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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
WORK FOR 5000 MEN
Indiana Glass Factories Lighted Up Last
Evening.

CHICAGO, December "a special to the
Chronicle from Anderson, Ind, says:
Christmas eve was observed in this city
and throughout the gas belt by fires being
l.ghsed in almost ali of the window glass
factories and notices posted instructing the
men. who have been out since last July, to
report for duty On the night of the Tth of
next month.
This ends the longest strike and lockout
in the history CT the window glass manu-
facturers in this country. Fifteen thous-
and men WI! return to work, at an advance
of from l3 to II per cent in their wages of
last year. They have. hcweyer. it Is cs,i-
mated. lost s.Sc.OG0 by rot accepting the
Offer of the manufacturers made August Z,
which was per cent lower than what they
did gain after four moHths.stri
The factories are clear of all cid glass. A
condition they have not experienced since
1878. The companies began issuing their
worSr.en advance wages last week and an
are in a position to observe the HOLIDAYS
Most of the workers were reduced to strin-
gen. circumstances by the long shutdown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
THE rELAGIC SEALING BILL.
1t is Believed That the President viii
Sign II.

Sign 1t.
The action Of the Treasury Department
In telegraphing instructions to the customs
officials at San Francisco and at Port
Townsend to give public notice in their dis
trlcts Of the passage Of the bill prohibiting
pelagic sealing by citizens of the United
States in the Pacific ocean nor.h of the 25th
parallel of latitude, Is accepted in official
circles as clear indication that the Presi-
dent will affix his signature to the measure
and make 1t the law Of the land.
The delay IN action this bill Is due
simply to desire to accommodate Ameri-
can dealers in seal skins who had made
contracts for such articles before the pas
sage of the law, who, by the Presidents
consideration, will be enabled to receive the
ccnsignments before the law goes into eff
feet. AS Is well known. the bill prohibits
the importation of seal skins into the
United States. and provides for the seizure
and confiscation of all sucn articles intro
duced into this country from the date it be-
comes law. The constitutional limit of
ten days allowed the President to veto this
bill will expire On the 10Th instant and If
1t Is not returned to Congress within that
period, it will become a law without his
signature. 1t is understood to be lhe Presi-
dents purpose, however, to sign the bill,
but for the reasons already stated it is not
likely he will do SO until the tenth day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25

He left San Francisco in July last on the
steamer City Of Everett, which was char
tered by the government to carry grain to
India. The Everett carried $500 tons of
lnllan corn or maize and 500 900 in money
contributed In small sums in all parts of
the United States. Most of the grain was
donated by farmers of the middle west.
Mr. Hobbs went as commissioner to distrib-
ute The grain where 1T would do the most
good In a recent interview he summed up
the results of his mission IN the following
words:
Eighty million people We're involved in
the FAMINE The stricken district was in
central india, perhaps 200 miles long by 4!
wide. IL that district there was an abso-
lutte failure of crops last year, due to the
drought: The people left alive there have
nothing. They had to sell all to keep alive.
wages are only cents a day,-and even
then work was not to be had. The people
there do not eat wheat; it is too dear. They
cat rice when well eff, and a coarse flour
OF millet ordinarily: 1t was a curious fact
that during the famine wheat did not rise
In price. but what We call horse feed over
here doubled. 1t was all the people could
afford to buy.
"Our method Of distribution was to give
out grain In very small quantities. and in
money perhaps two or three pice, worth
half cent, day: On this a man could
Keep alive, and We hoped to tide over as
many lives as possible. All our grain was
given Jul tHiouSH AulerlCdnS, Cnle1y HIS
sionaries. That was the agreement made
when Il was sent over. The English gov
ernment also did all 1t could, and must
have spent over $3O,O0O.COO. No one who
has been in India can say that Englands 8
occupancy has not been of beneit to the
country.
Il want especially to emphasize the great
gratitude the English showed toward Amer
lea for her gift. Everywhere we were met
by the highest appreciation from all, es
recialiy the official class, and the natives
themselves showed deep feeling. They used
to visit the ship while she lay at Calcutta
and Madras. some times a thousand day.
One man Travelled three hundred miles to
visit our ship. OF course, what We did was
small compared to what the English gov
ernment did, but II was thoroughly eppre-
ciated. We kept a careful record of all our
work. and can show where every bushel
and every cent went"
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used as a gun shed and as quarters for
the ambulance and escort wa ennS

