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ARMY oRDRRs.-Major James p. Kimball, sur.
geon, granted two months leave Lieut.. Col.
Francis H. Parker, Ordnance Department. granted
two months leave on surgeons certificate. Mai.
Jared A. smith, Engineer Corps. ordered to pro-
Jerseys Point, n. H. for temporary service. sec
ond Lieut.. Samuel d. Sturgs, 1st artillery granted
SIX months extension OF leave on account OF sick
ness, and transferred from light battery TO bat
terry c. Second Lieut.. John A. Towers transferred
from battery c to LIGHT battery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-26

STILL OPEN-THE CHALLENGE OF
~ $1,000 to any Laundry in scity to execute
work equal to ours is still Open While inviting atten
ton to our laundry we avail ourselves of the oppor
tunity TO state that great guided by mature
experience has been given to the Of the very
complete mechanical appliance by which work IL
performed and our patrons will speedily realize that
asuperior quality of work 10 combined with entire
absence of injury to the goods. SWISS STEAM
LAUNDRY, 1899 st
mh26-lw IRA GODFREY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-26

ID. c. VOLUNTEERS OF APRIL. 1861.
TONIGHT. al sr. GEORGES HALL.
IT 30 11th St. at 7:30p.m-
NOTICE-THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
- the Stockholders of the GREAT FALLS
MANUfACTUhING Co. Of Virginia, will be held at
.hs II Exch.1ge Hotel. Royal St Alexandria Va on
mha6-sp24' JOHN oAssEfs. Secretary.
- PENNsYLvANIA DEMOCRATIC AssO-
A meeting Of the club will be held TUESDAY
ENENiNt' March "a go o'clock, for election Of
new members Ay order of the President. mh26-2t.
MRS. MARY A. LIvERMORE AND MRS
- MARY T.. LATHROP are here, and will
SPEAK at Prohibition Mass Meeting at Conerega-
uSnai Church on next WEDNESDAY EVENING.
hareh - At 1:30 O'Clock. Mrs Clara Cleghorn Hoff-
nan wlu preside Meeting under auspices Of the
daily invited. mh26-3t
To THE ADVOCATES OF PROHIBITION:
- On TUESDAY. the 21th day of March. z.
~ a pubic meeting will be held at MASONIC TEN
PLE at which several prominent speakers will pre-
sent their OBJECTIONS to Prohibition After all the sta
uscs ON the part of ycurselvesit viii give pleasure
% disIroVe the same. Mr. GALLUs THoMANN. of New
1ork CITY, whose long work in gathering statistics on
many questions entities him to respectful hearing,
an1 ms Deductions to q careful consideration. will be
present
You desire light in this controversy hope to
you there There is another side to this question be-
dts yours and everyone whose conscience still enters
INTO questions of this kind will want to weigh both
slde Ample opportunity will be given to you to re-
spond and to ply the statistican with questions
Friends and foes are alike welcome.
mh26-2t THE COMMITTEE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-26

wAsHnoroN DKFEAB NEW YoRK AeAn.-The
Washington Base Ball Club played the New YORK
team at Savannah, Ga, saturday, and won BY
score OF 20 3 Gilmore and MACK occupied the
points for the senators, and Crane and Murphy fue
the Gianta
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-26

QUARANTINE AT HAWAIIAN PORTs.-Secretary
Bayard has lately received a dispatch from the
United states minister at Honolulu saying that all
vessels arrtv ng at Hawaiian ports from San Fran
cisco are to bs placed under quarantine reQuia.
lions, owing to the spread OF small pox in that
CITY. The regulations OF the board OF health,
dated Honolulu, January 2S, 1885, prescribe q
quarantine OF eighteen days and state that no
passengers for ports other than Honolulu shall be
the written consent of the port physician. be
allowed TO come 70 an inclOsed wharf for the dis.
charge OF cargo. but no person shall be admitted
board OF health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-26

1HE CHOLERA IN CHILI.-The State Department
Is informed by its legation at Santiago de Chill
that the cholera has diminished in intensity al
age, about November 80 last, OF twenty. to dally
average OF ten or twelve about January 81. Al
Valparaiso, about the middle OF December the
daily average OF deaths from cholera was oveI
thlrty. At the end OF January the average had
iallen TO between eight and twelve. The disease
mas spread through the provinces especially In the
south, where the deaths are estimated at from
thirty to forty daily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-26

