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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-04
ADMIRAL WALKERS REPORT
A Resolution Calling for Its Presenta-
ton to the Senate.
1t II Directed to the Secretary OF the
Navy and the Document VIII Prob
ably BE Furnished.

When It was announced. some weeks ago.
that the Presidents displeasure had fallen
upon Admiral Walker for the unpleasant
truths reported by that officer. as result
Of his trip to Hawaii, 1t was the general
opinion that that interesting document
would not be permitted to remain unpub-
lished in the files OF the Navy Department,
but that some inquisitive Senator or MEM
Der would take early occasion to call for 1t.
So II was not a matter for surprise that
Senator Lodge. who has always taken a
deep interest In the relations of the United
States to the islands, should come forward
today with a resolution calling for the re-
port that has caused the agitation that is
supposed to have shaken the presidential
frame. 1t was a surprise. however. that
the resolution should pass without an OBJ
lection.
The Resolution.
The resolution was framed with the dis
tinct purpose of getting at the much-desir-
ed report. 1t did not mince matters or
quibble terms. but went straight to the
point in the following language:
Resolved. That the Secretary of the
Navy be instructed to send to the Senate
any reports or letters Of Rear Admiral j.
G. Walker In reference to the Sandwich
lSlandS.
No Qualifying Phrase.
1t is to be noted that there is no such
qualifying phrase as If not incompatible
with the public interests" 1t makes as is
usual In the dealings of the Senate with
cabinet officers. direct order upon Secre-
tary Herbert for "any reports or letters"
thus. like a cleverly drawn indictment.
avoiding any useless description behind
which the Secretary might screen a re-
fusal to furnish the papers.
1t is generally believed that the report in
question is strongly in favor of the repub-
lie that has been Established On the islands,
and that 1t goes even farther and sets
forth that there is a powerful sentiment in
Hawaii among all classes favorable to an
nexation. 1t is said that 1t was this fea ture
of the report which particularly incensed
the President, who did not intend, when
he ordered Admiral Walker to go to Ha-
waii-through Secretary Herbert, of course
that the officer should report anything to
him II he could not report the existence Of
strong element In favor of the discarded
queen and her form Of government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-04
Clemency to District Prisoners.

The President has acted on the petition
for pardon in the case of Michael Knigh-
ton and Thomas Downey. convicted In the
District of Columbia of assaulting VIM
Daley. and sentenced September Z. 1884,
to 1854 days imprisonment in the District
Jail. The sentence In the case of Knighton
Is commuted to six months Imprisonment
and the sentence in the case Of Downey to
eight months imprisonment (six months
for the assault on Daley and two months
for the assault on Officer KimmelD. The
President says these communications are
made on the recommended ton of the dis
trict attorney OF the District of Columbia
and upon the ground that the sentence
imposed was very severe even for an as
sault SO aggravated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-04
Pensions Granted.

Among the pensions granted today were
the following:
District of Columbia-Albion w. Tebbetts,
Charles Quinn. Geo. N. Baber. George w.
Bogue, alias George w. Bogart; Alfred H.
Gawler, Harriet Lee. Joseph Walton and
Robert Selden. .
Marylaud-Gec. W. Elliott. East New
Market; Zachariah Andrew. fredericksburg
John Gilpin Floyd; Mary F. Cooper, Bal
timore; Thomas Artz, Bakerville.
Virginia-Margaret A. Stricken. AleXan-
dria: Bernard Garyoy, Elizabeth City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-04
A CABINET MEETING,
The First One Held I'm Three Weeks
Took Place Today.

A meeting Of the cabinet was held at the
White House today for the first time since
the President was disabled with rheuma-
tism three weeks ago. The President. al
though considerably improved in health.
Is still a sufferer from that stubborn all
ment. He spent the evening at Woodley
and drove into the city this morning about
10 o'clock Prior to the assembling Of the
cabinet an hour later he received visits
from Justice Harlan, Senator Frye and
Representatives Turner Of Georgia. Stone
of kentucky, Caruth Of Kentucky and sew
eral others. The cabinet meeting was at
tended by all the members and was de-
voted to a general discussion of the busi-
ness pending before the various DEPART
ments requiring the action of the Presi-
dent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-04
Action on Pardon Cases.

