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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23
COMMITTEE ON RULES At WORK.
Proposed Amendments That Arc Net Likely to
Ne Adopted by the Committee.

Proposed Amendments That Arc Net Likely to
Ne Adopted by the Committee.
WAsHINoroN. Dec. 22.-Tho only committee
that is doing anything while Congress is in re-
cess is tho House Committee on Rules. or the
Republican members thereof. They will spend
the holiday season in Washington. and expect
to have the code Of rules for tho government Of
the House In the Fifty.ffth Congress ready to
report when the House reassembles. Notwith-
standing tho demand on tho part of some MEM
bers for q modification of the rules, which has
found expression from time to time. especially
toward tho close of the Fifty-fourth Congress,
It is not believed that any material change will
be made by the committee. The principal
amendments sought to be made are those asked
by Representative Barrett of Massachusetts,.
He wants to DO able to offer an amendment to
the Naval Appropriation bill authorizing the
construction Of a dry dock at Boston. To enable
this to DO done he proposes that the section of
tion bills be amended to read as follows:
No appropriation shall be reported In any
amendment thereto for any expenditure not
previously authorized by law. the effect of
which win be to add a new item OF appropria.
ton. unless 1t be mado to carry out the provi-
sions Of some act or resolution previously
passed by the House during that session. or un.
ing OF, select COMMITTEES Of the House, or pro-
posed In pursuance Of the estimate Of the head
OF some one OF tho departments.
Another change in tho rules sought by Mr..
Barrett is intended to give members an oppor-
tunity to test the sense of the House upon o
proposition to substitute for a pending measure.
Under the rules this cannot be done. except by
the grace of the member in charge OF tho
measure.
In the present temper of the leaders of the
House 1t Is not believed that either OF these sug-
gestions- will be adopted by the Committee on
Rules. It will be necessary, as heretofore, for
advocates Of an appropriation TO get the support
1t should appear before It has a chance for con-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23
PRESIDENT LINCOLN KEPT doom.
No ACTED for the war Department ~Doorkeeper
while the Latter Delivered . Message.

No ACTED for the War Department D~oorkeeper
while the Latter Delivered . Message.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Mr. James Filter Is
ono of the oldest doorkeepers in the War De-
partment and has been stationed at the Seven
teenth street entrance to tho Winder building
for many years. occupying a chair in which
President Lincoln sat while he acted as door
keeper in place of Mr.. Filter. Speaking of the
incident. Mr.. Filter said:
Zone day q tall. lank gentleman came to the
entrance and asked me II the Secretary was
In. and I told him no, that 1t was too early for
him. He then asked at what b ur he would be
likely t. find him, and / told him. With a
pleasant thank you'-something we don't al
ways get-he walked away. At the b ur l told
him tho Secretary would no in he again walked
up the steps and asked me II ! would n t go to
the Secretary's room and tell him he wished TO
see him. 1 told him / could not leave my post.
'Oh, that is ali right. / am Mr.. Lincoln, and /
viii keep door While you deliver my message.
Tell him I want to see him here in the lower
hall With this the President unpinned my
chair. / FASTENED to the Secretary's room, and
soon the two were together near me. but in
quiet and earnest talk. i never did know
why Mr.. Lincoln did not want to % to the
Secretary's room. but ! know ! prize this
chair. I call 1t Abe Lincoln. No doubt that
was tho only time a President ever acted
as doorkeeper."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23

