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According to Mr.. Sponord's report, al ,246
books and phamphlets were added TO the Con-
yresslonal library during the year, and as the
shelves were already more than full, It is to be
presumed that these additions simply increase
the heaps that gather dust on the floors and in
dark alcoves and out-Oft he-way corners. Some
thing must soon be done with these heaps of
reading. If Congress will not do anything to
enable the people TO use them, it might author
lie bonfire, thus disposing of the question as
the Arabs got rid of the Alexandran library or
1t might authorize the construction of vaults,
carrying out its silver policy in literary paral-
lei. Something must soon be done, or the
heaps will so choke up the highways and by
ways of the building that the people viii be IN
able to use the library for the books, and Con-
gress itself will ultimately be crowded out of the
Capitol by the growing volume of the volumes.
The sudden death yesterday of a republican
member of the Illinois legislature still further
complexities the senatorial middle there
though it does not give the democrats a
majority. 1t is an ominous circumstance that
the dead mans name was Logan. II begins to
look as If the friends of both Senator Logan and
Mr. Morrison would be obliged to drop them for
more available candidates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-27

The government has a hard time trying to
smash the silver Mahdi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-27

To the weather bureau. Tomorrow is the last
day of winter.
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ISAueuRAr1oN News
FOR $25 YOU CAN BUY FINE SATIN LINED
FULL DRESS SUIT WORTH $50.
FOR SIS YOU CAN GET BLACK DIAGONAL
FOR SIS YOU CAN GET FINE CORKsCREw
OR WORSTED 4-BUTTON CUTAWAY SUIT
AS GOOD AS ARE SOLD FOR $25
FOR $50 YOU CAN GET AS GOOD BUSINESS
SUIT AS ELSEWHERE FOR $15. m
FOR SIS YOU CAN GET A CHINCHILLA SUR
TOUT OVERCOAT FORMER PRICE $50.
FOR Sc, $3.50. 50, SO, OR s12 YOU CAN GET
OVERCOATS FORMERLY SOLD FOR DOU-
BILE THE PRICE.
BOYS AND CHILDRENs SUITS AND OVER.
COATS AT PERFECT SLAUGHTER PRICES.
ODD PANTS AT HALF FORMER PRICES
GossAMERs AND RUBBER COATS REGARD
LESS OF COST OR VALUE
MISFIT STORE,
CORNER TENTH AND STREETS
BE SURE ANE COME TO THE CORNER
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Unquestionably as fine FANS on exhibition at
the PALAIS ROYAL anywhere in the country.
REAL OSTRICH FANS in Every Conceivable Color
also SATIN Fans in all colors Hand Painted or Plain
with or without Feather Tips. We have also GRAPE
and LACE FANS. The STICKS TO OUR FANS come
in PEARL Tortoise She'll Ivory, Sandal Wood ETC. We
offer OSTRICH FANS for $40 that will cost you $50
in New York. Our csc. Fans bear comparison with
50 goods sold elsewhere
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GHxAr BARGAINS IL P1Asos,
Which have been used.
;-Octave CHICKFRING
I-etetave HALLET 4 DAVIS
ISlc.aNe HAfNES BRO.
s-Octave GA BIER
Z, 6@sOctave EMERSON
6@s<bctave GERMAN
Prsces and terms salt the times
EDw. F. DROoP,
Partner Of the late W. G. METZEROTT & co.
s25 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
Sole Agent ior Steinway 4 Sons GabIer f;rover.
sseen, Wheelock, Marshall. Wendell and other Pi-
anca f14
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FOR RENT--FLATS
FOR RENT-STORES

ENOR RENT-STORE l4O6 l4rH STREET, WITH
Il MIXTURES; occupied for many years by Narrower
stove and hardware store. MARIN & OGRAM, cor
ner 10th st. and New York avenue f24-Iw
ENOR RENT-FINE LARGE STORE, WITH GEL
lar and connecting rooms if wanted: central part
the city, half square north of Pennsylvania ave. VIII
pc vacant by March 18th. Inquire 423 18th st. NV.
tprlVate entrance) film
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Il A New Threestory Brick House South Front;
has cellar; furnace room
LIST foor-Hall. Parlor, Dining Room Buffers Pan
try, Kitchen with Range, Stationary Wash Tubs.
% floor Three sarge Chanb, n and Bath.
Sd hoor-Two large chambers. Zach room has
large closet and word mouths open fire places. Bells
and speaking tubes on each floor.
This house is thoroughly finished and built of the
best material.
HUFTY & DYER.
f20-10t Real Estate and Insurance 18th and sta
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-27