The President has granted pardons in the
following cases: Rance Moore, convicted
in Texas of horse stealing; Barlow G. Will
liams, convicted In South Dakota Of SELL
ing liquor without a license; Allen Cooksey.
convicted in Illinois of passing counterfeit
money; James ]. Walker, convicted in
Georgia of Illicit dstilling, and Walker A.
Markley, convicted in Arkansas of cutting
open mail bags. In the case of Charles b.
NIurrah. convicted In Georgia of counter
feting, the thirty months sentence has
been commuted to eighteen months i'm
duct.
Application for clemency was denied in
the following cases: John r. Brooker of
Georgia, counterfeting; w. A. Busby of
Georgia, counterfeiting; F. A. Laessig, Me-
vada selling liquor without license, and
Lovick w. Mayes of North Carolina, coun-
terfeiting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-04
KILLED HIS FRIEND.
A Deaf Mute Deals an Associate a
Fatal Blow.

PITTSBURG. PA. December 4.-John
Naughton, aged twenty-four, struck VIM.
Brickley, a companion about the same age,
a blow with his fist in Diamond street
saloon this morning which felled him to
the foor. When picked up Brickley was
nearly dead/and life was extinct in few
minutes. 1t is thought his neck was broken,
though he was taken to the morgue- with
out a medical examination, and his assail-
ant was locked up.
Both young men were deaf mutes and
have been fast friends for years Last
night they were together, drinking and
carousing. This morning they were re-
fused drink In the Diamond street saloon
and began quarreling between themselves
over the ownership Of twenty-five cents.
Naughton then struck the fatal blow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-04
OMAHA'S DIG FIRE.
Exposition Hall Burned Out This
Morning.

OMAHA, Neb., December AT 4 o'clock
this morning fire broke out In the Exposi-
ton Hall, covering three-quarters of a
block on 18th, 18th and Capitol avenue, and
totally destroyed It, together with the First
Baptist Church. 10Th and Davenport. The
exposition building was partially occupied
by the Fifteenth Street Theater. This is
the theater burned out two years ago on
Farnum street. Hoyt's "A Bunch of Keys
was pie ying an engagement, and their loss
is heavy. T..
The fire was discovered in the rear of
the store of John I.ally at 5:15, and in fif-
teen minutes from that time the whole ex-
position building was mass of flames. 1t
seemed but an instant from the time the
flames reached the theater before the
whole interior was on fire.
The flames quickly spread to the First
Baptist Church adjoining, and in an hour
all that was left Of the building was a
bare brick wall The flremen succeeded in
saving the few brick residences on the
northeast corner of the block, but they
were badly damaged, as was also the
Dellone Hotel The water pressure was
very light and the fremen were badly
handicapped. The flames spread so rapid
ly that not thing was saved from any
of the stores In the exposition building or
the theater. The total loss is estimated at
$4,000. with insurance probably about
one-half.
Coal Breaker Burned.
WILKESBARRE, Pa, December 4-The
big coal breaker of the Latin Coal Com
pany at Latin, small town a few miles
above this city, was destroyed by fire at
an early hour this morning. The loss will
probably reach $4,000 Three hundred men
and boys We're employed by the company,
all Of whom will be thrown out of employ
ment until the breaker is rebuilt.
hn iNyi In nf hn fine al>,0fAy but
there is but little doubt that 1T was the
work of an incendiary. 1t has been but a
few weeks since the large breaker over No.
3 mine of the Delaware and Hudson Com
pany at Plymouth was destroyed by fire,
throwing about 900 hands out of employ
ment. The Latin fire coming so soon after
the Plymouth conflagration leads the coal
companies to believe that there is an or
ganized band Of incendiaries, whose pur-
pose 1T is to destroy all of the big break
ers in this region.N
Fire Mt Utica.
UTICA, n. Y, December 4.-Loss by the
fire in the Martin building last night will
reach 100000; insurance about $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-04
The Senate Holds but a Very Brief
- Session.
IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS OF INQUIRY
The House Gets Down to Routine
Business.
BILLS RODU ED