The Secretary DeFends nis Financial Peiicy
which tho Federation or Labor Condemned.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Secretary Gage has
addressed a letter to Samuel Gompers. Presi-
dent of the Federation Of Labor, In response to
the resolutions recently passed by the fedora
tion's convention at Nashville criticising his
financial policy. A part Of the letter forows:
"Now II IL bo true that the gold standard, by
which things have been measured as to price
for,tbe last sixty years in this country. is mimi
ca. : tho interests OF the lOboring classes Of the
United States. then I think 1t inimical to all
classes. In other words, / do not believe that
the exploitation I ono class by another, either
through false weights. partial laws, or a bad
monetary system, can DO made to work for the
permanent benefit Of tho exploiting class itself
or for the general veal, even were 1t defensible
on any ground Of right or justice, which 1t is
not. Granted, therefore, that tho pcrmancnco Of
tho gold standard flor which l argue) operates
in this evil direction, thon your resolutions Of
condemnation nro well founded, and I ami Justly
charged with an ignorance which constitutes
me n foolish adviser. or with II perversity of
motive which makes me an evil adviser.
l. me say to you, and through you to the
instead of denunciatOry resolutions, which are
not argument, you, or any ono in your behalf,
will show that the views ] entertain and advo-
cato arc other than salutary to the great
members, l will abandon them without hesita.
ton. My present conviction, tho honest fruit Of
sincere study and reflection. IL that q break.
down In our present money standard would be
a most disastrous blow to all our commercial
and industrial interests. and that upon the
wage workers, rs q class. would be cntailcd the
most serious effects Of the disaster. Believing
this / must so bear Witness"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23
Washington Notes.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.-Prof. Hanson, an
agent OF the Agricultural Department, at pres.
emit in Turkestan, writes to Secretary Wilson
that no has found a species of muskmelon that
weighs as much as thirty pounds, also an alfalfa
plant which thrives on arid land. The Secretary
hopes that this will prove beneficial 10 the dry
land regions OF the West.
Secretary Wilson announces that the seeds in
tended for distribution to members of Congress
are now available.
A carload OF the new postal cards have
reached Washington. They are OF finer texture
than tho old style and about ~ quartz OF an
an ordinary envelope. The design on the ad.
dress side is rather neater than OF yoEe.
Secretary and Mrs. Porter left Washington
atiyes OF Mrs. Porter there, going later to Hart
ford, and returning 70 Washington some time
next week
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23
woman snopllr.er Believed to he Insane.

A middle.aged woman was arraigned in the
General Sessions yesterday on a charge OF shop
lifting. She described herself as Miss lola
Arnold Of lao West Twenty-1rst street. She
was charged with stealing $2G worth OF gloves
and hair.curling irons from a Sixth avenue de-
partment store.
The store detective told Judge Ncwburger
that the woman acted as il she were insane,
as she had come into the store. picked up the
goods in her arms boldly, and started to walk
out with them: Judge Mcw6urger questioned
was committed to tho ToInbs to give the police
an opportunity to hunt up her relatives and
further Investigate the case.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23
sri.. Leila nerbert,s Funeral.

WARRINGTON. Dec. 22.-The services over tho
body of Miss Leila Herbert, daughter OF the
Secretary of the Navy in the last Cleveland
Administration, were held in st. Andrews
Episcopal Church this afternoon. Most of the
naval officers in the city were in attendance.
Senator Pettus. Senator Morgan. DR.. G. L.. NJ.
Curry, Paymaster.General Stewart. Chief Con-
throp,. Admiral Ramsay, and Capt. Charles
O'Neill OF the navy. The body remained in the
church until taken to tho train tonight for
transportation to Montgomery, Ala, where 1t
will BIO buried in the family lot.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23
HORSE IN A BARBER SHOP.
A Runaway Tumblcs Down . FliEht or Steps
and Bursts Through a Door.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Dr. Babbitt. a local
physician, was examining q young horse this
morning with a view to purchasing 1t, and
handed 1t over to his colored coachman to drive
up Fourteenth street. When near G street the
horse ran away, and. running alongside the
curb, knocked the buggy against q tree box with
such force that horse, buggy. and man went
across the sidewalk and down a flight of stone
steps into a basement barber shop. The horse
went through the door. taking IL with him into
the shop, leaving the buggy and driver in the
arcaway outside. Tho horse WAS injured, but
the driver escaped unhurt. The horse became
80 wild that after an hours work II was still
impossible to get it out of the shop. DR.. Rabbit
says he thinks he will not buy tho horse.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23

