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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-08
SENATE AND HOUSE
Indian Appropriation Bill Conference
Report Agreed To.
an ANPI-LOBBTING RESOLUTION
The Resolution to investigate Judge
Ricks Passed.
B L L S A G T E d Z pom

In the Senate today House bill to reim-
burse Z. II. Nebeker. late treasurer Of the
United States. for $1,000 paid by him to
make good shortage In his accounts when
his office was turned over to his successor
was passed.
Amor & the bills introduced and appropri-
ately referred was enc by Mr.. Allen (Neb.)
Ito prevent professional lobbying" which
was referred to the committee on educa ton
and labor.
A resolution was introduced by Mr.. Hoar
end adopted instructtng the committee on
the District of Columbia to investigate and
report in regard to the several hospitals
and charitable Institutions in the District
of Columbia.
Mr.. Ransom Defends Col. Robbins.
Mr.. Ransom On. c. delivered a glowing
penegyric Oh Col. William r. Robbins Of
Ncrth Carolina, commissioner for marking
the battle field of Gettysburg. The text
for Mr.. Ransom's speech was a provision in
the sundr" civil bill for the appointment Of
commissit ner for this purpose. which pro-
vision he regarded as a reflection on Col.
Robbins.
Rills Passed.
The follow ing bills were passed: Senate
bill granting to the Northern Mississippi
Railroad Company right of way through
certain Indian reservations in Minnesota
I1ouse Dill 10 autnOrlze the purchasers of
the property and franchises Of the Choctaw
Coal and Railway Company to organize a
corporation. Senate bill to enable the Sec
fetary of the Interior to pay John T. Heard
member of Congress from Missouri the
sum of $lO,OW for professional services rem
dercd the old settlers western Cherokee
Indians
Senate bill extending time for the con-
struction of a railroad bridge over the Co
lumbia river near Vancouver, Wash, and
ba frlnr ian Of
ana foot bridge across the Chattahoochee
river near Columbia, Ala.
Indian Appropriation BiIl.
The conference report on the Indian ap-
propriation bill IVES submitted by Mr. Call
and agreed 10.
"A motion by Mr. George of Mississippi. to
take up the bankruptcy bill resulted in a
vote OF % to 1i-Io quorum.
falilng TO develop voting quorum, Mr..
George withdrew the bankruptcy bill for
the present.
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DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
Minimum Salaries.

The Commissioners have recommended
favorable action on the amendment intend
ed to be proposed by Mr.. PETER to H. r.
bill 55a5. Ito Increase to $50 the annual
salaries of all persons employed by the
Commissioners Of the District Of Columbia
and for whose service a lower salary is
provided in the bill making appropriations
to provide for the expenses of the govern
ment Of the District of Columbia for the
fiscal year ending June 80 1926, and for
other purposes" which was referred to
them for examination and report.
Reform school Receipts.
President A. J. Falls of the board of
trustees of the Boys Reform School today
submitted to the Commissioners a detail
statement of the receipts of the school for
the last fiscal year. During that period a
total of $3.03374 was received from all
sources. This was divided as follows: The
sales Of farm products netted sI57.3s; the
paper box industry yielded 81 $50; the green
houses contributed $3.50, while ss2 As was
collected from miscellaneous sources.
Building Inspectors Estimates.
The Commissioners have received from
Building Inspector Entwisle the following
estimates for his Office for 1896: For sal-
aries. $3.50: for care of the District build
Ing. $3.OOS5O; repairs to various buildings
owned by the District. $4,000. This last
amount is allotted as follows: School
buildings, $4,000: police stations. $1,000;
fire engine houses, $500; market houses
$4,000; hay scales. 500; police court 500;
and District Office building $500 He sue-
gests that two more men be given him in
the duty of inspection of buildings In
spector Entwisle recommends that the sal
aries of his present two assistants be in
creased from 81 900 to s1,2O0.
A Messenger.
The Commissioners today upon .he rec
cmmer dation of the superintendent of char
tiles. appointed Frederick w Barnaclo a
messenger to the superintendent of chari-
ties at salary of $40 per annum.
building Permits.
The building permits issued today were as
follows:
r.. r. Bradbury, one frame dwelling and
shop on Pennsylvania avenue extended.
Twining City, TO cost $1,000
Francis H. Brown, ore brick dwelling at
800 Sherman avenue Mt. Pleasant, to cost
81, 500.
Thos. Grundy, trustee. one frame church
corner Beall and Washington streets, Lin
colnville, to cost 500.
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THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
C0nferees Having Hard Time &
Reach an Agreement.