When the Senate convened at noon today
there were few traces of the confusion at
tending the opening of Congress yesterday.
The usual dignity and serenity of the cham
ber were restored. There was the usual
scattered and shifting attendance in the
galleries and the Senators showed their de-
sire to enter without delay upon the real
business Of the session.
A large number of bills, petitions and
memorials were presented. most of them of
a local character.
To Pay the Sugar Bounty.
Mr.. Blanchard Ua) offered a resolution
reciting the circumstances under which the
sugar bounty was cut off after the sugar
crop for 1894 was put in. 1t directed the
committee on appropriations to include In
the urgent deficiency bill a sum sufficient
to pay the bounty for the present year. The
resolution went over for the present.
To Cut on Debate.
Mr.. Vest (Mo) offered an amendment to
the rules, with d view Of cutting off pro-
tracted debates in the Senate. 1t provides
that after a measure has been debated
thirty days, it will be in order for any
Senator to move to fix a day for the final
vote. This motion is to be put without de-
bate or delay, and, II carried, the original
question Is to be voted on at the time fixed
Mr.. Vest said he would address the Senate
tomorrow on the need of this reformatory
rule.
Resolutions of Inquiry.
Mr.. Lodge (Mass) offered a resolution.
which was adopted without dissent. calling
on the Secretary of the Navy for the official
letters of Admiral Walker while in COM
mand of United States naval vessels at
Hawaii.
Mr.. Lodge raised another international
question by a resolution calling the
President for the correspondence concern
ing Bluefields, and for information concern
ing the attitude of Nicaragua. The resolu-
ton was adopted without comment.
Mr.. Quay (Pa.) offered resolutions OF
respect to the memory of Myron b. Wright,
late a member of Congress from Pennsyl-
vania, and as further mark Of respect to
journed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-04
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.
Il The Mt. Vernon R.R. Bill.

A relic of the last session of Congress
drifted up to the White House yesterday
afternoon in the shape of a bill that was
passed by both houses at the last moment
but was not signed by the presiding Of
ficcrs. This was the act granting right of
way to the Washington, Alexandria and
Mount Vernon Railway Company through
the Arlington reservation. The bill was
signed during the day and sent to the
President for approval.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-04
JeCl
Notes of Foreign Happenings.
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The Navy Department today called for
proposals for the construction Of three tor
pedo boats. for which there Is an appro-
priation of $45OOOO. These vessels will be
of the same general type as the Ericsson.
with slightly greater displacement, and
must make a speed of 24.5 knots. No pre-
MUM will be given for excessive speed In
the case of these boats. Nevertheless, 1t
is expected that there will be brisk compe-
tition among shipbuilders to secure the
contracts for their construction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-04
Naval Movements,

The Detroit sailed today from Cadiz to
Gibraltar. The Yorktown arrived at Homo
lulu November IL en- route to Yokohama
and is probably nesr the latter port by this
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-04
Expenditures mt the Springfield
Armory.

statement submitted to the House to-
day by Secretary Lamont shows that the
expenditures at the Springfield. Mass.
armory during the fiscal year 1894 were
S447 564. of which s37+,l59 were for the
manufac ture Of arms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-04
Treasury Receipts.

National bank notes received for redemp-
ton today, s3O3,O1s. Government receipts
From internal revenue. s135, 500; customs,
S569, $50; miscellaneous, $345,S ,S43.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-04

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-04
Regular Order.

DdheI Ntp.J, MI, s-yAcu uHdIllUOuS
consent for the consideration of a resolu-
ton calling on the Secretary Of War for
the report of the board of engineers on
the New York and New Jersey bridge blll
passed at the last session and information
as to what action, If any, had been taken
thereon. Mr.. Sayers (dem). Texas. de-
manded the regular order and the resolu-
ton was referred under the rules. Owing
to the absence of Mr.. Culberson, chairman
of the judiciary committee, that committee
did not claim the morning hour as arranged
and Mr.. Cultivate from the committee on
military affairs called up bill for the re-
lief of the legal representatives of Arsenus
Z. Boyd, late of the eighth United States
cavalry, but it was ruled out on a point of
order, and he called up the bill for the dedi-
cation of the Chickamauga and Chattanoo-
ga National Park. The bill appropriated
$4,000.
The date for the dedication was fixed for
September 10 and ~. 1895 The bill was
passed.
The Shiloh Battlefield.
He then called up the bill introduced by
Mr.. Henderson of Iowa for the establish
ment of a national military park at the
battlefield of Shiloh. 1t carries an appro-
priation of S15O.OOO. Mr.. Outhwaite yielded
the floor to Mr.. Henderson Qowa), who ex-
planned that the matter had been discussed
by the G. A. r. and the Army of the Ten
utSS6e, ana tndl tneTC was an earnest de-
sire on the part of the western army for
military park on the scene of this great
battle.
Mr.. Black Ull) and Mr.. Wheeler (Ala.)
with himself had undertaken to look after
the interests of the bill Options on the
land in writing for an average of ST. an
acre had been secured. whereas the Chicka-
mauga Park had cost an average of SIS.
The bill provided foc commission of three
to be appointed from the armies of the
Tennessee. Ohio and Mississippi.
After the adoption Of an amendment re-
ducing the appropriation to S1o,OOD the bill
was passed. Mr.. Richardson of Tennessee
then presented the conference report on the
printing bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-04