The PALAIS ROYAL exhibits the Finest Assert
mcnt Of RHINE STONE DIAMOND. JEWELRY
outside Of New York Double the stock Of any jew
eler in this city, and at half their
RHINE STONE DIAMONDS mounted as Stars,
Daggers, Balls, Swords, Wreaths, Birds, Clusters
Flowers, etc. Also Lace Pins and Earrings, Neck
laces Combs, Bracelets, Buttons, Buckles etc. The
Stones are set in Sterling Silver or Roll. Gold
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A SCENE IN THE OIL FIELD.
Disappointment of an Audience Because of
Failure to "ShOot" the Markham Well.

BUTLER, Pa, March l7-The scene at the
Markham matinee this afternoon was quite in
spring, and one of the most interesting ever
witnessed in Butler county. Nearly all branches
of the petroleum trade were represented, each
intent on getting the first information and trans
hitting tho same to their principals, or using it
TO advantage on the market There were not
less than five different parties, with organized
signal stations and on every convenient derrick
and tree-top were posted one or more rickets
with flags Of various colors. But the curtain
did not rise the final act, and the half frozen
emissaries, like Thousands OF others, were
doomed to wait another day TO witness the clos
ing scene. Shells containing one hundred
quarts were lowered to their places at 2 p M,
and why they were not exploded we are unable
to say. Mr.. Garland says there was too much
water and they were forced to delay or blow the
casing out The shot will certainly be fired to-
morrow forenoon Producers No. 5 stopped
flowing this morning. There is nothing else in
the field worth mentioning
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A BRUTAL ASSAULT.
Ex-Representative John Ferriter INDUCES in
His Regular Semi-Annual Knock Down.

Last night, about 10 o'clock Jesse johnson, Of
the firm Of Johnson G. Rowland. dealers In
agricultural implements, while standing
in front of the Bates House, criticised
the action of Assistant Clerk Joseph T. Fan
ming, of the House of Representatives, who placed
his resignation in the hands of Representative
Pendleton, In case the motion to
censure Speaker Jewett, as offered
by Representative Patten, should be
carried. Among those who heard the out
spoken opinion of Mr. johnson, was John Ferri-
ter, ex-representatve from Marion county, and
at present a travelling salesman. Ferriter,
who never fails to engage in fsticuffs when the
opportunity is offered, stepped up and told John
son that Tanning was his friend, and that he
did not care to hear any derogatory remarks con-
corning his conduct A few angry words passed
between the two when they came to blows John
son is an invalid, whereas Ferriter is powerful
man, and has the well-earned reputation
of being an enthusiastic devotee of John L. Sui
Ivan. In the combat which followed johnson
was terribly beaten, the blood pouring forth from
his eyes, ears, nose and mouth A carriage
conveyed johnson to his home. 1t was fully an
hour after the ARRAY before johnson returned to
consciousness.
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Minor Notes.

George Hudson, switchman at Seymour had
his right arm mashed while coupling cars
Mrs. Ruth A. Downs, an aged and respected
resident of Connersville, died on Sunday aged
seventy-one years.
The body of the wife Of Henry Parchens a
farmer living twelve miles north Of Princeton
was found in the river on Sunday
The postofice at Memphis, Clark county, kept
in store kept by M. w. Coombs, was
robbed on Sunday night. The store lost $500 in
goods the postofice 3d.
The residence of Jacob Giles, in Washington
township. Shelby county. was burned on Mon
were saved. Loss, 81, 500; insurance, $500, in the
Continental.
The body of John Snoddy, ST.. member of the
late firm Of Snoddy 81 CO., who was drowned in
the Patoka river, on the 18th of January has
been found. The body is in good state of
preservation, and will be sent to Marshalitown,
Ia. for burial
The family of George P. Howard at Columbus,
was nearly asphyxiated night before last by
gases escaping from base burner coke fire. Mrs
Howard was barely able to call assistance, and
physicians had the greatest difficulty in restor
ing them, particularly the little child who was
very f1eshy.
The case of Francis Farote, of Knightstown,
and Lewis Brown, of Greenfield against the
Board of Commissioners of Rush county for
SO, 900, for extra work done by the plaintiffs in
the construction of the Andersonvile and Mil
roy gravel road, on change of venue to Shelby
county, terminated yesterday by the jury re-
turning a verdict of 81, 800 for the plaintiffs.
The original contract for the construction of the
road was $84, 600.
A singular cattle disease has broken out in
Sullivan county At first there is swelling in
the hind leg, which becomes feverish, and ex-
tends upward until the entire quarter becomes
affected. 1t sometimes extends to the fore
quarter before death ensues, producing lameness
and death in about twenty hours. In skinning
carcass, the flesh under the affected parts has
a bruised appearance. as if decomposition had
already commenced. 1t is not know what the
disease is, nor what treatment should be used.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-18
wALEs,s VISIT TO IRELAND.