The conferees on the sundry civil bill are
having a hard time to agree. They have
now been in session, off and on. for over a
week, and the end is not yet in sight. They
were In session three times yesterday, from
1880 to II, from 2 to and from 5 to H.
Again at 10 this morning they went at their
task and staid together until noon, when
the chaplain's prayer drew them into the
Senate chamber. There are many bitches
between the two hoIsa IS which have taken
a great deal cf time and careful diplomacy
to adjust. So far. il is understood the con-
ferees have not yet reached the Malone site
amendment. Just when the conference VIII
terninate is not al all certain. for there is
less haste than if The tariff question were
settled and Congress We're about to adjourn
Comforting is made not too hard a task by
iced appolinaris and dainty Iuncncs, and so
the fight goes on.
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Creditors Agree to q Mia Cut.

FOSTORIA. Ohio. August s.-About ca per
cent of the creditors of the Mambourg
Crockery and the Calcined Glass Company
met with Assignee Fox and Mr.. Charles
Foster in this city and decided upon q basis
for q settlement by paying a cash dividend
of 10 per cent OF the Indebtedness OF the
ca cined and of 15 per cent on the other two
companies. Mr.. Fox was Instructed to pre-
pare a statement TO lie presented TO the
creditors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-08

NEW YORK, August Sit is reported
that the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad Company mas acquired the Missis-
silpi River and Bonne Terre railroad, which
has forty-seven miles Of road running from
River ide to Doe Run, Mo. IL Is said also
that the Burlington people Will extend the
ro ad to Memphis and build a connecting line
n ON Riverside to North StLouis, a distance
Of twenty-eight miles. The road purchased
cost $s40ooo to build and owns $4,000 worth
of rolling stock.
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CAPITOL TOPICS.
To Investtgatc LynchinEs,

In compliance with the resolution intro
duced by Representative Blair of New
Hampshire for investigation Of lynchings
Chairman McCann of the labor committee
VIII send circulars to all the organizations
supposed to be interested in the proposed
investigation inviting them to communicate
with the committee.
Want Olncy Impeached.
Repre-: entative Bryan Of Nebrasks has q
petition bearing 10000 signatures for an in
vestisation Of the course taken by Attorney
General Olney during the recent strike look
ing to his impeachment
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MIR. Cummings' ResOlutAOn Intended
to Settle the Ques ti0n of Pay.

Considerable embarrassment has been
caused in the granting of leaves Of alb
Sc nee of employees of the government print
ing office, owing to the different construc-
tons placed upon the provisions of the acts
of 1856 and 1888. In order to resolve all
doubts upon the matter Congressman Cum
mrgs has introduced a Joint resolution
which provides that the pay receivable on
les,ve of abseEce by such employees shall be,
in proportion to the length of time during
any portion of the preceding year they may
Lave been employed on night work, at the
rate of compensation allowed time hands
employed on night work. and i'm proportion
to the length of time during any portion of
the preceding year they may have been EN-
ployed on day work, at the rate of compen-
sation allowed time bands employed on day
work"
The resolution will be considered by the
c. committee on appropriations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-08

A telegram was received at the Navy
Department today from Lieut. n. X.
Usher saying that the torpedo boat Ericsson
sailed from st. Louis at o'clock this morn
ing and will proceed on her way to New
York as rapidly as possible. using her own
power He says that the Mississippi river
Is low ard still falling. This vessel was
built at Dubuque. Iowa, and is designed
Tor speed OF twehty-four knots. She is
now on her way 20 the trial course i'm
Long Island sound. to be tried as TO speed
and other qualities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-08

ALBANY. NY. August s.-Among the
recomm endations TO be made TO the consti-
tutional convention by the suffrage commit
tee will be one that ability TO read and write
shall be prerequisite TO exercise OF the
elective franchise, and that a man shall
have been a citizen sixty days before hs
may vote. Ii is also proposed that registra-
tion laws shall not he operative outside Of
cities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-08

FORT WAYNE. Ind. August s.-A dis.
astrous prairie fire swept over the farm of
T. Z. Ellison. A. c. Trentman and others.
four miles from this city. yesterday and de-
stroyed hundreds Of bushels OF grain in
shock and hundreds of cords of wood.
Prairie fires are raging IN different parts Of
this county, and the railroads are kept busy
fighting the flames.
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DISTRICT IN CONGRESS,
Permission Granted.