APPLETON CLARK, JE.,
~ ARCHITECT.
Once sos st NV.
Residence, 119 9th ST. ne.
Plans for all classes OF buildings prepared mil 5ws
WISE MEN PLACE THEIR ORDERS
~ for SHIRTS early in spring. $ have
them broken in for hot weather. So call p. I.
HALL. Shirt Maker, 90S + st. NV. ial6-:,m
- cruelty TO children or animals in District of
Columbia should be promptly reported to HUMANE
SOCIETY. 80 y NV. Telephone call. DATA mh6 -3m
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was held last evening at Odeon Hall under the
auspices OF the Good Templars, and Miss Bessie
Starr keefer OF Toronto, Canada delivered an ad-
dress. The meeting In the Police Court yesterday
afternoon was conducted by Mrs Lewis and was
well attended Ms. I. A. Williams, the District
superintendent presided at a temperance meeting
held last evening at the Nineteentn-street Baptist
church. There was a large attendance. speecheo
were made by MI. Ada c. Bowles, MIA X W.
Harper, Rev. Mr. stewart and others
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-26

The bill 70 define and regulate the Jurisdiction
nooee saturday without any conclusion being
senator Ddmunds is stiil suffering severely with
~ Ioevo hD mouse to-day, and becau1o Of his
soeence the regular meeting Of the 1udlCiafy COM
mittoe WAs omitted
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

d. c. VOLUNTEERS OF APRIL, 1861.
- attend meeting
TONIGHT, al ST. GEORGES HALL.
1ts olO lth st at IA
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LAST HOURS IN THE HOUSE.
Slender Attendance-Grate Press
Men Chant q Hymn.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-When the
house met this morning at IL o'clock
on the last day of the most protracted
session in the annals of congress, in
addition to the speaker ID members
were in attendance. In the galleries
were not more than a hundred persons
to witness the closing scenes.
The speaker appointed Mcmillan of
Tennessee, Clements of Georgia and
Ryan of Kansas committee on the
part of the house to wait upon the
president and inform him that con-
gress was ready to adjourn il he had
no further communication to make.
A recess was taken until l. so p. m.
After the recess Mcmillan, chairman
of the committee appointed to wait
upon the president, reported that the
duty had been performed and that the
president stated that he had no further
communication to make to the house.
A second recess was taken until nine
minutes before /.
After the second recess RYAN of
Kansas offered, and the house unani-
mously adopted, the following reso-
luton:
THAT the thanks OF this house are
hereby rendered Hon. John g. Carlisle,
speaker, for the courtesy, ability and
fairness with which he has presided
over the deliberations of the first ses-
sion of the Fiftieth congress.
As the hands of the clock pointed to
the hour of /, the speaker said The
hour of O'Clock having arrived, 1
now declare the house adjourned sine
de-
The announcement was received
with applause, and the correspondents
in the press gallery evineed their
thankfulness by chanting the dox-
oiogy.
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THE AMERICAN DESERT.
Ii May Be Made TO Blossom as
the Rose.
Plans OF the Geological Survev-A
Region as Large as Europe
Reservoir system.

| WAsHIEGToN, Oct. - About the
busiest place in the city w, is the
geological survey headquarters. Major
]. w. Powell and staff of scientific
men are engaged day and night in the
solution OF the problem presented by
congress in the new act for the survey
| of the arid lands with view to new
system of irrigation.
The barren lands of the great basin
between the Rocky mountains and
Central Kansas comprise 1900 ,oco
square miles. or one-third of the entire
United States. A good deal OF this can
not be economically irrigated for vari-
ous reasons, but il has been decided by
Major Powell that quarter of it, and
perhaps more, can be, and that it is
practicable TO make 1t so attractive TO
settlers that it will bear luxuriant crops
and support dense population. If
one-foarth were irrigated, it would
make the other three-fourths valuable
IS auxiliary timber and pasture lands.
Regarding this vast undertaking.
Major Powell said to correspondent.
/ 81 may say We have begun 70 begin.
1t is a stupendons project, involving
/ territory as large as Europe. which
supports population OF go, ,00o, coo.
see no reason why land now infertile
may not ultimately be brought suffi-
GENTLY into subsection TO be desirable
| for farms, and enough Of ii rendered
available By irrigation to support as
many as are likely to set homes upon
| it. The selection of sites for reser-
yoiFs, canals, etc, rests on q complete
| Typographical survey, which is the first
factor in the problem Nothing worth
while can be done till that Is at least
approximately made. A large part Of
! the arid region has been thus surveyed.
We are now equipping IL parties for
/ this special work in the field. OF
course, the amount Of irrigable land In
the West is limited by the amount OF
! water flowing in the streams, and the
next thing 10 be done IS 10 find how
much water the streams carry Even
the stream will have 10 be gaaeed.
| We must also ascertain how much
land each streane viii strse. and this
viii vary according 20 the texture of
the soil, the character OF the crops,
aridity OF the climate, methods OF irfi-
cation used. and multitude OF other
considerations.
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CHICAGO LITTLE BETTER orr
Placed On Par With New York i'm
Paeifc Freights.