The Differences in the Ranks of the Irish Ma
tionaIists-A Reception of Citizens.
LONDON, March 1.-THE approaching visit of
the Prince and Princess of Wales to Ireland has
caused the most serious differences in the ranks
of the Dublin Nationalist which have confront
ed their leaders since the party was formed
The apology of the Lord Mayor was the first
wedge driven into the solid body of Parnell's
followers corporation. Since that unexpected
shock schism has been growing Mr. Mayne
NJ r., when putting resolution at a recent
private meeting of Nationalist members of the
corporation. declared that the Prince Royal and
his mother were nothing more than puppets in
the matter and that the address moved would
really be to Mr. Gladstone and Lord Spencer.
He warned every man in the corporation of Dub
lin who should take course other than that Ire
land demanded and expected from him that Re
would lose his seat in the corporation and be
simply annihiated at the polls. Meanwhile the
vast ma jority Of wealth and responsible citi-
zens who are greatly amused at the efforts of
the Nationalist. are quietly and thoroughly pre-
pairing reception, all the better for the alb
sence of the Lord Mayor and corporation. Ed
ward Guinness and the younger brother of
Lord Ardaun both brewers lead the citizens
committee. Mr.. GuiDnesss position as high
sheriff, strengthens his hands and enables him
to assume the leadership of s'loyal citizens
with great dignity and power. Acting with Mr.
Guinness is a committee of one hundred and
fifty citizens of all creeds and politics The
requsition on which the committee has been an.
pointed was signed by thousands of names in
few days Few anticipate that even the sulky
attitude of the Nationalist leaders will prevent
the great mass of people who usually follow
them from turning out to witness the brilliant
pageants. reviews, and ceremonies
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Continuation Of tho Examination of the Ac-
cused-A Sensation. in Court.

