,?e .rown ath.t.. you · ft r --n e between th.. premi.-r. senor cano-%aslet#astillo. ;.nd the...
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AT THE STARBDUILDINGS.1101 Puuylama hi. .e.,o Cor. 11th f1., byThe Evemin ftu rew~pe Company.
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..a..their own .a.ct. at 10 edta. """,?ecent .r m a"th.T..at the r toa you can.dVotled States Of C*aad&-V4Piiu PVQVW-ft e-NOper ILth
- 7.: Qutm 4_a,. star. -. p.r year. wIt--."=aI-.-h P. -e. Wa-t... 1 .T.YA GD.0..1I.B WsusWtow b &to*awf Nis 13,725. -WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1897-FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS.
ATTITUDE OF SPAINExtreme Reserve in Official Circles in
Madrid.
PRENIER IS HOLDIE CONFERENCES
Criticism of the Position of ConsulGeneral Lee.
DI10SED TO INVESTIGATE
MAI Ril. Pebruary 2'.-Extreme reserve
is maint.ijin-l in offijal tireles. and] muchimportane.- is .rtt ie.I to the secret con-ft r --n e bet ween th.. premi.-r. Senor cano-%as let #astillo. ;.nd the ni'nisters on thestate of the var in Cuba.Th- :titudl or thelUnited States consul
g-nerl. i ;.neral F tzhugh I.ee. is regardedas h tig "intolerably high-hanled."Th.- itovrr mntt is disposed to investigate
and ni-eT the. reasonal.- dtmands of the'nit.. t an. -laims of American (it-
izen-. It Is tn:h'r d.-terminedi to punishthes,- who are f'uend guilty of having in-lib-Ite any iilbn'- upon [or. Ricardo Ruiz,the Aniri-an ize.n who is alleged tohal. 1.-n bei ae..ii to death in trie prison at
'rim. ilrial sayi-: -The Americans areavaslng thenilv. s .f the European trou-
bii's ove.r I'r.-te. and m-an to precipitateM-Kinl.y it, a qia rrI with Spain.''<'It~inunc. th. Inipark-ial adviscs the
givernn.-n :,, pr-parn- Spain's defensi-es bysa ami by I.L maintaining that Spain
hr.-s less to In s. than ihe *nited State-s ittt' .nt of war.Ih. r, , i ething abtiormal in the termsof K n.ote of :hi- Uited States minister,
.%Ir ,_tiis Taylor. to the Spanish govern-n., T h. r"-lations letween Spaln and
th. (*,1itd t.taes havei not Leen disturbed.Su:vnish nmeled ielner n "Het Fire."
i.VANA. February 2;.-The Spanishg iboat I "n: rana-.str.- has landted forcesa? ';allina and Santa Ttresa. They were
ried t with a h.,t fire. .ut stueceeled inrpul-ing the inuiirg-nts. a4,4istel by thegunb-oat. .ithout anv loss :o the niarines.
rwo sailors. howe--r. w -re !.ightlyAt .lt-dia I.0i.. n-ir .anz.inill. the
Sp-anish guinbioat 'iuat Em -aui.lo tired enand disp-rs-I a band of insuirgtnt. ThebItt. r later attake-d Ctiuo. bt wer.- to--puils'ed w%ith he-avy loss.
4ohamn iefeat Reported.Snor lot io., tlie Spanish minister
hi-r-. re, -ive -i t'h-grani last night fromS-..r T.tuan. minst-r vf*foreign affairsat .ei-'d saing:
''Te rua~e.f (*.en.-ri's Gasco.. Ruizi: - ', ra rnit i:i sa.-.-ession the forces* r:man bl by .\laxirno 4;omrz. defeating
m a--tndt, Ii'ng thi-m to disperse in ie-ti,-i. T'-ntt -i;ai ar- countel. and! a
j<at nun~.',ar-f t-Iebs we-re wounded.F'ur ihat. t iso y all the possiblt-su- I to " latanzas and l.as 'lias. and I
pr-v.rn the ritreat of (oomez to the west.Th.e ha of . tIir .s. lmstcompletelIyci-l. makf- it v.-rv diffi--ult for him to
re-r.:it to the east. Sviin olunits are1 *inig- e-t vi ni t he-s- lines in loursuit of
O% ER THE sies-FOOT l.1il1T.