Henry J. Stone, who carried on an employ
ment agency at 25s Washington street. Jersey
City, and who was arr estod a few days ago on
several charges of swindling, failed to appear in
the First Criminal Court yesterday morning for
him in the custody of John A. DENIM. his coun-
sci. Mr.. DENIM is now as anxious as the police
to find him, MS the check he gave for his fee
proved to be worthless. There are several COM
plainants against Stone, and the sum he Is al
legged to have swindled them out of is 81 $50.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23

Parsons says the Power or HIS Engines 10 Lin.
tied Only by the Size OF the Turbines.

The Hon. c. A. Parsons. who, in spite of the
remarkable achievements of his experimental
boat Turbinia, has hitherto been very cautious
in his statements of what the new engines could
do, recently stated to a reporter of the London
Daily Mail that the matter of speed is merely n
question of the size Of the turbine, and that
speeds of forty. fifty. sixty, and even more miles
an hour at sea arc not at all impossible. He Is
enable his boat to move rapidly astern, and has
perfected an arrangement by which she can
steam backward Mt n tcn-knot rate. The best
she could do with the engines that sent her at
the rate OF thirty-tive knots ahead was three
knots nSlnrn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23

DENVER. Col, Dec. 22.-Charles Kunsomiller,
Jr.. assistant cashier of the German National
Bank, charged with making false entries in q
report entered to deceive the people and the
Comptroller Of the Currency, was sentenced by
Judge Elmer b. Adams in tho United States
District Court this morning to five years in tho
Federal peniten,iary at Leavenworth. Kan. tho
jury having found him guilty last night. The
crime was committed in 1893.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23
Case or Supposed Yellow Fover in Fort.

Capt. E. p. Buck of tho Ward limo IN
Saratoga. from Mexican ports and Havana. was
i'll in his berth with a disease resembling yellow
fever when the vessel came into Quarantine yes
terday morning. He contracted the ailment
while tho Saratoga was lying off Havana. Ho
was in n critical condition when transferred to
Swinburnc Island by order of Health Officer
Doty. All the ships passengers were taken to
Hoffman Island for observation. After disin.
her pier
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23
LADUE BUYS THE MORGAN CIT

She Is 10 Ply Between srattle. Dyea. aud
skaEwRy and Later 60 TO 81. MichaeI.
C. p. Huntington has sold the $500 ton iron
steamship Morgan City, now lying in tho Erie
Basin. and it will sail with freight and passen.
gers in two or three weeks for Seattle and south
Alaskan ports. The purchaser is Joseph Ladue,
the Alaska pioneer. who, II is said. bought IL for
a COMPANY In which he is interested. The price
into tho transportation business, and to this end
has given an order for several other steamers.
The Morgan City will be added TO the feet. and
until June /. when she will start with freight
and passengers Tor ST.. Michael. connecting at
company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23

TORONTO, Ont. Dec. 22.-Arrangements were
completed here to-day for the building OF six
powerful light-draught stern,wheel steamers TO
ply in Alaskan waters in conjunction with two
ocean steamers purchased by the Canadian Pa
cihc Railway In Scotland. The ocean steamers
will run from Nancouyer TO WrangeI. where
ers being built here TO ply on Stickeen River.
The line will DO run by the Canadian Pacific
Railway.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23
vourth.Cla.. Postmaster. Appo,ntsa.

