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The Washington times., 1894-04-08
PENSION CLAIM FRAUDS.

Attorneys TO be Required to Report on
Applications Every Three Months.
Representative Broderick, of Kansas, has
introduced in the House resolution requlr-
ing attorneys and claim agents having Offices
in Washington and who prosecute claims for
pensions to advise each Of the claimants
every three months as to the condition Of his
or her claim.
A preamble to the resolution recites that
many attorneys and claim agents having
offices and doing business here have solicited
applications for pensions by circular letters
and otherwise from soldiers and others sup
posed to be entitled thereto, on the ground
that their business was located In Washing
ton, where they could have ready access to
the records and files Of the claims: that hun
dreds OF thousands of claims have been Sc
cured through these representations, together
with contract for the largest fee allowed by
law for such services, and that it is truthfuly
alleged by many claimants that some of these
attorneys and agents neglect and refuse TO as
sist in preparing evidence or give any infor-
nation whatever relating TO their claims.
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
TIN AND rEKNB PLATES.
Special Agent Ayers Report Showing
Growth of This Industry.

Special Agent Ayers Report Showing the
Growth Of This Industry.
Secretary Carlisle has made public the re-
port of Speciar Agent Ira Aver on the pro-
duction of tin and terne plates in the United
States during the quarter ended December
81, 1893.
It shows that tAirty-nine firms manufact-
ured 1881 ,241 pounds Of tin and terne plate
proper against an output OF 27, 145. 450 pounds
by thirty-flve firms during the previous quar-
ter. OF the output for the quarter Is, 9O7 ,669
pounds were made from sheets rolled In the
United States. OF the commercial plates
manufactured during the quarter, H,6s2. .645
pounds were coated with tin and 1865, l9e
pounds were terne coated.
The American sheet iron and steel made
into articles and wares. timed orterne-coated,
amounted to 1,244,70 pounds. This. the re-
port says, makes the aggregate output of tin
and terne plate for the quarter, from all
sources, 2S,595, 94S pounds; that OF the pre-
vious quarter was %, 1875. .293. The production
of black plates during the quarter was 49,
679, $40 pounds, and during the previous quar-
ter II ,355, 1868 pounds. The production Of
American black plates Of the class weighing
lighter than 63 pounds per 100 square feet was
2.9S9, ,472 pounds in excess OF that of any pre-
vious quarter since the law became operative.
OF the thirty-nine firms that made sworn
returns OF the manufacture of commercial tin
and terne plates, twenty-one used wholly
American plates, with an output of 12,576, ,443
pounds, twelve used both American and
foreign plates. with an output Of IL, ia, 755
pounds, of which 1881 ,226 pounds were made
from sheets rolled in the United States, and
six used wholly foreign plates. with an out
put Of $500, ,043 pounds. The aggregate con-
sumption Of American plates in the various
forms of manufacture was II. .152, 1915 pounds,
which was equal to about 80 per cent. OF the
entire production of such plates during the
quarter.
The tin plates and terne plates imported
and entered for immediate consumption and
those imported after July, 1891, withdrawn
from warehouses for consumption during the
quarter amounted to SO. 3.S46,3S3 pounds, of
which 73, 949, ,929 pounIs were tin plates and
the remainder terne plates. The tin and
terne plates on which duties were paid and
which were used in the manufacture of
articles exported with benefit of drawback
during the quarter amounted to 80, ,754, ,G4
pounds, Of which S2,750,211 pounds were
tin plates.
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
Odd Items from All About.

The river Thames pours 10000, 900 cubic
feet into the sea every hour.
Over 5000 Hindoo temples in India are sup
ported entirely by charitable donations.
The expansion Of water in congelation is
such that eleven feet Of water make twelve
feet Of ice.
One Of the largest hospitals in the world is
the Misericordia of Rio Janeiro. 1t receives
annually over $4,000 patients.
During the reign of Elizabeth no less than
23S English writers appeared, nearly all OF
whom possessed unusual excellence.
It is estimated that over 100000 Of our
population are in annual need Of and actually
receive some kind OF charitable assistance.
One Of the old Greek laws provided that If
q man divorced his wife he could not marry
q woman younger thnn the discarded partner.
Mrs. Mackay, the silver kings wife, has
perhaps the finest jewels in the world. She
has sapphire worth $780, 900 and a pair of
solitaires valued at s425, ZOO.
The largest building stones are those used
in the cyclopean walls Of Baalbec in Syria.
Some of these measure sixty-three feet in
length by twenty-six in breadth, and are Of
unknown depth.
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
CHINESE TREATY DISCUSSED.