The' Riser At 4IoInnati ReAhelsen. Iia1itsimuna Height.
CINCTNNATI. 4 iaL. V.bruary 1i-Theriver -Afpparenitly rece ts maximulm "II o'clock thi mr:iiini. when the gautreshwow-l #1 fI ft, hh. . 'rhis Is the fifthtim- In !h1- I: -torv of th- city that ther i'r !as.x- e- th l# i00-foot limit. Theoiti:- reords art-: IN~'. #4 1et :t inches:l-"-~ #;t fe- ir-h-,: 1 w::. z76 fe t -4 ichl es;%4. 71 ftet I iihe-s.
R,-ports fr.'m tippo-r river points in spe-tail.- to he Times-Star are as follows.
l''mieruy%. fo Io,- ftivi-r fallen it It hes at .Sm.: at'. I:wh of snow.4'Clottsbiurg. Ky.-Falling art inhi atnhur two iuhw. -f suow las: ight.liip v. O(hit.- .'r falling -luwly:- oily
haif ar. inch sin-e mitillight.MtaY'Ville. Ky.-Rivr fell two inches last
-ih; --icldedly colder: light snow.
40% TiiE T RKTIH FRONTIER.
3NIinsaing e.9 Troog. Proceeding WithFe'e-rimh teiisfity.
r Al.'Ni.'A. Turk.y. February -4.-Thevznassingl of Tr!kishi trool- and mnirtionsvf wa r ,it t-- frittir is proceeding withfit-rish ?-as:t All the sodioiers en fur-( -'h re n rtieti-. ard elev.-n bat-t ri-s,-r., a:li.-ry. a regintit of tavalry
:. :.. ba:::tiniin of infant rv have gon.-fr i~r f-- - tona-ur and -ls-whe e to-l:.iCi'it. Tw ad-iitional 'atialonsor i-
far v hav- r.--" ".,I Kate-rina.Th ~ ~ ;i e' isva mrna. lIrusa.Tr
ze .. ;tid elw.n '' in Anatolia are (Onth-:r way he n,!ri- the frontier. whare a
t -Ia:of t ::'.Slum id iw tornd, with
teiesors Frons Athen,.I. iN. I' .: .ry 2;- --A tieli'gram ri-
n o.a tm .\h--nis this a fternioonr by
hj-l inte ntion; to a.-tii3 heo.us! u'th- loew.-rs.
itu..iits',. Demans en 4.reece.iia :r-i-:gh t hi- issiani minhiste'r a I
Ath r has allb I upon C ie.-ee to with-idraw al .. of nh-i troop si' and her fleet fromt'e - althtr. thure ch. ys.
S'OLD *N 'riE a: i EST.
'Turs.'trnnur iteicow Zue in Mo4,th
ili.l.E~L. t* I '.. IF -briaary 1. --The ther-iin i t.-r ru-;letu- ' t lieltow z-r'o thi-s
m -nit. T-re are Ilyl a few tons ofw .ai in 'twn. a thl ?h. roadls blocked. U'n-b - b. rn- an-. mIay. which seems
hmr ma. - 'i' i-tinared colnsi. lerable suar-f. -' w .! i i-at t:iirn a teal '.:am~ine.
'ik' king irnle'fui for' the Attimudeofn She GieeksL in Chticago.