At the request of Mr.. Warner of New
York the House today agreed to a resolu-
ton authorizing the citizens committee
of the Knights of Pythias encampment to
illuminate the dome of the Capitol during
the encampment, under the direction of the
architect of the Capitol.
Confer ces Appointed.
The House today ron-concurred In the
Senate amendment to the bill to open and
widen alleys in the District, and Messrs
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THE ASSESSMENT BILL,
Only the Presidents Signature is Nov
Needed.

The House today concurred in the Senate
amendments to the District assessment bill.
The bill now goes to the President for his
signature, and when signed ii Will become
the law. .. -.,.
The Senate bill was laid before the House
soon after assembling, and Mr.. Richardson
made tie motion to concur. Mr.. Kilgore
and MIR. Dockery wanted an explanation of
the amendment authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury to advance to the District
the sums necessary for the conduct of bust
ness until the next tax payment occurs and
UPON its beirg furnished no objection was
made tc the motion to concur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-08

BOSTON. August s.-The socialistic plank
In the platform Of the state branch Of the
American Federation Of Labor was elimi-
mated at today's session OF the conference
by a vote of ten to twenty-three. The ques-
ton was debated for over three hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-08
PUNISHMENT OF rwiNE,ts.
One Imprfsoned for Five Years Tor
Leaving n Bomb on a Doorstep.

PATERSON, n. J.. August s.-For placing
a bomb on the steps of the residence Of
VIM. 'Stange. vice president OF the silk
Manufacturers Association. Charles Doeb-
bier. a striking silk weaver. was today
sentenced to five years Imprisonment. An
additional six months Imprisonment was
imposed for sending threatening letters.
anoti.er striker, named Siedle. was sem
tenced to twelve months on two charges
of writing threatening letters. AMI Charles
Starke TO one year upon a charge Of con-
spiracy in inciting to violence during the
recent strike ii six weaVers.
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PiTTSBCRG, Pa, August s.-Paul Jones.
who started from Boston February II with
a paper suit TO go around the world and
earn 5000. is stopping at one OF the best
hotels here He has already acquired a
secretary. and has several schemes for &C.
cumulating money on hand.
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REVIVAL OF INDUSTRY.
Iron Mills Resume Operations After
Long ldleness.

PITTSBURG, Pa, August S.-Mahoning
valley iron mills are resuming after long
periods of idleness. Coleman & Shields of
Miles, Ohio, have been idle a year; the
Girard Ohio, rolling mill has been closed for
six months; Brown & Bonnels of Youngs-
town, Ohio, has been off In part for a year
All are running in full today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-08

S8e proof Of f8e puooins is
in f6e eating. gesfereap's
Star eonfameo $ columns
Of aooerfissmenfs, maee up
Of or separate announce
menfs. t8ese aeperfisers
bous8f pu6fietfp-nof merefp
space.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-08

Richardson, Rusk and Harmer were ap-
pointed conferees.
Home for Aged CoIOred Persons.
Senator Gibson today reported favorably
from the District connhttee the House b.Il
1905. to provide for a national home for
aged and infirm colored per.Dns without
amendment The Senate committee adopted
the House report on this blIl
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HOURS AHEAD Or TIME.
The bicycle Relay Riders Reached
Richmond. Ind. This Morning.

RICHMOND. Ind. August s.-The WASH
ington-Denver relay riders passed through
this city at s:32 O'Clock this morning. They
were not due here until 1850 tonight.
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CHAPTER 81.