used as a gun shed and as quarters for
tina ambulance and escort wagons.
Aside from the question of location, all
the additional facilities to be obtained by
the move will be secured for an annual
rental smaller by several thousands of dol
lars than that now paid for the L street
ainory and Convention Hall, which is an
important point. The 1st Battalion will
remain at its present quarters in the ar
mory of the Washington Light Infantry
Corps, the 1st Separate Battalion will not
be moved from its quarters on o street be-
tween 1th and Sth streets, and 1t is be-
lieved that Company c. I'd Battalion-the
National Fenci3les-wiil not care TO va
cate their handsomely furnished quarters
at 9l3 + street. Brigade headquarters, the
office Of the adjutant general the officers
for the clerks, the quarters of the general
staff and the store rooms will not be at
the Center Market, but will be located in
some convenient office building in the
heart OF the city:
Increased Membership Expected.
The move to the Center Market is male
possible because the brigade is not so
large i'll number of companies as 1t was
when the market building was vacated a
few years ago. The Sd and 9th Battalions
are now skeletonized, the troop of cavalry
has been disbanded, the I'd Separate Com
pany has been merged into the Engineer
Battalion, and the Sd Separate Company
has been disbanded: Besides the brigades
Will not be increased in number of organi-
cations. the effort being to strengthen the
organizations that now exist. 1t Is an
tclpated that in point of numbers the Dis
trict National Guard will swell fully 50
per cent in ninety days, as a direct result
of the move down town.
As stated the brigade VIII vacate the L
street armory by the end of January. AL
though every effort is to be expended at
once IN rcconst'ucting the Center Market
it will be impossible to Eave everything in
readiness there within month, so that it
VIII De necessary for the troops TO submit
TO some inc 'nvenence for several weeks
however, the work will be pushed as
rapidly a. possible, and when II is complet-
ca the Indications are that the District of
Colin, bia National Guard will be as nicely
housed and provided with as many con-
Vshiences that could reasonably be expect
ed under the appropriate for its main
tenance and support
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
CURRENCY QUES TON
No Independent Action for 16 to by This
Country.
Position of Senator Marlborough
silver Men and Interna-
tiOnal Bimetallism.

The United States Senate is against the
free coinage of silver by the United States
alone at the ratio Of 16 to 1. This is the
declaration of Senator Henry c. Hans
brough of North Dakota, and 1t derives Pc
culiar significance from the fact that Sen
ator Hansbrough himself is an earnest
advocate of international bimetallsm and
is opposed to recent utterances by Secre-
tary Gage. Some of the friends of bimetal-
lism who remained In the republican ranks
year ago and supported Mckinley are
prepared to follow the lead of the admins
tration in opposing the plunge to a silver
basis so long as the administration pre-
serves its friendship for international bi-
metallism. Their position, as stated by
Senator Hansbrough and by Senator var
rem OF Wyoming. in recent interview,
greatly clears the air in regard to the
prospect Of currency reform. 1t indicates
that these senators may not be unwilling
to support plan for putting the legal ten
der paper currency upon a stronger .asis
and authorizing an elastic banking curren-
cy in their sections. Senator Warren and
others have substantially intimated as
much. The attitude Of Senator Hansbrough
is defined as follows:
Secretary Cages radical declaration in
favor OF the gold standard is not in line
with the platform of the republican party
A special train carried gold standard con-
tingent to st. Louis last summer. The OBJ
ject of these gentlemen was to force Their
peculiar financial Views upon the party.
They failed to do it, because they met there
the combined republican wisdom of the
country, and better counseIs prevailed.
Had they succeeded in their purpose Mr..
Gage would not now be Secretary Of the
Treasury.
1.-The President has earnestly endeayored
to comply with the mandates of the con-
vention which nominated him. He will not
cease to urge other nations to join US in an
international agreement, and the great
mass Of republican voters will sustain him
The Wolcott commission has done remark
ably well. The republican party, under a
solemn pledge to promote international BIZ
metallism, has been in power little more
than eight months, and yet one of the great
European nations has positively agreed to
of England met our commissioners half
way. The conditions in Europe are ripe
for continuation Of further effort on our
part. To stop now would be suicidal; 1t
would be almost criminal
There is no danger OF the passage of any
16 to ! legislation by the Senate. I am
quite sure that there is not a 16 to 1 ma
tority in that body. With the present
bright prospects for international bimetal-
lism. the majority Of the American people
are opposed to Independent action on the
l do not know Of anything that would drive
this country into a financial revolution un-
less it be the narrow, radical and pig
headed policy of the gold standard advo-
Gates. Mr. Cages policy has put new life
into populism."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
NEW LOGAN STATUE
The Pedestal Has Been Accepted by
the Government.
NOTIFICATION OF SHIPMENT RECEIVED
Pleasing Combination Of Sculpture
and Architecture.
IOWA CIRCLES ORNAMENT