CH'ii te;c F.:ireary 2i. 'The Greek goy-i-rrun hs- uofle-ally trecognized the symt-padithetl. a: t:-ide ot thi- Greekse of eI hi-c:,Ki -a.: t :1-' i--s. tnt crisis regard'ing
** Ib II rlich. son. consaul general forth ,li ja-t r r re.iv-ed thre following
cain ramt ::tr i 31t . Skiuzes. the Greeknrru'te-r it for-igni affairs. 'ahio cabled inara i-r ', the- mre:-sage reemlty senit tothe Ki, .f h;-.ev'. by thle Gr'eek commnun-
- < e .-!ia: -il of G r'-re. C hicago:Wdil you -spress to the Gre'ek communItyin " hicatto the sfrecere thanks of the kingand the gt'rrnment for the attitude whichit has taken towar-d the mother country ia
these si-rious time"- SKOUZEs,
Wi'AMFORI Ci ).onn.. February 27.--Mrs.Henary Ward ZHetcher has rallied from herextreime exhaustion of yesterdjay. Rev.Samuel S'oville, hier e-on-in-law, however,says titat the-re Is r.e. hope of her recovery,andt tha- 'i-ettt fi- Cm taymne
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS
Bill to Acquire Water ight at Great FalbPase the Senate.
An Anti-Gasbllg Bill Introduced-
Other Measures of Local
Interest.
The Senate yesterday passed Senate billWiSZ, "To increase the water supply Of thecity of Washington. etc." The bill providesfor the acquirement of the Great Fallswater rights. It has been considered inthe House of Representatives, but hasnot been acted upon by that body. TheSenate passed the bill without discussionas it came from the committee on the Dis-trict of Columbia.The bill authorizes the Attorney General
and Secretary of War to obtain title forthe United States by right of eminent do-main or otherwise, to all the water rightsnot now owned by the United States at andin the vicinity of (reat Falls on the Po-terrac river. the water so taken to be usedfor any and all public purposes. and alsosuch land as may be necessary for thesepurposes: Provided, that the property,aater rights and franchises of the Ches-areake and Ohio Canal Company shall beeumpt frem the operation of this act.
It provides that the Secretary of Warand the Attorney General, in their dis-cretion, may appoint three commissionersto appraise the value of the land and ofthe water and of the water rights taken,ar.d of the damages to any property byrei son of the taking. or by reason of main-taining said government dam at its pres-ent height, or by reason of raising thedam to such height as may be necessaryfor the purpose of this act. In makingthe valuations the appraisers shall con-sider onl3 the present values of the landarid water rights., and shall not considertheir values to the city of Washington forthe uses for which they are taken or towhich they may tie applied unde r the pro-visions of this act."
The Metropolinan Fxtennion Bil.An effort was made in the Senate las^
evening to have the bill gra'!ting authorityto the Metropolitan Railroad Company toextend its tracks returned to the Sefiat'.Mr. Allen offered a concurrent resolu-
tion requesting the President to return thebill for furth',e consideration. Mr. Allensaid it had bieei, his purpose to antagonizethe passage of this I-ill. bur it was passedafter 6 o'clock on the :t0 of February af-ter he had lIeft the Senate. not expectiigit would1e calle'i up.
31r. Mle1illan rei that tie was notaware that any one wished to oppose thwerierence report. He said the only oh-jecion to the bill had been on the partof Senator Coeckrell in regard to the issu-arc. of stock cirtificates.
,Ir. Allen wanted his resolution adoptelat orce. as ho- feared the President mightsign the biti if action was not promptlytaken, but il.r 31r. Faulkier's objtetioiiit went over m:til the n.*xt day.
An Anti-Gunabning Bill.The House committee on judiciary today
reported a bill to protect state anti-gamblinglaws from nullification through interstategambling by telegraph. telephone or other-wise. Tre bill prjvide4 that any personwho, aith intent to exe-ite, conduct, pro-mote or carry on in any manner whateverany lottery, pool sellir.g bookmaking orgambling oi horse races; or who, with in-tent to aid, assist or abet in the executing,conductir.g, promoting or carrying on ofany such lottery. pool selling. bookmakingor gambling. shall deposit with, send ortransmit by, or cause to be deposited with,sen-t or transmitted by, any telegraph com-pany or telephone company any dispatch ormessage from one state or territory intoanother state or territory, or from or intothe l)istrIct of Columbia, shall be guilty ofa mis lenmean:r. aid shall be punished forthe first offense by imprisonment of notmore than two ye-iar, or by a fine of notmore than $1.1mw,, or both, and for the sec-ond and each after offense punished bysuch imprisonm-nj only.No common earrier or corporation, or
employe thereof. shall receiv for trans-miss:on or transmit or send fr)m one stateor territory into another state or territory,or from or into the District of Columbia,any dispatch or message p-ohibited byscetimn one of this act; and -'very personwho shall willfully violate any of tie pro-visions of this stetion shall be deemedguilty of a misderneanor, and shall be liableto the same penalty as is provided In saidsection one.