CHrc4So, Oct. a.-The transconti-
mental tariffs against which Chicago
merchants recently made complaint
bave been declared Illegal BIZ the Inter
state commerce commission, on the
ground that these are Determinations
against individuals and localities.
Chairman Leeds and Chairman Midge-
ley, who have been in conference with
members of the commission at Wash
ingtan. have teiegraphed the result to
interested lines ia their respective as
sociations. The decision applies to
the commodity tariffs, which were the
ones that caused all the row.
1t has been deereed that the dis
tributing tariffs should be Withdrawn.
In advising the tfanseontinental roads
OF this decision Chairman Leeds has
directed them to put in force tariff No.
. in place OF the Objectionable tariffs
and apply it TO all points between the
Atlantic seaboard and Missouri river.
The effect OF this gives all interior
points precisely the same rates on
Pacific coast business that apply from
New York TO Chicago, and other West
ern cities viii be just as well off as the
Atlantic seaboard points and no better.
By this arrangement distance cuts no
figure and the short haul has no ad-
vantage over the long hauls SO far as
the cost OF transportation is concerned.
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THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.


WASHINGTON, Oct. %. Senator
Blackburn to-day submitted a volum-
inous minority report from the com.
mittee on the operation of the civil
service law and asked that it be printed
with the majority report. The very
elaborate report OF the majority, says
the minority, gives evidence of many
months of careful preparation. No
information il is declared, was turn-
ished the minority of the committee
OF q purpose 10 close the case, nor was
it even intimated that the end had
been reached and the matter summed
up. For this reason the minority Is
unable, in the few days allowed them,
to follow out in detail the tediously-
stated case, but it would endeayor 10
exhibit more fairness in dealing with
the testimony than the majority had
done.
Ii is declared an effort had per-
sistently been made by the majority,
against the protest OF the minority. TO
limit the inquiry TO the time covered
, s,y the present administration, and all
efforts to bring out the facts as 70 the
operation of the Law under previous
Republican administration Was inyA-
riably denied by strict party vote.
Despite the efforts of the majority,
however. the report declares, It ap-
peared from the testimony OF several
OF their witnesses, that all the evils
and abuses complained oi to-day
came down to this administration as
an inheri.anee The ieyying Of as
sessmenfs upon government officials
! for partisan purposes was in general II
not universal practice, prior 70 March,
1885. and discrimination in the matter
OF appointment because OF political
views was proven to be by no means 4
novel feature. nor one which had
been introduced by the present admin
1 istratioa.
The testimony In regard 10 the New
York custom house, il is declared
shows that nine-tenths OF the witnesses
who testified we're dismissed officials
anxious TO air their grievances and teil
| what an outrage had been perpetrateo
I bv reason oi their dismissal from
Office.
The minority declare that after
( reading the majority report carefully
the conclusion i weil-nigh Irresistible
that improvement Of the csvil servict
, Of the country Is not the idea kept n
view: that the purpose Of the fraaaer'
~as no; to eEiighten tn. country, a.
was proposed ia the resolution.
Nearly 80 typewriter rsges OF ths
report i devoted 70 an analysis OF thi
testimony taken with respect TO heE
J Vol. Pennsylvania. Maryland AIS
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RICHMOND, Oct. 20.-The Brother
hood oil Locomotive Engineers to-day
decided to hold their next convention
At Denver. October !, lssa. The fol
lowing officers were elected: Third
grand engineer, j. r. Sprague OF To-
ronio, Canada; first grand assistant
engineer, II. c. Hayes of Cleveland,
Ohio, and second grand assistant en-
gineer. A NJ. cavener OF San Fran.
cisco; executive COMMITTEES, Edward
Kent OF Jersey City, L w. Clark,
Denver: Edward Iinsiey, Hamilton,
Ont; Wn. Johnson. Rock Island
H., and j. f. Regard. Atlanta, Ga,
Chairman Hoge OF the engineers
grievance committee, who managed
the c, b. & Q. strife, presented bis
report. giving SH account Of the stIige
from the engineers standpoint
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THE LAST SCENES.
The Long Session of Con.
gress Ended.
A HANDFUL OF MEMBERS
Only srrinkiing of speet>ters-The
Customary Red Tape-The Senate
Minority Report on the Civil
Service sham Cleveland Erred
Against His Party.

