Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-05

Convention News 1t the Capitol.
CLEVELAND AND TARIFF REFoRx-rHR DEMOCRATS
APPLAUD-INGALLs LAUGHS
dispatches from ST. Louis were received In both
the House and Senate to-day. The Senate re.
ceived the bulletins with dignifled Indifference
once, when dispatch said that voorhees, was
applauded, some one showed 1t to President
pro tempore ingalls,, and the two laughed over 1t.
In the House the discussion OF the tariff fire..
Quentiy ran into the talk OF the st. Louis cOnven
stated that Cleveland and tariff reform had been
cheered read from the clerks desk, and all the
democrats applauded.
Contracts to Warrington Firms.
Contracts for furnishing miscellaneous supplies
for the Interior Department have been awarded
TO the following Washington firms their bids be-
Ing given: VIM. Ballantyne IL Son, hektograpt
NO. z, cap size, S3.2o; each do letter size $235
do reflling cap size s. O5 do renlling letter size
$lo5; M. W. Beveridge, willow baskets, &c
cents and $l.1O each; soap cups, So cents
per dozen; dust pans s1.25 per dozen;
2.quart sllver-plated ice-pitchers, sS25 each;
stone china and granite ware slop Jars, 90 cents
each; wax tapers, S7x cents per dozen; tumblers
40 cents per dozen; water cooler, 4-gallOn wooden
case, 50 each. Robert Boyd, galvanized iron ice
per foot. r q. EdmOnston, wooden buckets. 81 8O
each; corn broOms, s.. IS per dozen; toilet brushes
81 per dozen; matches $l.6O per gross; oat mea
soap, IL per dozen; CASTLE soap, IL cents
per pound; brown soap 304 cents PEI
pound; washing soda, LA cents per pound
CnaA Fischer, magnifytng glasses different sizes
waiter Hewitt, bean, 95 cents per 100 pounds
corn sheiled and cleaned, "a cents per bushel
long Timothy hay, S5k cents per 100 pounds; corr
mea. $L25 per 100 pounds; naxseed neal Az
cents per pound; prime white oats, 43 cents Del
6ushe!; long rye straw, 80 cents per 100 pounds;
c. X. JudsOn, portfolio drawers "a 90 each: Shoe
drawers, 60 cents each; file holders; Julius Lans
Durgh. coca mats, green rep, $l.O4x Der yard
w. r. LUZ, metal Dack rubber dlee cents each
w0oden-oack rubber Dies 8 cents each. p. May
Co, willow baskets, $1.l5 each; scrub-brushes
$1.l2 per dozen; dust-brusheS S2.S5 per dozen
copying. presses and copying-press stands. 0alya
nized iron coalhods, 80 cents each; counter-dust
ers. $l.25 per dozen; mOp-sticks, SA5O per 100
m0pS I2H cents per pound; mop handles. O5 cent:
per dozen; spittOOns, 81 per dozen; Thermometers
IA cents each; brass-wheel casters, No. g. 20 cent:
per set; bronZed-iron casters, No. 5, cents pei
set; hatchetS, 80 cents each; screws screw
drivers. black-hair cloth, 60 cents per yard
w. B. Moses water-coOler stands, 81 as cents each
body brussels carpet, 90 cents per yard; carpe
lining, 2x cents per yard; desk screens 95 cent:
| each; black walnut desks No. 1, S1795 each: roll
contain desks, 81 each; wOod-seaL Stools 10 cent.
each; linoleum, % cents per square yard; straw
mating, "A cents per yard; napier mating, 81
cents per yard; Brentwood chairs, S1.67 each. Lo
reno Rice, carpet cleaning, X cents per yard
coconut-ol SOAP IS ' Cents I Der per dozen le
L H. schneider's Sons, nails to 10 penny, tack.
assorted; s. +. Ware, camphOr, 90 cents Del
pound; honey soap, 70 cents per dozen; glycerine
soap, 73 cents per dozen; Willett & Lbbey, white
pine selects, $40 per 1000 feet; do. seconds Sal
do. shelving 81. so; select poplar, 500 and $33
Georgia flooring. SO; walnut, $3.50, SlOs and tss
Wheeler, axes, cents each; sand-paper, l6 cent.
per Qutre.