CHATTER 81.
AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 100 OF
THE tODE OF PUBLIC GENERAL
LAWSOF MARYL NE, TITLE "WORK,
ING The ETO a Sc C1ION TO BE
KNOWN AS SECTION 4. INSULATING
TIE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN
UNDER TWELVE YEARS OF AGE IN
MILLS AND FACTORIES IN THIS
STATE.
SECTION, 1. Be icnarfed by the General
.issemblyof Marylah That Article 100 Of
the Code OF Public General Laws CT Mary
land. be amended by adding thereto the fol-
lowing section to come in INN ,diately after
section OF said Article aud to be known as
section four.
Section /. No proprins-y or owner Of any
mill or factory in this State other than es:ab-
lishments for manufacturing canned goods or
manager, agent. foreman or other person in
charget thereof shall after the first day of Octo-
Der. in the year Eli hteen hundred and ninety
four, employ, or retain in employment in any
such mill or factory any person or persons
under twelve years of age. and if any such
proprietor or owner of any such mill or fac
tory. or manager, agent foreman or other
person in charge thereof, shall wilfully violate
the provisions OF this section he shall bo
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and on con-
viction thereof shall be fined not less than one
hundred dollars for each and every offense so
committed and pay the costs of prosecution,
oEe-half of the fine to so to the informer and
the other half to the school fund ofthe county
or city in which the oifense shall have heen
committed, provided. that nothing in this
Act shall apply to Frederick, Washington,
Queen Anne. Carroll. Wicomico. Caroline,
Kent. Somerset, Cecil. Calvert, st. Mary's,
Prince Georges. Howard, Baltimore, Wor.
cester and Hartford Counties.
SEC. 2. And be il enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 6. 1894.
FRANK BROWN, Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH
President of the Senate.
JAMES H. PRESTON,
Speaker OF the House of Delegates
We hereby certify that the aforesoing is
correct copy of an Act of the General Assem-,
bly, of Maryland, passed January Session,
1894
]. ROGER MCSHERRY,
Secretary of the Senate.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House Of Delegates
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PUBLIC GENERAL Ii VS..

said conditional vender OF personal property
in an unrecorded conditional written con-
tract. or his assigns, or with intent to defraud
the execution creditor or his assigns and de-
feat his or their lien under said execution.
shall remove any of the pers onal property. so
mortga Sed, or purchased under said I'M
recorded conditional written contract, or
levied on and taken in execution as afore-
said. as the case may be, beyond the limits
Of city or county where it was located when
so mortgaged or purchased under said un-
recorded conditional written contract or
levied on and taken in execution, or who
with intent as aforesaid removes. secrets. by
pothecates destroys or sells the same. shall
he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on
indictment therefor. and conviction thereof.
shall be imprisoned in the city or county
Jail not more than six months. or shall lie
fined not more than five hundred dollars or
Doth i'll the discretion of the court: but moth
ing herein contained shall be construed to
relieve the sheriff or other officer holding
said execution from his responsibility to the
execution creditor for the safe keeping of any
personal property by him levied on and taken
in execution as aforesaid.
Approved April 6. 1894.
FRANK BROWN, Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President of the Senate.
JAMES H. PRESTON.
Speaker of the House of Delegates
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is
correct copy of an Act of the General Assem-.
by Ply, OF Maryland, passed January Session.
J. ROGER McSHERRY.
Secretary of the Senate
B. L. SMITH.
Chief Clerk of the House of Delecates
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CHAPTER al.

CHAPTER AL. ny
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE NYHM OF
MONEY TO PROVIDE FORtZHE IN.
DEXING OF CERTAIN VOLUMES OF
THE PROCEEDlNGs OF I 1an PRER00GS,
ALIVE COURT Of The PROVINCE OF
MARYLAND, AND ADMINISTRATOR
ACCOUNTS, INVENTORIES AND
BALANCE BOOK, AND FOR THE RE-
ARRANGEMENT OF ORIGINAL WILLS
OF EARLY sETri ERS OF MARY
LAND, AND THEIR PRESERVA.
lion AGAINST DESTRUCTION BY
FIRE WHEREAS THERE ARE AT
THIS TINE IN THE OFFICE OF HE
REGISTER OF WILLS OF ANNE
ARUNDEL COUNTY. FORMERLY BE
LONGING TO THE OFFICE OF THE
COMMISSARY- GENERAL OF The
PROVINCE OF MARYLAND, FORLY-
SEVEN VOLUMES OF THE fkoCEEn,
INGS OF THE PREROGATIVE (OUkI
Or THE SAID ROVINCE; ALSO "A
VOLUMES OF DEMONSTRATORS AC-
COTTNTS. 1875 VOLUMES OF 1NVEN-
TORIES AND 6 VOLUMES OF FINAL
Distribution ON BALANCE BoOAS
FROM ALL TIE COUNTIES OF The
STATE IN EXISTENCE PRIOR ~ TIE
ING VALUABLE HISTORICAL MAILEn
NOW INACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC
FOR THE REASON THAT A LARGE
PROPORTION OF SAID VOLUMES AXE
WITHOUT INDEXES; AND WHEKEASs
ALSO THERE ARE ON FILE IN TIE
SAID RICHTER OF WILLS OFFICE
AT THIS TIME Is, 900 ORIGINAL Wills l,lsS
OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF The
PROVINCE OF MARYLAND, CONEhlNd
THE PERIOD FRO 1885 TO 1777 A.: y,
ALSO OF GREAT HISTORICAL lNIEh-
Est. But WHICH FOR LACK OF SUIIA-
BILE APPLIANCES FOR THElR All
RANGEMENT AND EXAMINATION AXE
ALSO VIRTUALLY INACCESSIBLE ~
THE PUBLIC; AND BECAUSE OF The
FLIMSY AND CONBUST1BLE CHARAC-
TER OF THE ROOM WHERE THEY ARE
STORED ARE IN GREAT d sNGER OF
DESTRUCTION BY FIRE, THEREFOR;
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General As.
sen,bly of Maryland, That the Register OF
Wills of Anne Arundel County and the Gov
ernor of the State be and they are hereby
authorized and empowered to have indexed
in proper books to be purchased by them Tor
that purpose the aforesaid At volumes OF
the proceedings of the Prerogative Court OF
the Province of Maryland, seventy-four
volumes of the administration accounts, ono
hundred and twenty-six volumes OF !nven-
tories and six volumes of Distribution or
Balance Books and to arrange in patent nAe
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CHAPTER 3O9