Continuation OF tho Examination of the Ac-
cused-A Sensation i'm Court.
WAsulSGToN, ID. c., March 1.-THE examina-
ton of Gen. Hazen was continued to-day before
the general court-martiaL He testified that the
newspaper interview complained of was inaccur-
ata in several particulars, and that he was not
aware that he was being interviewed with view
to publication. There was decided sensation in
court when Gen. Hazen, with great feeling. said
II had no official responsibility for the decisions
Of the Secretary of War. | had the response
bility TO do everything in my power for the
relief expedition--the responsibility which one
man bears to another. There was no fortune
which possessed, no energy which possessed,
that was not due to those imperiled men to help
them out was ready TO spend every cent
possessed, and in 1882, when the Neptune was to
be sent, and Congress was late in making the
appropriation for it, | engaged that vessel on
my responsibility. / would have done the
same thing in 1883, If I had been permitted to
do it.
The cross-examination Of the witness was .hen
begun, but nothing important was elected up to
:he time the court a ijourned.
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for his resignation, while Secretary Manning un-
derstood the expression of willingness to resign
was resignation in fact. The Republican SEN
ators said there was no intention to antagonize
the administration in this regard. and expressed
the opinion that the position OF Commissioner of
Internal Renenue was one which ought to be
filed by man of the Presidents choice, but
they thought injustice had been done Mr. Evans
in not giving him opportunity to resign. The
tee.
DIR. d jllsr has received great many congrat-
ulatory sleeranis from ell sections of'the COM
try. and from Republicans as well as Democrats.
The following was received from Charles b.
Hart, editor cf the Wheeling InteIligencer: SAC
cept black Republicans hearty fluctuations.
think our best people will approve"
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Special to the Indianapolis journal
WASHINGTON, March l7-Charles Bond, pay
ing teller Of the Fort Wayne National Bank, is
here. He says ne doesn't want an Office but his
most intimate friends have him booked for bank
examiner.
J. P. Foley wants to be postmaster at Terre
Haute.
State Senator Eli Brown, Of Fort Wayne, has
applied for the position of internal revenue col
lector Of that district. AS Mayor Zollnger, of
Fort Wayne, is to be appointed pension agent
for Indiana it is thought to be out of the ques-
ton for another man to be appointed to promi-
nent position from that part of the State.
George Blair left here to-day for his home at
Waterloo, after receiving 50, 500 pension money.
de has been here about three months. Before
leaving he made application for appointment of
his daughter as postmistress at Waterloo.
Mail messenger service has been established
at Survant, Pike county, from Flag Station.
rnv secretary Of the Navy mas seenys5 the
services Of a professional accountanHos New
York for the purpose OF having thorough in
vestigation made Of the accounts and methods
of keeping them in every branch of the depart
ment
There will probably be considerable reduc-
ton in the number of postoffce inspectors dur
ing the current month.
Tammany is impatient They want the offices
distributed right away. and they want, also, to
know what they may expect In other words,
the presence Of the Tammany braves is, as they
say, for the purpose of finding out whether it
shall be sYeace or war;
Last night ex-President Arthur was honored
with dinner by Marshal McMichael To-day
he called upon President Cleveland. Tomorrow
evening he will be diued by British Minister
West The ex-President Is having very lively
time of it, socially.
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is over thirty-five, and that no person shall be
permitted 70 make application for position in
the Treasury Department who is over forty i've,
unless in either case the applicant may
chance TO have been, an honorablv discharged
Union soldier or sailor. A strict interpre-
tation of this rule would exclude any per-
son who was III the confederate army from
clerical position in the Postofice Department
If ne was more than eleven years of age in 1860,
or from service under the Treasury, If he was
more than tweuty-one years of age when the war
began. The discovery of this fact has created
very marked excitement among the Southern
men. Major e. A. Burke, of the New Orleans
Times Democrat, and manager of the great
position, who is here, is credited with this dis
covery. He says:
sWhy, the civilservice regulations disfrar-
chise every ex-confederate. The average age Of
enlistment in the confederate army was from
fifteen to twenty years There certainly must
have been very few enIistments under fifteen
years. but you will see by these regulations that,
as twenty four years have elapsed since the war
began. and the period within which person
can become an applicant for position
in the Postcfiee Department is fixed at thirty.
five years of age unless he is discharged Union
soldier, no one who was IL the confederate army
can come within these regulations Ii he was
more than eleven years OF age when ne enlisted
and it is under the Postoffice Department that
the vast majority Of the appointments are to be
made In the Southern States; and one who
was Ia the confederate army, in q like manner
could secure an appointment unuer the treasury
under the civil service rules who was over TWEEN
ty-one when the war began. Snch proposition
would make terrible havoc in the ranks of the
Southern Office seekers. It would bar. our peo-
pic pretty nearly all out The elect within such
limitations would be rare exceptions
What are you going to do about itT
ssThats the point. Fl these rules are to be
rigidiy enforced we shall demand a re-examina-
ton under the civilservice system OF all the fed
erai officials who now hold Office in the South.
If you take even hasty glance at tho civil
service requirement you will see that very few
of the persons now holding Office could be reap
pointed under any such conditions There is
probably not one twentieth part of those IN Of
Gee who could pass an examination under the
civil-service system. We shall bring this ques-
ton prominently to public notice. and do not
know Of any other way in which We can make
the demand known. Should thai be refused,
our only remedy would be either to insist upon
a modification OF the regulations or a re-
organization CT the Board Of the Civil
Service Commissioners. 1t is pretty vital
question for the people from our section. and
do not believe that the people of the country are
quite ready to admit that man is to be de-
prived Of service under the government because
no served in tho confederate army
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
concluded from First Page.l