WASHINGTON. Dec. %. Fifty.nine fourth
class Postmasters were appointed to-day. among
them being the following for Now York:
Almeda. Delaw are county, Loren II. Elmendorf;
East Pembroke, GeneBee county, John II. Dickinson;
Eminence, Schoharie county. Arthur W. Pass; Hobart,
DeIaw are county. James Is. Rich; Hume. AliCgany
county. n. NJ. wtlls; Margaretville. Delaware county,
James II. Hit; Manchester, Ontario county, John W.
ov. racre: Mount viscon. otsego county, Henry c.
Bum; Sulliyauville, Chemung county, Alex Hummer;
Triton, Greene county. Jonn +. COrnwell.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23

WASHINGTON. Dec. Ex-senator Teller OF
Colorado. who is a member of tho Senate Com
mittee on Appropriations. Is credited with an
intention to secure an amendment to the Legis,
latiyc, Executive. and Judicial Appropriation
ILL when IL reaches that commit! 90 providing
for the coming OF the seignorage on tho silver
bullion now in tho Treasury vaults. This has
been recommended by some OF the Treasury
officials,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23

Mrs. Charlotte Augusta Haig, daughter Of
Mrs. William Aston, who obtained a divorce
from ]. Coleman Drayton, and in December last
married George Ogilvie Haig. n member of the
firm of Haig s. HaiS, whiskey merchants. OF
London, arrived yesterday on the White Star
steamship Majestic. from Liverpool and Queens
town. She was accompanied by her husband.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23

William F. Stewart. counsel for the New York
and Queens County Railroad Company of Long
Island City. secured from Supreme Court JUS
tice Van Wyck yesterday a temporary injunc-
ton restraining Mayor Gleason and Public
Works Commissioner John w. Moore of Long
Island City from further disturbing tho tracks
and other property OF the company in that city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23
Jnnuars Pension Payments.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-The January pension
payments due at the several agencies on Jan. 4
have beon announced by the Treasury Depart
ment ms follows: Buffalo. i,700.0 900; Chicago.
Moines, So. 300, 900; Milwaukee, vi. $50, 600;
total. 4 q $40. OOO,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23
Policeman Indicted for Shooting . Roy.

Policeman John ]. H%annigan. who on Thanks
giving Day shot l7-year-old Charles McNally,
and who claimed that tho shooting was done
accidentally, was indicted yesterday by the
Grand Jury on a charge of assault in the first
degree. He will bc arraigned in Part |. of the
General Sessions tomorrow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23

Good nature is often the re-
suit of creature comfort creature
comfort adds to the peace of do
nestle life.
A wise woman buys a man q
house coat S4,75 to $40.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23
student stacy Betuler Discharged.

RICHMOND. Va, Dec. ~22.-Stacy Betzlcr, the
medical student Mt the University OF VIRGINIA
charged with chloroforming and robbing John
NJ. Campbell, the caterer of the students board
ing house, had a preliminary hearing today ut
Charlottesville and was discharged. The Court
House was packed with professors and students
of the university and the verdict was greeted
with applause.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23
Woman Morta,,y Wound. a Chicken Thief.

SHARON. Pa. Dec. 22.-Mrs. Edward Barley
last night shot and badly wounded Edward
Ch no said he was from New York, while
no W, act of carrying off some of her
chicken. Is thought he cannot recover.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23

st. Clair McKclway is to deliver the grafton at
Brooklyn's consolidation wake" on New
Years Eve at the public reception in tho City
Hall. The Committee on the Ceremonies are
also in quest Of a poet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23
Cornwall Post once Robaod.

NEwBURo. Dec. 22.-Thc Post Office at Corn.
in cash and stamps. The safe was blown open
with dynamite. tho door being blown to pieces.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23

Nowadays you see nine dress-
suit cases to one ordinary bag
whether carried by man or wo-
man; SIS to $25. o.R~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23

Our Opera hats, though made
of silk, out-wear "silk hats" o.,
Our price, though only 81,
mean the usual $40 kind-in
fact it's the same hat.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23

"In a hurry" men may be in,
terested to know that a suit and
overcoat were bought here yes.
terday in 8 minutes.
We don't make to order, but
we make to fit. "
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23

ChrlEimAH Excursion TO Niagara Falls.
via West Shore Railroad. on next Fridays trains. 10
A. N. b;tb. 1880 and 500 j. u Only % for round
tEtp.-AdH
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23
AUSTRALIANS KLoNDIKE BOUND.