OHAPlER 30J.
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION II OF
ARTICLE SO OF THE PUBLIC GENERAL
LAWS OF MARYLAND, ENTITLED
"CORONERS AND CORONERS' IN
QUESTS AND TO RE-ENACT THE
SAME WITH AMENDMENTS.
SECTION /. Be 1t enacted By the General
assembly of Maryland. That Section II OF
Article IS of the public General Laws of Mary
land, entitled Fees of Officers subtitle
"Coroners and Coroners Inquests.'' be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted
So as to read as follows
II. Each juror who may serve on coro-
ner's inquest shall be entitled to one dollar;
and the constable who may be directed by
any coroner or justice to summon such a jury
OF the coroner, except in Baltimor City, if the
jury be summoned by him. shall be entitled
to fifteen cents for each jury summoned, to
he paid as above directed.
SECTION. 2. And be i en1cted, That
this act shall take effect from the date of its
passage.
Approved April 6, 1894.
FRANK BROWN, Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President Of the Senate.
JAMES H. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House Of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the atoregoing is a
correct copy of an Act of the General As
scmbly of Maryland, passed January Session,
1894.
j. ROGER McSHERRY,
Secretary of the Senate,
B. L. LMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
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CHAPTER 400

ChafiER 3O22.
AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE q. OF THE
CODE OF PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS
TILE GRIMES AND PUNISHMENT s.
SUB TITLE, "HEALTH, WORKSHOPS
AND FACTORIES" BY ADDING
THERETO FOUR ADDITIONAL SEC
TONS TO FOLLOW SECTIONS 1i9. TO
BE NUMBERED Sc ,rIONS 149 \. 149
B, 149 c AND 149 D RESPE LT1VELY.
AND TO BE rREt EDED BY IEE
HEADING "-oW MATING SYSTEM
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by The General
81 of the Code of Public General Laws. title
"Crimes and Punishments, subtitle Health.
Workshops and Factories - be and the same
hereby is amended by the addition thereto Of
the following four sections. to follow Section
l49. to he numbered Sections 1i9 4. l49 b,
14y and l49 ID respectively. and To b" pre-
ceded by the heading. Sweating Svstcm'
Section 149 A. Ii any individual or body
corporate engage III the manufacture or sale
OF clothing or of any other article whereby
disease may be transmitted, shall knowingly
10y purchase, contract or otherwise directly.
or indirectly cause or permit anv garment or
Ica other articles as aforesaid TO be mnuu-
Pictured or made up IN whole or in part CT
any work to be done thereap0n within this
Safe and III place or under circumstances il
volying danger to the public health the said
Individual or corporation upon conviction in
any court OF competent jurisdiction shall he
fined not less than ten dollars or more than
one hundred dollars for each garment or
other articles SO, as lastly aforesaid. manu-
factured. made up or worked upon
Section 149 j. II any individual or the
officer OF any corporation shall so as afor,-
said cause or permit any garment or other
articles i'll the next preceding section men
toned to be manufactured. made NJ or
worked upon in place or under circum-
stances involving danger to the public health
with the knowledge that it will or may he
thus dealt with, he shall upon conviction in
any court Of competent jurisdiction. be i'm
prisoned not less than sixty DAYS or more
than one year. and may be further fined not
exceeding one thousand dollars in the dis
erection Of the court.