the members devoted to the Chancellor looked
at him with mute establishment, almost in
alarm. They had never heard him express
himself in such passionate language never seen
him show such deep and calm anger, as when he
began to speak about the religious differences of
the empire. He narrated how, for long time
past, the analogy between German history and
German mythology had plagued him almost IN
interruptedly Therefore, he had recently re-
ferred to Loki and in connection Herewith to
word which had been falsely interpreted,
namely: VGlkerfruhling--the sprngtime of the
nations. He saw before his eyes, he said, the
old. German hereditary foe-the Loki of party
hatred, of confessional dispute, and of radical
differences He saw how he sought to destroy
the German Voelkerfrnhling; how, by the insid-
ious poison of his corruption, the Reichstag and
people were being eaten UP. All around seemed
to have no existence for him. His name wa
fixed on the situation of the moment. His
glances lighted up with angry lightning The
mighty man stood there speaking not to the
Reichstag before him, but to the entire nation.
The Prince has frequently been seen in great
passion, but never in such violent anger in such
bitterness, or so threatening If the oppositional
popular representatives never understood him
before, they do this time surely, especially when
he said that the acquisitions of 1866 and of 1870
III would go to the devil if they should have
their way. The last words We're spoken by the
by him.
After the sentence there was brief silence,
and then storm of applause broke out which
lasted several minutes, drowning all attempts at
manifestations of disapprobation. Immediately
after this the Prince left the House, leaving it's
members in state of excitement such as they
had never experienced before. And, as if he
could not wait moment longer to prove how
much right the Chancellor had on his side in
what he had been saying, scarcely had the echo
of the Princes last words died away when
Windthorst- rose up in his seat to threaten
Germany with a scare crow of British wrath.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-18
A WARD IN CHANcERY.

Proceedings in Which a Banker and a Lady
of Title Figure with Little Credit
LONDON, March lin the Chancery division
of the Supreme Court argument was heard on
motion to commit to prison Charles Hoare, of
the banking firm of Myers 6 Hoare, for con-
tempt because in 1882 he received letters from
Beatrice Sumner, then ward in Chancery de-
spite the Introduction of the court. The evil
denee presented shows that Hoare married
man. paid attentions to Miss Sumner when she
had hardly left the nursery. Her father inter
fered and that obtained al injunction, prohibit
ing Hoare continuing his attentions to
the girl. This order, however, was disoboyed
by the defendant. Notice was given to-day
or a motion for committal of Lady Cholmondely
for infringing the injunction by forwarding let
tiers from Miss Sumner to Hoare and receiving
replies from him and impartng them to Miss
Sumner. When Miss Sumner attained her ma
jority she went to live with Hoare as his wife,
and the union resulted in the birth of a child.
Hoare advanced her father, Captain Sumner,
e. 600 to save him from ruin, and also settled
sums of money on Miss Sumner and her child.
The case was adjourned for further hearing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-18
sHERMAN's RETIRACY.
The Real Reason of the Ohio Mans Refusal
to Serve on the Finance Committee.

The Real Reason of the Ohio Mans Refusal
to Serve on the Finance Committee.
Washington Post.
The real cause of the trouble is no secret. 1t
is with Chairman Morrill,. Senator Aldrich and
the tariff on raw wool. Mr. Sherman has long
desired to be restored to his old place as chair
man of the committee which he resigned on en-
tering the Hayes Cabinet. He really expected q
tender Of the place four years a go wneu i,o -rn-
turned to the Senate, but Mr.. Morrill, was so far
from making it that there has been little
cordiality in the personal relations of the two
senators at any time during the period elapsed
During the protracted debate on the tariff bill Of
1888 there were several scenes between them,
and when the House and Senate conferees came
together on the night of March for a final and
desperate attempt to agree upon some bill which
could pass there was an open rupture. Both
senators were members of the committee and
Sherman was determined that the famous wool
reduction clause which Morrill, favored should
not be incorporated in the conference report
II insist that the reduction clause shall be
stricken out, said Mr.. Sherman, finally.
"At all hazards?' inquired Mr.. Morrill,.
cat all hazards
''Then tell you plainly Mr. Sherman said
the Vermont senator, sthat you will only sue
coed at the expense OF defeating the bill, for no
bill with this clause stricken out will be allowed
to pass the Senate"
At this threat Mr.. Sherman yielded, but with
bad grace. Mr. Aldrich, of Rhode Island, siding
with Mr.. Morrill, in subsequent discussions upon
this point in the finance committee. he became
personally obnoxious to Mr.. Sherman, and in
the recent caucus of Republican senators Mr.
Sherman went so far as to demand that Mr.
Aldrich be dropped from the committee alto
gether. This being denied him, Mr.. Sherman
plainly told his Republican associates that he
should decline all further service on the commit
tee. A unanimous refusal to accede to this in
caucus merely transferred the quarrel to the
open Senate