The German Foreign Office on Amcri-
can Cattle and Meat.


BERLIN, December 4.-The foreign Of
fee has forwarded to Baron A. Won Saurrna
Jeltsch the German ambassador at Wash
ington, q statement regarding the prohibi-
ton against the landing of American cat
tie and fresh meat at German ports. The
statement is not favorable to the American
side of the question.
The government will await the discus
sion of this matter in the reichstag before
coming to a definite decision on the sub
ject.
Notes of Foreign Happenings.
ZANZIBAR, December 4.-Letters from
Mengo, the capitol of Uganda, the extern
sive territory over which Great Britain
recently formally assumed protectorate
have been received, and report severe fight
ing.
BERLIN, December 4.-The trial of Treu-
perse and others for usury began today.
The victims are mainly members of the
aristocracy and officers in the army.
ROME, December 4.-Several newspapers
agree that the dominant note in the kings
reception in the streets yesterday, on his
passage to and from the houses Of parlia-
ment was the GOODNESS Of the people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-04
THE HOUSE.

There were exactly 100 members on the
floor by actual count when the House met
at noon today and the galleries We're al
most empty. The democratic leaders had
decided just before the House was called
to order to plunge Immediately into rou-
tine business. On motion of Mr.. Storer
Gep.) Ohio. a resolution extending the time
allowed the board of engineers to survey
canal routes through the state of Ohio
under the river and harbor biU was adopt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-04

UTICA, n. Y, December 4.-Loss by the
fire in the Martin building last night will
reach 100000; insurance about $4,000.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29
SCIENTIFIC MATTERS.
SOME USEFUL NEW INVENTIONS
AND DISCOVERIES.
Spcctros copy and the Elemcnts--N.sw
Methods for Saving Stonc--A Ham
dy Storage Battery-Picture Gail
Iery ReAcctors.

Spectrum analysis in the hands of
DR.. Higgins and Mr.. Lockyer and 9th
ers has taught us things of which the
world little expected to be told. We
have been enabled to measure the
speed with which clouds of blazing hy-
drogen course across the surface of the
sun; we have learned the pace-the fab
ulous pace-at which the most familiar
stars have been for ages approaching
to or rcceding from our planet. which
rs far as historical records go back,
they have always delneated on the
evening sky. We have received some
information about the elementary
atoms themselves. We have learned
that each sort of atom, when heated,
strikes upon the ether a vibration. or
set of vibrations, whose rate Is all it's
own; and that no one atom or combina-
ton of atoms, in producing its own
spectrum, encroaches even to the ex-
tent of Il single line upon the spectrum
that is peculiar to it's neighbor. We
have learned that the elements which
exist in the stars, and especially In the
sun, are mainly those with which we
are familiar upon earth. These are Il
few lines In excess to which we can
give no terrestrial name; and there are
still more puzzling gaps in our list.
1t is great aggravation of the mys-
terry which besets the question OF the
elements that, among the lines which
are absent from the spectrum of the
sun, those of nitrogen and oxygen stand
first Oxygen constitutes the largest
| portion of the solid and liquid sub
stance of our planet, SO far as we know
it; and nitrogen is very far the pre-
| dominant constituent of our atmos-
pherc. If the earth is detached bit
whirled off the mass OF the sun, as cos
mogonists love to tell us, how comes
1t that in leaving the sun we cleaned
him out so completely of his nitrogen
and oxygen that not trace Of these
gases remains behind to be discovered
even by the sensitive vision of the spec
troscopc?
All these things the discovery Of the
| spectrum analysis has added to our
knowledge; but it has left us as ignor-
ant as ever as to the nature Of the ca
PRECIOUS differences which separate the
atoms from each other or the cause to
which those differences are due.-Irrom
Unsolved Problems of Science, by the
Marquis Of Salisbury, in The Popular
Science Monthly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29
New Method for saving stone.