Gen. Wilson, chief of engineers. has been
Informed that the pedestal for the eques-
trian statue of Gen. John A. Logan, which
is to be erected in Iowa circle, has been
shipped from Rome by Mr.. Franklin Sim
mons, the sculptor, and will reach this city
in d few days.
Mr.. Draper. the United States minister to
Italy, recently made n report to the State
Department in regard to the Logan pedes-
tai. He said that, in compliance with in
structions from the department and in ac-
cordance with the contract with Mr.. Sim
mons. he had designated Mr.. Charles M.
Wood, vice and deputy consul at Rome as
an agent of the War Department to inspect
the statue, and in case it met all require
ments of the contract, to accept it On be-
half Of that department. The report Of Mr..
Wood is inclcsed 1t shows that the ped
eStal is complete in bronze and Is ready for
shipment, and that, as the sculptor had met
all requirements, artistic and others, he
had formally accepted it and arranged for
it's transportation to the United States and
it's delivery to the War Department here
The pedestal is 1S feet II inches long and
8 feet ii inches wide. Its height is II feet
inches, not including any part of the
plinth of the equestrian statue. 1t contains
on each side group of figures in high re-
lief-one representing Gen. Logan in the
uniform or major general in consultation
with the officers Of his command, each In
the uniform of his rank, and the other
group representing Gen. Logan in a civil
capacity taking the oath of a senator of
the United States. Each group is COM
posed of niEe figures. At each end Of the
pedestal there Is an allegorical female fig
ure. One represents War, or the defense OF
the Union. and the other represents Peace
or the preservation of the Union. The ped
estal is also surmounted by four eagles
one at each corner of the entablature
These figures add much to the architectural
effect Of the structure. The total weight
Of the pedestal is more than S,UuU pounds
Mr.. Wood says he was much impressed
with the character ard importance Of Mr.
Simmons work. This imposing and pieas g.
ing combination of sculpture and architec.
ture-original in design and probably the
first of its kind that has been executed for
the United States" says he, Seems to me
to have its distinguishing excellence in the
beauty and harmony Of all the parts, which
the artist has rendered subservient how
ever, to the one leading idea,-the exalta-
ton of the subject of the monument, It ie
valuable contribution to American art
and a valuable addition to the number oi
monuments in our history"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25

spring. which carriel the reserve down
TO $40. I9O.1. on June 81 but there has
been since that time slow but almost un
interrupted improvement. The reserve could
probably have been increased much more
if the treasury had had sufficient currency
to pay out in exchange for gold without
being driven to the use of gold in current
transactions. where 1t was not desired. The
been to discourage the deposit Of gold and
to husband United States notes and other
forms of paper, in order 10 meet the de-
mand for currency exchanges.
The Gold Deposits.
While the treasury has thus accumulated
more than $l6o,0OO,Oyp as a Christmas gold
reserve, The actual deposits Of gold are
still far less than before the gradual i'm
pairment of confidence, which followed the
operation of the Sherman law. The total
gold in the treasury on all accounts on Sep
tember 80. 1883. was s332. sol BOG. This in
cluded si3I, ,SiS, 1oO in gold certificates. The
gold certificates at this time were not far
from the maximum, although there was a
disposition in the spring of 1892 10 hoard
gold in the form of certificates when the
treasury reserve was diminishing, which
carried the amour vr outstanding certifi-
Gates on January 81. 1SJ2 as high as SlG3,-
l'S,3oo. The outstanding certificates, repre-
sented by gold In the treasury. began TO
decline after this date, and all possibility of
Increase was arrested by the order Of Sec
Fetafy Carlisle. in 1888, SuSpeniing the is
sue under the law of 1sSl in order to pro-
tect the gold reserve after the net amount
fell below SlUUO,D0. Certificates were
carefully hoarded after this order but some
millions were received at the times of the
Bond sales. and the net amount outs;and-
ing, fully covered by gold. fel from $50
tli.oi9 on August 81. 1888. 10 $i3 D52, ,.,9 on
April 30. 1so6, about the time CT the COM
rietion or the payments for the last bond
issue The decline has been very slow
since that date. and the amount outs,and-
ing at The close of this week was s3j, GO3, $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
WILL BE A GREAT DEMONSTRATION.
Rendezvous of the North Atlantic
Fleet in the Gulf.

