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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-24


eral expression OF qualification that the highest
honor WAS given to Capt. Dunwoody. who il
acknowledged 10 be one of the cleverest men in
the service. He has done more to build up the
weather bureau than any other living man and
his seventeen wears of duty with the corps have
formed a continual round of valuable service
He has not only worked well himself. but he
has planned and devised that Others have
worked better, and that more lasting ard bene-
fetal results have been attained. There has
been a great deal OF ground covered
in the weather work through the medium of the
state bureaus. which were established through
his continued efforts, and his editing of Tia.
weekly crop bulletin has been one of the most
admirable features of the service. As a prog
nosticator of the weather he has been the most
uniformly successful of all of the forecast off,
Gals. and the reward that comes is conceded
by all to be well deserved.
Capt Craig has served as forecast official for
long time, but for abont year and a half has
been In the quartermaster's corps on duty at
the signal service. His appointment now to DE
a captain in the corps is thought TO Ice a very
interesting feature in connection with these
appointments, as this action effecrually dis
poses of the statement which has been from
time to time advanced that the President WAS
opposed to appointing officers from one branch
of the staff tn positions in another. President
Cleveland appointed captain of infantry TO
be a captain in the subsistence department. but
il was claimed that while this might be done
an officer once placed in the staff was perma-
nently located. This was not so formerly. how
ever. as the case of Gen. Meigs and others will
testify. and the army and the country are to be
congratulated upon this appointment OF Capt
Craig. as II appears 10 be an unmistakable
recognition of the principle that henceforth
the best material may be selected for staff APP
pointments wherever in the army it be found.
Lieut.. Thompson is an officer of the line CT
the army on duty In the corps.as is Capt. Allen.
Lieut.. kilhourn Is not at present connected
with the Office here. Two Of the first lieuten-
ants selected are known at this writing to be
Second Lieut.. Glassford of the signal corps
and First Lieut.. Geo. p. Scriven of the third
artillery. The former has risen from a private
in toe corps to be one of its most accomplished
forecast officials. The latter has never been
connected with signal or weather work but has
been of some extremely valuable service in a
dangerous field. He is at present engaged in
compiling very interesting report of his re-
cent explorations and reconnoisances in Mex
leo and Cuba. both trips being accompanied
by unusual difficulty. He has just been ordered
to duty in connection with the worlds expo
sition for service in Central America.
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THE CLOTURE RULE.
A Feeling Growing That 1t Cannot Be
Passed.

fassed.
There seems to be creeping over the repub-
iican side OF the Senate an idea that the cloture
rule will come to naught and as this impress
sion becomes more prevalent there is a corre-
spending rise in the democratic spirits-that is.
the Intangible spirits. the mountaineering and
ethereal something which is invisibly powerful.
Democrats were of opinion that the whole plan
revolution they called twas ready for instant
operation. They understood that at a time
agreed upon a republican Senator-Edmunds.
Ingalls, or Spooner-would take the vice presi-
dental chair and gavel and then, by refusing
to recognize any one but the mover of the pre-
vious question, push the rule to a vote.
ONE REPUBLICAN SENATOR'S VIEWS.
Il don't see how that rule is going to be
adopted" said a republican Senator to a STAR
reporter this afternoon. This particular Sem
ator will vote for the rule and would like to see
it embodied in the Senate manual. but he
doesn't jump at conclusions, nor is his political
vision defective. To any thought
full man." he continued, sit must
be evident that this session will be practically
devoid of results, a disappointment to the ad-
ministration. How can chat rule be adopted
when there are at least four or five republicans
who will not vote for it and at least as many
more viii be away looking after their more or
less shaky fences?''
REPUBLICAN SENATORS OPPOSED TO 1T.
The republicans who are credited with being
opposed to the bill even to the extent Of vot-
ing against it are Messrs Ingalls,, Wolcott, Tel
Ter and Plumb. Mr.. Ingalls, was SO vigorously
opposed to the proposition that he refused to
attend the meeting of the committee on rules
when the cloture rule was being considered.
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MRS. ROCKIES DIVORCE SUIT.
Her Husband Says That n Decree in This
Country is Valueless.