To Pn Lenve of Absence.Mr. Hale. from the committee on print-
ing. matte a favorable re-port to tile Senatetolay oi 'r. Voorhees' proposed amend-nerit to th deticiency 1,111 authorizing theI ublic printer to pay employ- s, former em-;.loye4 an-d legal rer ress.ntatives of formeremiploYes of the government printing office.such sums as may be due them for accrue.lir1- unpaid havis of absence for the fiscal.oears 117 to lsiM. both inclusire, for whichiirpose Xi7.A:! is appropriated. The pro-POSI amendment vas reterred to the com-mittre. on appropriations.
DR. sttmiPNO PoPE.He inket some ('ommue on Souta
Carolina Eieciionu..The consideration (of the resolltion in-
titiei by tepreseiative Murray forar. investigation by the House of the South'arolina elbetion laws was continued to-
'lay by the cominittiee on election of Presi-dir-t, Vice P'residenit and ri'lresentatives.Sy'.nehes were made by Dr. Sampson Pope,the recent indlependient candidate for gov'-meor of South Canrolina; ex-iiongr'essmanS'ialls and others. The proceedings weregcod-natured, but often warm, and therewe-re sevcral tilts between Dr. Pope andHr presentative Talbe-rt. particularly whenithe latter rernarked that lyr. Pope had runaon every possibile ticket and kept on rur -rung. Chairmnan Curtis insited that thenearing should be confined to congres-sier at elections arid not deal with the ekec-tion of a governor.Dir. Pope characterizedl as a great fraud
the c'onstitutional convention, and review-ei the circumstances attending it. I'n-easy for fear that the conservative ele-rint of the state would join the republi-carns arnd form a just constitution, thedlemocrat ic leaders. Senator Tillman, thegovernor andl others, enteied, he declared,Into a most damnable agreement. Thescheme to which they bounid themselvesarid their followers provided among othrttI-ir'gs that no white man should be dis-frranchised except for crime; that thewhites should be insured supremacy. andthe constitution.'-when adopted, should nothe aegain submitted to the people. iTheresult was that thousands were debarredfrom suffrage.
MRD. D.6VIS' Nl%.6TION.Senastor 1Hill ThInks lie WIN Seenre
a Faworable Vote.Mr. Hill1 endeavored in the Senate this
afternoon to secure the adoptior1 of a no-tion that at S o'clockt the Senate should geinto executive session. Objection was madeand 'Mr. Hill gave notice that at a o'cloclihe should move an executive mefsion. Thismotion is for the purpose Ooaesiderinaa Ihinomination of Henry E. Darts to be Unite(States attorney for the Distict of Colum-bia.Mr. Hill believes that he wili' have no dif-ficulty in forcing a Vote of the Senates ot
Mr. Davis' nomination. Mr. DavIs' name iiat the head of the list of nomInanions, aMr. Hill proposes that no other nemannetashall be consIdered at this mta. otten.gress, if the Snate does not act upon Minavi.- case.
AN ADVERSE REPORTAction of the Senate Committee on
Mr. Sands' Nomination.
HIS FORER CRIIC113 EAD
Three of the Members Only Votedin His Favor.
NINE WERE AGAINST HIM
By a vote of 9 to 3. today. the SenateC mmittee on the District of Columbia de-cided to make an adverse report* on thenemination of Francis P. B. Sands to beCommissioner of the District of Columbia.The committee met at 11 o'clock today.
every member being present except Ser.atorHarris, who is confined to his home by ill-ners. The vote on confirmation stood asfollows:Ayes-Gibson, Smith and Baker.Noes--McMillan, Gallinger, Hansbrough.