Western Senators Oppose It and Want
Discussion in Open Session.
In the executive session of the Senate yester-
day the Chinese treaty was the principal mat
ter discussed. Senator Morgan spoke in
extenso on the subject, urging the wisdom Of
taking some steps to improve our social and
commercial relations with the Chinese en-
pire. He stated that he was quite il SYM
pathy with all movements to keep cheap
labor out OF the country. but he did not be-
lieve the proposed treaty would have the
effect other Sen =tors attributed to il.
The Senators from the Pacific Slope. includ-
ing Perkins of California. Stewart of Colo
rado, and Mitchell of Oregon, were all
bitterly opposed TO it, and urged that the
Senate sessions oh the subject should be pub
lie. in order that the country might know
before the adoption of the treaty just what
their fellow-citiZens on the western coast
thought OF it.
Senators Gray and Palmer both spoke
briefly in favor OF the treaty.
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
PROBABLY ANOTHER BILL.
Parliamentary Bering Sea Measure Has
Since Been Amended

Parliamentary Berins Sea Measure Has
Since Been Amended.
Senator Morgan explained in the Senate
yesterday dispatch published in the papers,
purporting to give portion of the Bering
sea bill recently passed by parliament. to
which his attention had been drawn by sena-
tor Hoar. The effect of this legislation would
be to exempt from the penalty of seizure and
confiscation a number of Canadian sealing
vessels which sailed for the sealing grounds
before the passage of the act OF parliament
Senator Morgan in reply related the circum-
stances which led up to the tritunal OF arbi-
tration. and asserted that the act as outlined
In the dispatches did not conform to the
spirit Of the award of that tribunal. He be-
lieved, however. that the bill spoken Of in
the dispatch was one which had been with
drawn from parliament by Sir Charles
Russell because some of its provisions were
Objectionable to the government.
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
SUICIDE OF A DOG.
One St. Bernard that Preferred Death to
His Masters Absence

MosT CLAIR, n. j., April THE stran-
gest suicide on record happened here yes.er-
day. 1t was that of a ST. Bernard dog. 1t
seems TO have been a case Of deliberate sui
eide
Not long since Rev. Father J. NJ Mendl, of
the Chure OF the Immaculate Conception,
started on his European trip, leaving his pet
dog, st. Bernard, behind. He left explicit
instructions as to the care of his dog. which
he valued highly. Upon discovering that his
master was gone the dog began to raise
trouble. He searched the entire neighbor-
hood and took little trips on the outside in
quest for his beloved master. He visited all
the residences in the parish which the priest
was in the habit of visiting.
The dog mind evidently received the idea
that life was not worth living. In direct line
with this reasoning the brute deliberately
threw himself in front of Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western train. The engine struck
him and tossed him high in the air, breaking
one of his hips, and hurting him so terribly
that he had to be shot to death.
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
The New Hampshire senatorship.

The New hampshire SendtOTSnIp.
from Senator Chandler's Concord Monitorl
1t may or may not be wise for the Republi-
cans of New Hampshire to send Mr.. Blair to
the Senate as Mr.. Chandler's successor. But
the assaults which certain New York papers
are making upon him are grievously unjust,
and ought to be condemned by all fair jour
nalists. Mr.. Blair in his whole career as q
Representative and Senator has labo.ed for
the elevation Of humanity with zeal and
earnestness born only Of sincere conviction.
When he left the Senate he carried with him
the true friendship and the unalloyed respect
of every one Of his associates, many OF whom
had served with him during the twelve years
OF his labors in that body.
No human being who knows Mr.. Blair
thoroughly,has any feelings toward him but
those OF kindness and affection, and whether
he continues in public life or retires there
from, he can afford to disregard the slurs and
gibes of irresponsible newspaper critics, who
DO not appreciate because they do not un-
derstand the full value of Mr. Blair's services
in the causes Of temperance. education, and
labor. and for the soldiers OF the Union army,
among whom he ranks as one Of the bravest
and most patriotic.
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
Look Out for This Counterfeit.