Nen0exvOus OF the North Atlantic
Fleet in the Gulf.
A telegram received at the Navy Depart
ment today announces the arrival of the
monitor Terror at Norfolk. She has taken
on coal and provisions and is all ready 10
start on her cruise to Key West, where she
will join the other vessels Of the north At
lantic feet. No time has been set for the
rendezvous of the feet at the Florida port,
but it Is expected that all the vessels be-
longing to 1t will be there within the next
two weeks. The flagship New York, with
Admiral Sicard commander-in-chief, on
board. is at Norfolk. and the other vessels.
including the battle ships Massachusetts
Iowa and Indiana and the cruiser Brook
lyn, are at the New York yard receiving
final repairs preparatory to their departure
for Key West. When all have arrived there
they will be put through a series OF evolu-
tions and exercises. in the course of which
they will make q cruise in the Gulf of
Mexico. It will be the most formidable
feet Of warships that has been In those
waters since the days OF the rebellion. and
its progress will be watched with consider
able interest by our foreign friends, espe-
cially Spain, which may possibly look ask
ance at the presence of 30 many United
States warships in such proximity to the
queen Of the Antilles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
The Biggest Gold Reserve Since
September, 1890.
EFFECT OF M'KIELEY'S ELECTION
Raid on the Governments Yellow
Meta, Checked.
DEMAND FOR L. S. NOTES

The treasury gold reserve moved upward
poarly 100000 yesterday ana touched $780,
~ ,45S. This is record which has no:
been equaled silCe September, 1890, Just
after the passage OF the Sherman silver
purchase law. The net gold reserve stood
at slJD, D. 4ol at the end of June, fourteen
day tefore tn. Sherman law received the
approval Of the President Tie end of July
showed q gold reserve of slS4Ua,c.i al.i
the end of August SiS,.S3I,JSI From tha;
dale until November 1896, the natural
course Of the gold reserve was steadily
DOWN. ard. bat II u.Ls Projected upward
fiCm time TO time by special arrangements
CT Secretary Foster, with tie New York
hanks. by the four bond Issues under Pies
ident Cleveland. and iiEa-Iy by tl4e patriotic
action Of the banks @sa:n i'll the summer
OF 1896. when even tee sale of bonds
threatened to add - the anxiety, which
was caused by ;h- threat of u plunge TO
the silver bass. lie reserve lad fallen on
December 81 1850 to si4S.JI2 80, ard OIL
June ~. 1871, 10 sllI .GJI, -
Checked BY Cereal Exports.
The downward tendency was arrested by
the large export OF cereals, as well Us BY
the special efforts of Secretary Foster, ard
reached maximum OF sl3p lIc. III on De-
ceLlbcr 81, 1891. FroEl this point the ten
dency was again downward uI4;.l July 81,
1Sg2, VIXEN the net reserve was $llo H.
Sgl. Some Improvement again occurred in
the autumn. but the reserve turned over
to the New administration on February ~,
3ss2, was on-y $i0;.2Si,-lS. and The plates
for new bonds mad already been ordered
by Secretary Foster from the bureau OF
engraving and printing The events Of III.
next three years which carried the reserve
as low IS SiI. IU.i9.I on January 81 1855
and compelled the COVE rnment TO borrow
from the trust fund held against gold cer-
tific2;es. in order 10 redeem its notes In
ccin, are still fresh in the public mind The
reserve stood at s1U. .9J7. .-sl on August 81
1S.S, in spite Of the fact that il had be en-
fed with more than xaO.OsJ.tsD in gold
during the preceding three years. includ-
ing the special deposits OF the banks.
Good Eject Of the Election.
The tendency began TO be upward after
the country declared fer the goid standard
and a reserve OF $l3l .5io3-,2 on November
3d. 1885, increased TO s1ii. .Sjo. 49, on Janu-
ary 81. IS91, and Si5;.3io.s.O On April 80
ts9I. There were some losses during the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25