WAsHlSsToS, 0ct- ao.-0niy seven
senators had the benefit of the final
prayer Of this session of the chaplain
namely, Presiding Officer Ingalls,,
Allison, Cockreli, Mitchell, Paddock,
Salisbury and Teller. During and
Immediately after the reading OF the
journal the senate was reinforced by
the presence OF blackburn, Reagan
and Sawyer.
4 committee OF two. Alison and
salisbury, were appointed TO Join 8
Ike committee on the part OF the
house and wait upon the president
and inform him that congress, having
finished its busin y, was ready 10
close the presen seSsiont bv adjourn
ment at / O'Clock to-day.
Blackburn presented the minority
report OF the select committee on the
operation of the civil service law.
Ordered printed with the majority re-
port.
The last bill OF the session to be in
trodueed was one by Mitchell. pro-
posing an amendment TO the eonsfita-
ton providing for the election OF
United States senators by the people.
Business was then informally sus~
pended awaiting message from the
president or from the house.
The first message was from the
house announcing the appointment of
committee 10 wait upon the presi-
dent. Five minutes afterward Allison.
OF the committee 10 wait on the presi-
dent. reported that the committee had
performed that duty. aud been in
formed by the president that he had
no further communication 10 offer. :.
A resolution rendering the thanks OF
the senate to Ingalls, for the uniformly
able, courteous and impartial manner
in which he had presided. was offered
by salisbury and adopted unani-
moasly.
At tive minutes TO 1 q message
from the president announced his ap-
proval of sundry senate bills and joint
resolutions.
Senator ingalls, then spoke briefly,
acknowledging with thanks the com
plimentary vote rendered him as pre-
siding officer, and thanking the sena-
tors for the courtesy and consider
alton shown him. lie then declared
the senate adjourned without delay.
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ipaizmas and the points made IA th.
majority report are discussed =
length The report concludes. II
tAls proof, taken from fosif cities. Is d
be accepted Is evidence ef the present
condition of the public service through,
Out the country intelligent men vii
realize. and honest men will adnsif
that to-day, after nearly four wears o.
ttemocTatic rule there, 10 Republicans
are holding Office and drawing pay
from the federal treasury where there
was one Democrat in the service on
the 9Th Of March, IsSs.
Under Democratic administration
Il IS not 10 be wondered at, If, the con
slderafions being equal, preference has
been given Democratic applicants for
office The werld has witnessed the
realization OF no system of government
and no code of law has ever been de-
yised by human wisdom that was per-
feet The execution of the law has
been more just and fair under this ad-
mlnistration than ever before. Whether
the fidelity with which the president
and his suhordinates have sought to
observe this Law was wise NAV &c dis
pnted, but the honesty OF purpose with
which he and they have endeavored to
execute it cannot be truthfully denied.
An army OF holaing-over Republican
officials are to-day drawing mainten-
allce rom the treasury OF the country,
and. II current report be true. contrib
utlng from their salaries TO an effort
made to dislodge from power the party
az whose susferSnee they held their
places. In the light Of proof suppress
ed, and IN many Instances destroyed,
as the majority report shows it 10 be,
the question naturally arises. Was
ever more desperate effort made, EN-
ploying more reckless and desperate
methods 10 serve or save a more des-
perate cause %
In every instance every officer OF
the government, superior and siabora-
mate, has been exact and ladicialiy
fair, and had acted without regard TO
the natural and inevitable bias that
comes from sincere convictions, and
fair-nlinded men viii look up the rec
ord and viii declare this administra-
tion has not been lacking in honest,
earnest. persistent aud successful
effort TO execute the law and make
good the pledges that it and its party
gave to the American people.
In respect to removals from the
New York custom house for political
reasons, the minority says conclusive
proof is given in the testimony not
only of Democrats but of Republicans
that no removals were made for any
political consideration whatever, and
that in every instance where removal
was made, charges were filed and sus-
tanned against the man removed. OF
the Indiana inquiry the report says the
testimony cannot properly be SO
named, as the aim of the committee
was satisfied by calling but two per-
sons, who cannot be styled witnesses,
and the production of certain essays
based on newspaper reports. That
such matter should be accepted as the
basis of grave charges against the
president and other public officials to
the scandal of our government is a
most glaring exhibition of that blind
and reckless partisanship which the
committee ostensihly condemn.
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THE LEAD PANIC OVER.
No further Failures, and the Mar
ket Firm.