The officers of the secret service, Treasury
Department, have discovered new counter
felt of the $40 United States notes, series of
1880. check letter &C." W. S. Rosecrans.
Register, and James W. Hyatt, Treasurer,
Hamilton portrait.
The note has the appearance of having been
printed from wood-cut. 1t is about three
eighths OF an inch shorter than the genuine
and aboul quarter of an inch less in width,
and considerably smaller than the genuine in
every particular. This fact shows that the
camera was used in its production. The seal
Is well executed, but its color looks faded.
The color OF the Treasury number is good.
but the formation is poor. The general an
pearance OF the note is blurred and the lines
of the lathe work, especially on the back, can
not be traced
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
NOTES FROM THE DEPARTMENTS.

The net gold in the Treasury at the close Of
business yesterday was sl05 675, ,sO4 and the cash
balance t18S, ,2s3l0
Count de Ragouza Soustchevsky, of St, Peters-
burg, late commissioner of Russia at the Worlds
Fair, Is In Washington making q study Of the
patent system Of this government
The State Dep srtnent 10 agaiu on the track of
Menage, the Minneapolis defaulter and Il is
understood that he has been located in Belize,
British Honduras, and that an effort Is being
made to secure his arrest
The Utah commission will be reorganised in the
early part OF next week. The resignatiors Of
three Of the members have been rendered to
Secretary Smith and fourth will probably be
tendersd Monday.
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
McKanc.s AppcaI pockctcd

The appeal case OF John Y. McKane, the
G .reeend politician, from the order of Judge
Laeombe DENYING him writ OF habeas
corpus TO secure his release from Sing Sing,
was docketed in the Supreme Court Of the
Cntef States Yesterday. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Edward NJ. Shepard, Warden Ours
Ion counsel. will ask the court on Monday
to advance the case for an early hearing.
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
SINCE WHEN WE MET.

~. Gertrude Menard in April Donahoe's. ]
Since when We met count no more
The Winters tagging days,
In vain the snow-drift bars the path
walk in fiowery ways
For she 10 Spring. Her tender voice
Sets wintry woods,atune;
Her blue eyes bring the May for me-
Ter red lips are my June.
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
NOTICE.

Stockholders of THE WASHINGTON TINES
are informed that an important messing will
be held at Typographical Temple at s O'Clock
p. m. to-day. Every stockholder should be
present.
By order of the board Of directors.
THos. A. MITCHELL,
Secretary.
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
Corgrcss Docs Nothing.

No business was transacted in tie House
yesterday, although that body was in session
for two hours. Mr.. Reed made the point Of
no quorum against a motion TO discharge the
warrant issued by tue Sergeant-at-Arms to ar
res. members during the fight over the con-
tested election cases. Several roll-cais were
had. but a Democratic quorum -ot appearing
nothing was left but al ad ournment.
In adjourning the House dispensed with the
eulosies on the life and character of the late
Senator Gibson, OF louisiana, which were set
" TODAY
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
Mr. CIcyeiaud,s CIemeucy.

The President has pardoned Hattie STRAIT
ton, convicted in Washington of opium snug
Cling, and has reduced to ninety days the sem
tence OF five months imprisonment imposed
upon George Barber, convicted in the Dis
trict of Columbia Of violation of the policy
laws
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
A Reverend Pension swindIef.


The Pension Bureau was notified yesterday
TINT Rcv. CIV. Lewis, OF Chattanooga, Tenn,
has been sentenced 10 the pc y ,ntiary for
twenty-eight years FOR violations of pension
laws, and that nine other claimants in pension
cases in that vicinity have been sentenced to
one and two years eaeh. 1t Is said that there
is no pens on law that has not been violated
by THIS clerical pension attorney.
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
As to the Cotton Gin,

Harry-Mamma, who was the inventor Of
the cotton gin?
Mamma (sternly)-1 don't know, my son,
nor do take any interest in liquor or liquor
drinking. -Pittsburg Bulletin.
The Washington times., 1894-04-08
Six BathS q Day.

A family lives out in Oregon which has
peculiar religious faith. Each member of it
takes six baths every twenty-four hours. No
outsider is allowed to enter their dwelling.
They work every day for six years, and then
abstain from labor all through the seventh
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-28
Woncn's Affairs In England.