The regular permanent family
circulation of The Evening Star
Is more than double that of any
other paper in Washington,
whether published in the morn
Ing or in the afternoon.
As medium for unobjcc-
tionable advertisements it there.
fore stands unequaled and un-
approachable,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
ARCHITECT CLARK ILL.
Venerable Custodian of the Capito
Suffering From Paralysis.

Suffering From Paralysis.
The venerable Edward Clark, architect of
the Capitol. has been, since Friday of last
week confined to his home by illness, the
result. 1t is said, of a ngnt stroke of pa
ralysis. His condition when first stricken
was regarded as extremely critical. but
within twenty-four hours he rallied, and is
now said to be greatly improved. although
unable to attend to any Gar. of his public
ing In charge.
Mr.. Clark's advanced age Is naturally
against rapid recovery. and It Is believed
several weeks must elapss before he can
leave his house
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
Arctic Weather I'm Colorado.

DENVER, Coin December 25.-ArctIc
weather still prevails west Of the great d.
vide. The warm wave which visited D4nver
q few days ago did not climb the noun
tains. According to the weather reports re-
ceived at the general Offices OF the Denver
and Rio Grande railroad the Temperature
ranges from zero to 18 degrees below zero
in the towns In the western slope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
Vessel Ashore Near B.rnexnt.

NEW YORK. December ga dispatch
from Monmouth Beach Hfe-saving station
says that a vessel is ashore on the New
Jersey coast near BarneSat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
Fire at Fo.torln, ohio.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, December o5-A
special from Fostoria, Ohio. says: The
Harter mill. the largest winter wheat mill
in the country. was destroyed by fire last
night. The loss is estimated at Sl5O,0Oo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
SMALL, DUr APPRECIATED.

American Relief In the Stricken Dis
tFicts OF India.
S Rev. Richard q. Hobbs Of Jacksonville,
ILL.,, has just returned from a visit to India,
where he went to assist In the distribution
Of relief to the famine-strickeu Inhabitants.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-05
BEHHAM'S CAREER IN PORTLAND.
The Accused Wfe-foisoner of Syracuse
We'll Known in the Northern
Ctr

PORTLAND, Or, April 4.-Howard G.
Benham, indicted a few days ago in Ba-
tavia, n. Y, for having poisoned his wife
with hydrocyanic acid, was resident
here from 1892 to 1894. He and Mrs Ben
ham were admitted to best society circles
until the summer of 1894, when they were
no longer welcome because of some queer
business transactions on Benham's part
In November of that year Benham mys-
teriousiy disappeared from Portland. His
wife was left behind, and she could give
no idea OF her husbands whereabouts or
offer an explanation as to his strange con-
duct. He left her with plenty of money
and there were no outstanding debts
against him.
Mrs Benham was inclined to the belief
that her husband had met with foul play,
the city detectives. They made an inves-
tgation and satisfied themselves that
there were no good grounds for suspicious
of such a nature. Everything pointed TO
the fact that Benham had, for some un-
known cause, deliberately decamped.
This conclusion was not reached for
two months after Benham had gone. The
life insurance companies holding 10000
risks on him were about to pay the money
over to the widow when news reached
here that Benham had been seen in Chi
cago with Florence Clayman, a pretty
vaudeville actress, whose people live here.
However. the policy was not cancelled, as
Mrs. Benham agreed TO keep up the pay
ments. Mrs. Benham remained in this
city Tor about three months after her hus-
bands disappearance, and then lett for
New York, where she announced her in
tention OF making her home with her
parents