Her Husband Says That n Decree in This
Country is Valueless.
Dunlap's Cable Dispatch to The Evening Star
LONDON, Dec. 24.-The following letter is
published in today's Pau Nal Gazette in refer
ence to the Burke Roche divorce case:
''Sir: i have seen today for the first time
paragraph in your issue of Friday last referring
to myself in connection with some quasi divorce
proceedings in the United States Of America,
and from which it might be inferred that such
an action had been instituted against me.
whether successfully or not. 1t may not be
within your knowledge that for three sue
cessive years, at precisely this date. mys + and
my family have been annoyed in a similar man
ner, quite irrespective of the fact that as it ia
well known. there are not the slightest grounds
for such proceedings against me in any coun-
try. The fact is that when l unfortunately
married the lady in question thereby con-
stituted her native of this country, and it is
thus in the courts of this country alone that
she can appear as n party to suit Of this
nature. 1t may be needless to add that neither
myself nor my solicitors ever at any time re-
ceived notice OF the institution of such pro-
ceedings. Yours faithfully, JAMES ROCHE. -
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The Fire Record.

Bosros, Dec. M.--The building and stock of
the New England Cooperage Company in East
Boston were damaged to the extent OF $1,000
by fire last night. The loss is fully covered by
insurance.
HAvERH1L, Mass. Dec. 24.-Fire last night
in the four-story building on Merrimac street,
occupied by Sands clothing store, the Erening
Bulletin and as an Office building, caused dam
age amounting to $50, 900. The loss is covered
by insurance.
NEW YORK. Dec. IA row of one-story and
basement and frame houses on 1S4th street.
east of 10th avenue we're burned to the ground
early this morning, causing a total loss of
$4,000. The occupants escaped uninjured
and majority Of the tenants succeeded in
saving their household effects.
The Schleiter, manufacturer Of fur gar
ments, doing business on the second floor Of
the three-story building "a West 4th street.
suffered a loss of $4,000 by fire this morning.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. A.-Fire last night.
supposed to have been Of incendiary Origin, de-
stroyed the ware house and distillery of Ste
phens Co., near Cartler's station, together
with $50 barrels Of whisky. The total loss is
$40 900; insured for SIS, 900.
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"a EDIlIUN.
HOPING FOR HARMONY
Parnell's Feeling on Meeting the
ENJOYS in Paris.
FOREIGN PRESS ON THE ELECTION.
Iowa Justices Indicted for Fraud
ulent Practices.
DULLNESS IN STOCKS TO-DAY.
FOREIGN PRESS ON TEE ELECTION.
DULLNESS IN STOCKS TO-DAY.
MR.. PARNELL'S PLANS.

His Probable Future Movements Become the
Question Of the Hour.
Dunlsp's Cable Dispatch to The Evening Star.
LoSDoS, Dec. 24.-The great question of the
hour here concerns Mr.. Parnel's future move
ments. That there il the slightest likelihood
that he will accept the verdict of Kilkenny as
final not even the most sanguine of the anti
Parnellites imagines. IT." says the Irish cor
respondent of the Times, ''any suppose that
the nationalist leader proposes to tamely sub
init because he has met defeat in the first en-
counter of the campaign. they little know the
tenacity of the material of which he il made.
and must proceed on the hypothesis that his
nature has entirely changed. He would still
fight even if forced to his knees" Several
courses are now open to him, and he may
decide to precipitate another contest ut the
beginning Of the new year by asking the
resignation Of some of his faithful adherents
or even resigning himself. This would be
comparatively safe move, and the probable
victory would Offset Kilkenny and infuse fresh
ardor among his followers.
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LONDON PRESS COMMENTS.
Views of the Leading Daiiies On the Recon
Election.