Although Miss johnson has beaten all
her male competitors in this year 5
mathematical tTipus at Cambridge, the
general wori. OF improving the higher
education Of women appears to be in a
bad way, owing mainly, it is stated, TO
the Indifference of those directly con-
cerned. The Association of Women Lee
turers particularly is on the verge of
bankruptcy and VIII cease TO exist I'M
less its patrons subscribe "A certain sum
Of money. The association has been
patronized by aristocratic fadiists TO
any extent, but the interest in its doings
rapidly vanishes when call for cash is
made On the other hand, women poll
tcians have plenty Of funds and We're
never more active than now. Many big
meetings have been held ~ London and
the provinces. which must have cost a
lot of money, the largest gathering of
the series having taken Place at st.
James hall under the presidency of the
Countess of Carlisle, who is probably
the ablcst woman i'll public life i'll this
country. This activity is due to the be-
lief in an early general election, because
there is no Immediate need to bring
pressure to bear on the house Of COM
mons, the hope of introducing female
suffrage bill 1t this session having been
abandoned. London Queen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-28

Mrs. Zulme Z. Hearsey of Baton
Rouge is one of the most successful
business women i'll her state. Belong
ing both by birth and marriage to dis
tinguished and wealthy families, she
enjoyed the numerous educational and
social advantages that Were lavished 30
years ago upon southern young women
in her station. After the close of the
war, her husband being an invalid,
Mrs. Hearscy opened a large bookstore,
which at once sprung into popular IA
vor and today is the recognized head
quarters for all standard publications
as well as the rendezvous of all book
lovers and litteratcurs. She possesses
the confidence of the entire community
and has controlled the sale of the New
Orleans papers III Baton Rouge for
years. She employs force of 80 news
boys, and her second son. CASTOR Hear
scy, has been her assistant for several
years. She also manages Il large flori-
culture trade, and the roses and camel
las raised in her gardens are known all
over the south. Her florists business is
scarcely less profitable than her news
and bookstore Baton Rouge Ga Let
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-28
National Council of Women.

The time is now fixed for the conven-
ton OF the national council of women
of the United States. 1t is for February,
1898, and is to be held in Washington.
There are now IL national associations
belonging to the council, which repre-
scnts a constituency OF about 700, 900
women. The executive committee of the
council has passed resolutions on the
s3bJcct of dress reform, fayoring patri-
otto instruction, divorce reform and an
equal standard Of morality for men and
women. The resolution on divorce re-
form reads:
Resolved, That rs divorce is n measure equal
iy concerning both sexes, we hold it j;.st that
all commissions created to deal with divorce
should hc representative of both. To this end
we. an organization OF national organizations
comprising about 10G,C;0 representative wom-
en-, request OF the appointing power in each
state, whether gubernstoral or legislative.
that all such commissions hereafter TO be ap-
pointed shall bc composed OF both men and
wouIcn in equal numbers
That we ask the National Divorce Reform
league To take 10 steps toward altering exist
ing laws without coufcrrin. witlf1he national
council OF women of the Unit ed States through
its standing committee on divorce reform
That we instruct our committee on divorce
reform 10 ask for q hearing before the Divorce
heiorm league AT its next meeting in order to
provide for cooperation between men and wo-
nen il regard to this measure, which equally
affects both.
That the first step toward the elevation of
the home is TO put man and woman as home
makers in n position Of legal equality.
That a letter be sent 10 the governor of each
safe and territory, asking him 10 call the at
ten;ion Of the legislature 10 the situation con-
cerainS divorce laws, requesting the appoint
mcIt OF n commission TO consider the mater,
to consist equally OF men and women.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-28

At the woman writers dinner in
London America was well represented
Mrs. Poulteney Bigclow is described as
being magnificent i'll palest green, set
off by some emerald velvet arrangement
on her shoulders. Everybody who has
read ga Yellow Astcr' will be inter
ested to know that at this dinner the
author, who has been christened with
the title of her book as a nickname,
was quite beautifully dressed. 'You
only saw films Of white lace as she sat
half hidden behind the flowers. 1t was
as when the autumn nists fall OH the
asters, and the oriental pearls round
her neck made one think OF the gossa-
mer with strings of dew pearls that
cling SO often around the flower Of that
lady's choice. But when YOU saw the
Yellow Aster take the lead in lighting
a cigarette then comparisons failed
You. London Correspondent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-28
VIII Appoint Women.