Regular Passenger stenmers Uunbic TO Furnish
Sufficient accommodation
SAN Francisco, Dec. 22.-Some idea OF the
rush that wilL:come to Frisco for the Klondike
may be gained from the fact that all the passen-
ger accommodations of the steamers MoanA
and Mariposa from Australia have been taken,
and a portion of the cargo space has been reflt-
ted into staterooms. These two vessels will
not take on any passengers at Honolulu.
Cable advices received here from Sydney show
great. and that tho regular steamers cannot
furnish berths for prospectors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23

Bath robes, like bathing, come
under the head Of necessities;
IS to 1880. .., -&
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23

Evening dress suits - coats
silk-faced to the edge; to button
holes only; no silk except in.
side; none at all-serge lined.
Tuxedos--dinner coats; dou-
BILE and single vests.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-23

Boys dress suits-Eton or
Tuxedo; and all the little as well
as the big things-everything.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-04
LOCAL HISTORY.

Considerable attention is being given in
the East to local history which has been
prepared in Brookline, Mass, for introduc-
ton into the public schools Of that city.
The object OF the book is to make the
children acquainted with the munich
pality and to interest them in all its fea-
lures, scientific, historical and political.
From accounts given in the Boston pa.
pers, it appears that the local history be-
gins with an account of the geography of
the city of Brookline ana its relation to
other important centers of the State.
Next the geology of the town is treated
and information is given concerning the
processes of the formation of its soil. This
is followed by description of the natural
flora and fauna OF the surrounding dis
tricts, so that the child is made acquainted
with the general characteristics of his
locality and its natural productions.
After the scientific chapters OF the book
the history of the town is taken up and
an account is given of its foundation and
development, and also of all old and note
worthy buildings which it possesses.
Along with these is a record of services
rendered to the community by distin-
those men of the community who at
tanned a Nation al eminence.
All this serves to prepare the way for
an exposition of the method by which the
town is governed in ali its departments
Children in the public schools are taught
how elections are held, officers selected,
and all public work performed. The in
form alton is. of course, of direct advantage
in training them for their future duties as
citizens and forms good groundwork on
which to base in further studies knowl-
edge of the general history OF the United
States and its constitution.
So warmly has the Brookline expert
ment been commended that it is almost
certain similar courses of instruction in
local history will soon be adopted in other
cities of the East. While it is generally
recognized that our public schools are
being overburdened with studies, yet it is
believed they might well adopt the study
of local history even if some other
were crowded out to make way for it.
There can be no question of the value of
such instruction to the youth of American
cities, ana the subject merits consideration
in San Francisco as we'll as in the East.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-04

fare to give support to those who are
actively engaged in the difficult task of
suppressing the wrong
The Manufacturers and Producers AS
ISOLATION has been so successful in all other
work it has undertaken that the public
can look forward with hopefulness for sue
cess in the new enterprise. 1t will have
strong and potent allies in the Boards of
Health, for these also have shown in many
instances their value to the communities
in which they work and their efficiency in
the performance of the duties entrusted
to them.
While it is satisfying to know that the
work has been thus entrusted to safe
hands. this satisfaction should not lead
either the press or the pubic to neglect
the subject or cease to give it close atten-
ton. In the very nature of things neither
the Manufacturers and Producers Asso-
citation nor the Boards of Health can &C
complish much unless they are supported
by resolute public opinion. The work SO
fairly begun should be prosecuted vigor-
ously to the end, even if 1t should be
necessary to follow the example of the
New York Dairy mems Association and
appeal to Congress for assistance in pro-
tecting California brands when once those
brands have been made guarantees of
pure food in every package on which they
are placed