Views of the Leading Daiiies On the Recent
Election.
LONDON, Dec. 24.-The Standard considers
Mr.. Parnell has some ground for the confidence
he feels. Had the election been held in the
town of Kilkenny" it says. there is not an
atom of doubt that he would have got an over
whelming victory. Many who would other
wise have supported Parneil doubtless alb
stained, bewildered by priestly pressure. As
long rs tn split lasts it is matter OF indiffer
ence to the unionists who wins"
The Chronicte thinks the return of arch mis-
chief makers to the conservative party cannot
cause much jog to Messrs. Gladstone and Nor
ley. Mr.. Davitt and his friends having SO cor
rectly gagged the party feeling in Kilkenny, the
paper believes, they have probably gagged it
with equal accuracy as regards Ireland. If SO
the Parnellites will soon be extinguished.
The Telegraph says it remains to be seen how
the McCarthyites can hold together. without
Mr.. Parnelf personal magnetism and aid. the
necessitous gentlemen who find in patriotism
their daily bread.
The Times says: Parnelfs reputation for dig
nifty and good taste will hardly survive his plat
form speeches at Dublin and Kilkenny. OF the
Kilkenny election the Times says: If the union
lists feel any dissatisfaction. it is az the magni
tude of the majority. The Gladstonians are
the hardest hit. The result continues the mill
stone of belief about their necks that home rule
Is practical policy. A victory for Parnell
would perhaps have shaken Mr.. Gladstone's
simple faith in the dream of his old age.
VIEWS OF THE IRISH PAPERS.
DUBLIN. Dec. A.-Lnited Ireland SAYS today
of the Kilkenny election: Kilkenny has de-
clared for Gladstone against Parnell. The bat
tie was fought with every weapon hatred.
malice, ingratitude and treachery could supply.
Behind the mutineers were the priests. eager to
regain the power ParneU secured for Ireland
ten years ago: they sanctioned methods of war
fare hitherto unused and open fighting was
supplanted by secret intimidation. But, al
though this combination secured u victory in
Kilkenny. il must be remembered that Kilkenny
is not Ireland. They shall be forced to renew
the wage Of battle at every spot from the CEN
ter to the sea-
The Fresmdn's Journal announces that Mr..
Parnell leaves for Paris tonight in order to
meet his ''trusty lieutenant" Vim. O'Brien.
The Journal represents Mr.. Parnen as refusing
to believe that q friendly interview between
himself and Mr.. o Brien will be barren of re-
suits until they shall have failed to establish
modus yiyendi.
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DIED.
ADaArS AZ North NnIin,n- n