NEW YoRR, Oct. 20.-The lead mar
ket seems to have struck bottom, and
the scare OF yesterday is over. at
least for the present Saturday is
practically holiday on the metal ex-
change, but to-day q rather larger
crowd than usual was present. Many
brokers who stood upon the brink OF
failure last night we're full of conf
dence to-day. 1t was said that aid
had reached the struggling bulls from
the interior OF the state.
The lead call opened at about yes
terday's closing with q sale of 700
tons October in two parcels under the
rules OF the exchange. This was pre-
sumably for Lead King Corxith's s
account and was at once bought in
by one of the biggest lead operators
on the exchange. For the first 100
tons cents were paid, and 3 97ls
ceats for the second. No other lead
was offered, and the market closed
considerably firmer than yesterday
and with comparatively easy feeling
prevailing.
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NoN-uNIoN CARS ATTACKED.


CHICAGO, Oct. 20.-The Blaine pro-
cession tonight delayed greal num-
Der of street cars, and among Others
some handled by men who were I'M
ported during the recent strike. Ap-
probrious epithets in plenty and a
few substantial missiles were hurled
at the cars.
After the procession had passed the
corner OF Monroe and Dearborn streets
the more venturesome spirits in the
crowd there undertook to derail one
of the ears. The police We're on hand
promptly and prevented what might
easily otherwise have proved a riot.
Vigorous rushes by the police and free
punching with clubs dispersed the
crowds and let the ears 60 safely
through. There was no bleodshed.
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The Chiefs Want to Continue the
Tribal Relations.

WAsHIsGroS, Oct. 20. - Secretary
Villas said to-day that the Sioux chiefs
had formally notified him that they
had rejected by a large majority the
propositions made by the president
through the secretary last Wednesday.
They submitted counter proposition
agreeing TO accept 81 % per acre. the
money to be paid at once. This propo-
sition. the secretary declared, could
not for moment be entertained by
the government. A small minority
signified q willingness to accept the
proposition. This concluded all the
negotiations.
Villas expressed the opinion that one
of the principal reasons for the rejec-
ton OF his proposition was the fact
that the execution OF the Law would
break up the tribal relations, thus de-
priving The chiefs Of their present au-
thority.
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THE END OF A DRUNKEN NIGHT
Horrible Cutting ARRAY at Oregon

PORTLAND, Oct. pa report reach
at 3 O'Clock this morniug Shelly MUIR
ray and Leo Hamilton. who had been
making night OF it, got into quar-
rel in saloon. during which Hamii-
ton whipped out large knife, cutting
his antagonist so severely that his bow
els protruded from the wound. A by
stander replaced them, rolled him up
in blanket, and with assistance car
ried Murray here. The cutting, it is
said, will result fatally.
Hamilton was examined by a justice
of the peace and held in $1,000 bonds
pending Murray's injuries. At late
hour this evening the wounded man
was resting easy, and the attending
physician had hopes of his recovery.
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GeN. Hiii Won't Protect the Chill.
dren from Tobacco.

MEN YeRE, oct. AIN the Woman :
Christian Temperance Union conven-
ton io-dav. Mrs. +. b. ingalls, OF Mis-
reported thst congress had been ap-
preached on the subject OF bill for
regulation OF the sale of t4haeco. The
New YORK legislature at the last session
passed a bill regulating the sale OF TO
haecB TO minors 0lstler 10 years, bat
6ev. HiA declined 70 sign Il.
Mrs ingalls, became quite excitesi
and roanaiy denounced the governor.
There are Is states. said Mrs. ingalls,,
having laws relating 70 the sale ant!
use os 2 Narcotics
The report on iatov and csrstsi. pre-
p9rea by Mrs. Cooper Bristol cf Sew