Much attention is being directed to n
into prominence in England, under the
name of "kr,ishite," for the cutting OF
stone. Krushite Is made In different de-
grees OF fineness, and Is used by quarry
owners and builders in saving and pol
ishing granite, stone, marble and other
hard materials, in lieu of sand Its
inventor claims that ii will saw n block
of granite at the rate of four inches In
depth per hour, and hard gritstone at
inches in depth per hour. One ton
of the material Is claimed to be equal
to 800 tons of the sharpest sand. The
sizes already on the market vary be-
tween the finest emery powder ana
rape seed. II Is without point or edges,
free from rust, and will not stain; 1t
Is chilled to intense hardness without
being brittle and in action II rolls be-
tween the block and saw blade or rub
Der; hence IL retains its spherical shape
and cutting power. 1t Is used In sand
blast apparatus instead of sand, and Is
substituted for diamonds IN boring ana
drilling. Unlike sand or emery, 1t does
not become imbcdded in the blade or
rubber, but rolls backward and for
ward creating II crushing action on the
blocks sawn. The wear and tear of
the blade Is said to be much lower
than when sand Is used. For some
time the composition Of krushite was
kept secret 1t Is now declared to be
chilled metallic shot. The idea Of using
chilled shot for saving hard stone Is
not new, and the method was tried In
America several years ago. So that, al
though kr,ishite Is heralded ms Il new
material, it Is actually, while possibly
an Improvement, but II modification OF
ali old adaptation. Krushrite Is likely
to take the place Of emery and the dia-
mond In quartz saving. Emery Is
largely used In the rubbing Of granite
and marble preparatory to The polish
ing process, and I'm saving stones Of
the hardest kind, and diamond disks
may be found In the workshops OF ev-
cry lapidary.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-11-29
Applications of CnlIulOse.

Prof. G. A. Silberad has described
some Of the recent applications of cell
lulose. or these the best known is
celluloid, whirh Is made of a combina-
ton of camphor and pyroxyline. 1t
may be obtained either by direct adj
dition Of pyroxyline to melted cam
phor, or by strongly compressing the
two together, or, lastly, by dssolying
the two in some common solvent, MS
ether-alcohol. The product Is a trans
lucent mass, which Is worked between
rollers, first In the cold, and then ut
Il higher temperature. 1t Is next sub
jected to hydraulic pressure ut tenn
perature Of about 60 degrees contigradc
for twenty-four hours, and dried for
several days ut n moderate heat, after
being cut into sheets Of desired thick
ness. The substance Is then quite
homogeneous. and may be cut and
turned in the cold or nodded under
pressure at a higher temperature. 1t
is readily cOlored by pigments or dyes,
which can be either mechanically
mixed in IA state Of powder or dissolv-
ed with the camphor In the alcohol.
Artificial tortoise shell is made by weld
ing together alternate plates Of differ
emily tinted celluloids. Another appli-
cation Of cellulose is to the manufact-
ure of vegetable parchment, or parch-
ment paper.
If the cellulose sc rapidly passed
through moderately strong sulphuric
acid and then well washed in water,
it acquires properties very similar to
those Of parchment, instead Of which
IT is extensively used. Another form
Of cellulose, the thiCcarbonate, pos
scsses Il similar power of coagulation
either on standing for a considerable
period or on heating above 60 degrees
or by the action Of an acid. This coagu-
lation forms n gelatinous mass which
gradually shrinks but in such manner
as to form an exact miniature Of the
interior shape of the containing vessel.
All the sulphur and alllali are found in
the liquid which separates from the
shrunken mass. In view of the newt
ably failing supplies Of ivory and the
established success Of the ebonite and
celluloid manufacturers, this material
Is destined to attain great commercial
Importance. None Of the materials re-
quired in its production are expensive;
ii is free both from the brittleness Of
ebontite and the infammability Of Gel
luloid, while the readiness with which
ii can be obtained in any desired shape
gives it marked superiority over eth
er Of these products.