APA,s y s",A h K6hSs fass sl ns sss
BOKI.AND. on Tuesday. Decelrt.r 81 1884, after
a, i,ns ana fainiN. illness, JOHN BnRLAND, ased
uneral wal axe llse lroli has late Residence. No
26. ls,u. at $50 O'Clock. l.cl4tyes ana friends
requested to attend.
CLEMENTS IN December -. 1880. KATE Me-
hEkh hhi Vile OF b. Is. Clements. aged nineteen
years. ioar months. .,
FuHezal IRON res,igIse o' irr :ather, John g. Nc
heeyer. lpe Gales street northeast. Friday, Dsefn
Der III at 3o'cipck m Relatives and friends invited
Mich, INV AID CfGIk DIAN % washington. u. C.
AGED ycnts Years anu tour months.
Nutsce .. funeral hereafter.
,bnGAN n Deoe,n.sr "a. isSs, at : no An,
MAoGi :. b owed VIE % steilen DusAn and
Funeral frfdty. i,e.einlrr ri, az $50 IN from
Relatives ana trends rrtlniIy tnNlsed to attend.
5:iaF.In-, JoaN \. HUTTON, IA the forty second
funeral from Grace Church. Alexandria. Va. Fri
day.. December ~, al - orlock a.
KELLY. On December -. lss.D. at ! I a. m. RICH
AhD NELLY, IN the seN.'ntieih year of his are.
Hrs irl, nds are invited 60 attend the funeral I'm
town.
LONG. ON ,December p. 1880, At IL Is O'Clock,
May he rest in peace.
Funeral from the rsidence his in law John
Collins l;f Un.on street southwest. "Wednesday,
December ~. al s.:D am.
y. 3. pm
monia. ROSETTA. daughter Of G..orre " ana aoss,ta
Lu 'As, sresl ten months and nine days
Funeral FRIDAY morning from resldence. 9os Ninth
street northwest.
MoRElANp On December D. 1880 at N linn
JAMES Il. AORELAND. beloved husband o, Mrs.
Fnnersi s.rIis Al No isso ruth stree, no-.h~r..
at p u Friday. Interment ut Rock Creek ceme-
MORRISON. On Dpcember 81 1sssO. at 4 10 D. m,
wards rhs Isls I a1snas MRhT NJ MOI
BISON, N the sishtN fourth year q her a.'s;
cisco papers pleaserupy.l
her late residence faIS sixth street north@:-s
H9AoRA NOoSAS. beloved vile Of Cornelius
N Ss q fan an the MORNING Tsnl ~ PAPER spr
o'CoNNQR. On Tuesday. December %, 1870, at
3M M s's oSossS .s t tog , .e
nstiye OF Parish OF paaeh. County Kerry. Ireland.
resident of Washington, DC. for tSsnty-thrss
Aprecious one from us has gone.
place il vacant In our home
That never can DE hlled.
God in His wisdom has recalled
The boon His love had given.
And though the body sluTnbers here
.--- 81 HIS WIPE AND SISTERS.
Funeral from his late residence Friday Drpeub<r
%. atSa.m Solemn hsh mass at -. DoulInics
Church At 30 o'clock. Relatives and friends rcspss
fully invited 10 attend.
RoBB. On Wednesday, December "a. ltxe sftG .
painful illness. JOSEPHINE M, wife Of John Z.
Intsrment at Glenwood cemetery Friday ut pm.
SMITH, On Tuesday, December q. 1880. a o:l5
pm. CHAs. SMITH, after long Illness, ssrd forty
Funeral from his brother-in-lsw's. d. McC. Rus.elI.
3l5 1wenty-second street. Thursday a pm.
IN. .i,er iinr-eIn nm siins.s CLARA B.. VIE q
ThonIss 4. Stephenson. and daughter Of Mrs. Mar
EHnsrsl from y. fssueks Church FRIDAY moen!nx
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-24
HELLOl GIRLS,
How Christmas Was Greeted in the Tele
phone Exchange.

How Christmas Was Greeted in the Tele-
phone Exchange.
rumor spread around the city today which
created dire confusion and excitement in the
business community. Dame Rumor said that
the girls-beg pardon, the young ladies-at the
central telephone station were decorat-
ing the establishment for Christmas. A
STAR reporter in eager quest of exciting
news HE'D himself to 18th and G streets
in hot haste. No especial decorations
we're visible in the business portion of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Telephone establish
ment The handsome gentlemen in charge
looked unusually handsome and wore q sort
Of Observation-Disclosures" air, but
there were no Christmas trees. no holly and
no pink candles. The reporter ascended an
other fight and there the whole DAG
cling display appeared. The inhabitants
OF that room did not need to decorate. Eighteen
pretty girls were sitting around in semi-circle
answering '.Hellor r .Hello " Hello IN with
an occasional What number7' and an infre-
quent ''Oh" Any one Of the girls would have
been an entire decoration for Q four
story, basement and mansard roof resi-
dence. Around the chandelier tvfned
gracefully some streaming evergreen,
while on Q table in easy repose rested
o large bunch Of roses. The only thing lacking
In the decoration was bunch Of mist1etoe some
where. THE 6rAR reporter looked anxiousiy
for the mtstietoe, but, mot finding Il, came
sadly away.
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A Rejected suitor's Anger.

WATERFOWL, MY, Dec. 2i.-Z B. Merriam
attempted to murder Miss Josephine Demarsh
in this city last night. Merriam, who is
widower with six children, had been paying at
tention to Miss Demarsh for some time. but of
late she had treated him coldly and refused to
marry him. Last night he followed her toward
her home, overtaking her on bridge crossing
Black river. He renewed his suit only to be
again rejected. He seized the girl and at
tempted to throw her into the stream. She
chung to his clothing and he was dragged into
the river with her. The screams of the woman
brought help and they we're both rescued Tho
girl is badly prostrated by shock, but will re-
cover. Merriam is in Jail.
UNIoNTowN, Pa, Dec. A.-Frank Zebley of
Dunbar shot and killed himself Monday night
in the presence Of his sweetheart, Miss Ola
Hardy, because she refused to marry him
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THE STARS AND STRIPES.

