Philadelphia rose 20
question or privilege. and producing copv OF
he PItsourg Commercial Gazette read GORE
sfohdence from this city rsyiectng severely
npVh tne onlcial conduct or Speaker Hewitt
ana which accused him OF an unfair discrimi-
.aSlon IN the matter OF referring certain bills
" =, ,minl'tets Mr.. Ruddiman then sub nitted
.Ssotuuou 'or TIE expulsion or Dr. Palmer
,I M a'ess author. from the floor OF the
House Ihe resolution caused a nooi o, excite
meht, ara remarks pertinent 20 the ocr .sion
wtfe mace, speaker Hewitt being among the
hHmeef. 1he resolution was finally refSrrsf
10 a special committee OF i've, N
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Hanged Himself.

NEW YORK, March l6.-Charles T. Picker, a
Polish mason, hung himself this morning In a
wCoGShed In the Yard OF No. $50 Ludlow Stree
a tenement house, on the TOD floor of which h.
lived With his wife and two children. He was
~ ears Old. and OF melancholy temp eramenr
He had been out OF work during the greater
part OF the winter, and recently began 70 eX-
h1bit signs OF being weary OF the battle against
the Odds OF misfortune. This morning he found
a job and started to go to work, but half an
hour later was found hanging dead IN the
chaa
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PHILADELPHIAS GAS TRUST INvEsTIG ATIoS.-
The investigation OF the Philadelphia Gas Trust
was resumed IN that city yesterday. The I'M
portant feature OF the day was the testimony
OF Gas Expert Kennedy, OF New York. He said
that coal gas could be placed fn the holder ag
the Philadelphia gasworks at the rate OF %
eehts per ore thousand cuoic feet He s.aUe1
a review OF the reports OF the gas trustees
by mismanagernent OF the board OF trustees, a
loss OF 81, ,9O6 2SO6S had been incurred, which by
skillful management would have been saved.
The Trust begin their answer TO the charges
TO-DAY,
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BISNARCKS SON ELoPEs WITH MsRRIEr
PRINCESS snenial q Nany NnrI- .La1.r.. =,

BExARCKS SON ELoPEs WITH A MARRIED
PRlNCEss.-A special 10 the New York telegram
from Berlin says: count Herbert Bismarck
has eloped with the Princess Elizabeth OF Caro-
lafh Beuthen. Both arrived at MessinaSi City
several weeks ago. The Princess is the wife OF
Pri nee Charles OF Carolath- Beuthen, Count OF
SchoIaich. and chief OF one OF the first Prus-
sian afistocraiic families and hereditary mem
ter OF the Upper House. The falthlesS wife IS
step sister OF Prince Herman OF Hatzfeldt-
Wachlenhach, head OF a Catholic family bear
Ing tie little since l14l, and daughter or the
Counit: OF Reichenoach. She married Coun
Carolath In 1866. and had one daughter th :
Princess Sybilla, LOW fourteen years OF age
Prince Carolath, Who is thirty six years OF age
has left parliament and retired 10 his estate
In Silesla. He viii commence a divorce suit.
Count Htrbelt Bismarck, whose age IS thirty
two, was formerly secretary OF the German
legation at Berne, and recently secretary 20 nj 5
father. Who had destined him as chief assist
ant, AID eventually successor. It is sa 4 tua
this domestic Calamity is the chief cause
Prince BsDlalcks recent ifrltabinUy aud pai
i.uHOr.'
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New York Socialists.

/" CONGRATULATIONS" on The DEATH OF THE
CZAR-THE CROWNED HEADS MUST GO.
largely attended meeting or socialists was
held Ia New York last night. Justus Schwab
pre- sliced and introduced Wm. Drury. who spoke
at some length on the death OF the car. He
said Russia bad too long neglected the warn
iDgS or men OF thought and freedom, who had
finally broken their chains OF bondage by
removing from the face or The earth rhe great
6st tyrant Russia had ever known. The impe-
rial families OF Europe must go. The world had
been cheated by those people long enough and
the people were tired of them. The speaker
said they liked 10 see all human Butchers die
and, while be regretted the shedding OF human
blood, he rej0iced that the Emperor had been
Killed, because he had been the cause OF the
death OF thousands OF people. Resolutions were
adopted coDgratulating the world upoa the
overthrow OF the aesolutism OF the feudal arts
tocracy In Russia; the people OF Europe upon
the removal or the greatest OBSTACLE TO the
establishment OF q republic or united states OF
Europe; their fellow socialists that the great
prop or monaTchical Institutions which had
supported kingcraft throughout the world had
been shaken 10 lis very core by the fall OF the
Car, and that the way is being cleared for the
foundation OF a social republic etc.
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EX-SECRETARY SCHURZ AND INBIAS EDUcL-
TON. - EX-Secretary SchufZ, General Miles,
Bishop Wblpple and General Armstrong ad-
dressed a meeting at Association Han, New
York, last night, for the purpose OF raising
funds for the education OF young Indians Tue
eX-SecTetary reviewed the policy pursued oy
him during his administration. He said there
were Cnly $4,000 Indian children; and, while IL
must be a work OF time 10 educate them, IL
could be done.
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ST. LOUIS NIBILIsTS.-A small handoill, en-
bellished with deaths head and croSso0ncs aud
coffin, was circulated on the streets OF ~.
Louis yesterday, calling meeting OF 1.-The
friends of progress and children OF The goddess
OF liberty" TO lAdorse the action or the nlnilisC
society IL the assassination OF the Car.