Mayor SchiCren announced tho other
day that he vould appoint several wo-
men rs members of the Brooklyn hoard
Of education mex: year, but that he
could not make such appointments this
year because he lad selected Is rren TO
fill the vacancies which occurred on
July before he received the petition of
the women 10 have their sex represent
ed. He said:
Il am sorry to say that arl s. placed
nov that ] cannot comply with tho re-
quest of the ladies. ] would like 10 do
so. but the list Of Il members OF the
board IS selected. think women should
be represented III the board of education.
Questions arise there which a woman
seems to have q natural intuition TO
judge IA ic their practicabihty or i'm
practicability. This is especially true
as 10 the studies of children. ] believe
that some of these studies are entirely
too severe for the age Of childnacd /
believe that women - mothers are
more apt TO Judge the capacity of chill
drcn. Men are apt to ovcrcrCyd the
children. They expect too Inu J, from
them. / have conyersed with several of
the women teachers, and they arr heart
lily III favor of the change.
The constitutional convention. should
be petitioned by the women to PISS
resolution making il mandatury apon
mayors or commissioners, as TIE case
may be, to appoint at least ouc-third
women on any board of education. For
some reason which / cannot understand
the impression has gone out that have
been opposed TO the appointment of
women. Sach an impression could not
have had its origin from anything have
said on the subject. have always he'd
the ideas / now proclaim. "-B-ooklyn
Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-28
DR.. Julia Holmes Smith of Chicago at

=
tae same time conducting night school
in the Ncwshoys' homo. IN 1889 she
completed the course in the Chicago
L ,meorathic Medical college, went to
Baltimore and opened an office. She &C.
CURED large practice during the next
four years and then entered into part
nership with her sister, Dr. Cora Belle
Brewster. In 1880 they began the pub
LEGATION Of the Baltimore Family Health
Journal, which two years later was
changed to The Homeopathic Advocate
and Health Journal and was made a
hospital journal. In 1890 DIR. Brewster
was elected surgeon and gave clinics in
the new Homeopathic hospital in Bal
timore. Last year she dissolved partner
ship with her sister and opened sani-
tarium for the medical and surgical
treatment Of women, which is proving
a marked success. Letter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-28
Mrs. Nyackay's Latest hall.

Mrs. Mackay's latest ball in London
is described as a great success. Every
body who is anybody in the London
world was there. The Hungarian band
played at the foot of the marble stair
case in q bower Of palms. and up stairs
Mrs. Mackay, gowned in plain black
velvet, with no other adornment than her
splendid pearls, received with her young
est son. Young Lady Craven was pres
ont, lovely in white satin and silver,
but Mrs. Walter Winans, the wife of
the great American pistol shot, was ac-
credited the best locking woman in the
room and was simply attired i'll pearl
white satin.-London Correspondent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-28

Imagine short, only little over 8
feet, rather stout woman, with face.
while not possessing the least syn of
what we SHOULD call beauty, bat still
showing . degree Of determination and
will power apparent to all, her ody in
Cased in plain dress of black silk and
her head surmoUnted with "a bonnet,
very plain in appearance, and you have
rs correct 4 description as it lies il my
power to give Of the lady whose power
stretches over thousands of miles and
whose word is law to millions.
The first appearance of the queen in
the open street was the signal for re-
markable demonstration of affect and
enthusiasm on the part Of the asseiG bled
multitude. Loud cheers rent the air,
hats and handkerchiefs were wav I'd, and
from everywhere came cries of welcome
Her majesty appeared greatly touched
by the hcartiness of the reception &C
corded her, and which she acknowledged
by frequent bows to the right and left,
each one of these being the signal for
another outburst of cheering. At this
point / could not fail to mark the
healthy appearance that her majesty
presented. She seemed entirely recover
cd from her long and dusty ride in the
close railway carriage, and her cheeks
showed color that many younger
woman would have envied. AS the car
riage ride increased in distance her af-
liability was more plainly shewn by nu-
merous bows right and left -Manches-
ter Letter