senator Hale Wants Them to Float Over the
Capitol ut all Times.
Ever since Judge Valentine was elected
sergeant-at-arms Of the Senate he has wondered
why there was no flag flying over the Capitol of
the United States, except when one or more of
the branches Of Congress was in session. The
stars and stripes hoat every day in the year
over all the public buildings here with the sole
exception Of the Capitol and to remedy
this Judge Valentine has applied
some OF his large stock of energy.
This morning senator Hale offered
Q resolution which provides for the erection OF
. dag staff over the central porticos on both
eastern and western entrances and this resolu-
ton win be considered on Monday. The only
objection that can be made 70 the patriotic
proposition win be the one that confusion may
result from multiplicity Of flags, because
there are now two on the roofs, respectively,
Of the House and Senate when those bodies are
In sesaion. There need be no confusion, how
ever, for any person who knows anything about
the session Aags and their location ON the ex-
treme ends Of the Capitol can mistake them for
the bunting which win soon wave above the
central porticos with the great dome for .
background.
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DUTY ON NATURAL GAS.
II Imported From Canada Into Buffalo
Customs Tax VIII He Charged.

II Imported From Canada Into Buffalo a
Customs Tax VIII he Charged.
The collector of customs of Buffalo, NY,
recently submitted to the Treasury Department
the question as to whether natural gas i'm
ported into that port from Canada is liable to
duty under the tariff law. He says that the
Buffalo Natura; Gas and Fuel Company is en-
gagged in laying a large eight-inch main pipe
across Niagara river for the transmission of
natural gas produced in Canada to be used on
this side for fuel purposes; that it will be
brought in large quantities and take the
place of fuel in many hundred
households in the northern part of
Buffalo and that the quantity received is to
be measured by a meter located on the Ameri-
can side OF the river. In replying to the col
lector Assistant Secretary Spaulding says:
''Under the circumstances mentioned the de-
partment concurs with you in the opinion that
Illuminating gas is wholly different from cleo
tricity, and that Is it is q merchantable COM
modify which can be measured as readily as
liquids and other gases, 1t would be liable to
duty on importation. The proper rate of duty
would seem to be tina. prescribed for unenu-
merated manufactured articles, viz: 10 per
cent sd vaiorem."
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Suspicious Facts, but Not Convincing.

MILWAUKEE, WIS, Dec. 24.-Tab Pryor,
charged with having been implicated in the
murder of Banker Mead, has been discharged
from custody by the justice of the peace be-
fore whom he was examined at New London.
The magistrate took the ground that there was
not sufficient evidence against Prior to warrant
his being held. H. Sherman, the witness who
was expected to give damaging evidence against
the accused. failed to do 30. To sum up the
case, all the evidence against Pryor was that he
entered the Fulton barn with Sam Stout about
IL o'clock on the night of the murder: that he
told Sherman that he had better keep quiet
about it, and that he resigned his position as
policeman Immediately after the murder.
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A REMARKABLE CASE.
The Government Receivers a Pension
tained by Fraud and a Farm.

The Government Receivers q Pension OBJ
tained by Fraud and a Farm.
MILWAUKEE. Dec ga remarkable case has
just been decided by Judge Gresham in the
United States court. In April, 1885, Joseph
Lalone of Dodge county. who served through
the civil war, was granted pension with
S5.26S back pay. Lalone was a sufferer from
ague when he returned in 1865. and a few years
later was stricken with paralysis His applica-
ton for pension was filed in 1880. After the
pension was granted the government officials
learned that before Laione was paralyzed he
had met with a severe accident When the man
received his pension money he transferred it
to his wife. who deposited it in the First Ma
tional Bank of Beaver Dam. Afterward all but
q. 200 was drawn out to purchase farm in
Dodge county. Instead of bringing criminal
suit the government brought suit against
Lalone and his wife to recover the money and
made the bank party to the suit. The testi-
mony showed paralysis followed the accident
Now the government is 81 500 and q Dodge
county farm ahead.