Proctor, Pritchard, Wetmore, Faulkner,Martin and Bacon.When the committee opened, it transact-
ed a small amount of minor business relat-ing to measures before it, and then took upthe subject of Mr. Sands' confirmation.The subcommittee, consisting of SenatorsGallinger, Proctor and Faulkner. made au'nanimous report against confirmation. Atonce a discussion was previpitated, whichwas taken part in by nearly every memberof the committee present. Mr. G.allingerproduced a copy of Senate document 13-, ofthe last session of Congress, wliaoh. hesaid, alone contained sufficient reason tocause the committee to make an adversereport on Mr. Sands' nomination.Although this docum'n t was printed atdcirculated as other documents have be'n,every member of the comrnittce, with the
exception of members of tie subcommitteewhich had acted on Mr. Sands' nomination,confessed their complete ignorance of itsexistence. The document referred to is acommunication by Mr. Sands as coutnsilfor the National Capital as]ight, Heatand Power Company of the District oftColumbia, and was presented in the SenateFebruary ;), i8!;, by Mr. Kyle. .\r. Gal-linger rEad a number of paragraphs fromthis document. The paper was written byMr. Sanets after he had failed to secure anincorporation for his company.
GroundM for Rejection.The vortions of the document read by
Mr. Gallinger as sufficient reason why tihemembers of the committee should rejecthi.A nomination follow:"These objections are simply a subter-
fuge."The above expression referred to the
Commissioners' advers,' report on his blill,giving as the ground(of 1itheir objectionthat the incorporation of the company herepresented wouli result in the' tearingup of the streets of the city. The follow-ing are other portions .f Mr. Sand's paper:"Tnat such inteiligent nen as our 'om-
mission'rs ar.± should make objection soutterly i.nreasonable makes thinking per-sons form natur.il Infertnees as to themysterious infinencts which control theiractions, so evidently hostile to th bestinterests of a suffering -ommunnity.""Is it not a notorious fact denonstra.ted
by the evidence taken by the committee ofCongress in 16 and IN1s1, and from the re-ports of the committecs based thereon thatnith an actual individual outlay of cash itsstock of less than $~Aytwom tie'stockhoid.-rsof the Washington Gaslight Company re-celved from the earnings of the company$2,0)0.40 of stock, the par value of eachshare of which is $21, and it has a marketvalue of S30 per share. and its regul.trividends amount to from If' to 21 per cent
per annum; the company, in addition tothe payment of which large dividends, paysfrequently extra dividends and a veryheavy salary roll to its officers, and is dailyaccumulating and adding to an enormo-tssurplus fund which it proposes to convertinto stock for distribution among its stock-holders whenever Congress shall authoriz,'ar increase of its capital stock."The objectionable feature of the above
extract was the following conclusion, ap-parently drawn by Mr. Sands:"It is most strange that the Commission-
ers of the District should have ignored thatfact, and their silenice in regard theretotells its own story to the bill-paying citi-zers whom the Commissioners are willingto see go on paying into the coffers of :heirfavored company twice as much for a ladarticle as is asked of th.m for a betterarticle by tie new company.''
Comaplinenuim to time C(snaanittee.Mr. Sands, after these remarks about the
Commissioners, pays his complirnents tothe committee on the District of Columbiain the following language. referring to theiradv-.'ree report on his bill:"It starts out with i.. frank admission
that 'your con.mittee was coifronte witha strong public sentiment in tLic District infaver of affirmative action on the part of'ongrtns.' It conitains oi page nine an at-tempt to excuse the local company andi'whitewash' the record as to the bad (tal-ity of gas supplied ndil concludes with anlexpression of opinion that the gas companycouilt voluntarily soon reduce the pr!ce ofga.;. and. therefore, they reported adversely'in the bill. Admittedly. thlerefore, that ac-tion of the Senate committee was hostileto the inlterests of thle peopile of the is-trnt."'This declaration on the part of Mr. Sands
that the Sentate committee was hostile toth" interests, of tile people of the Districtwas regarded as pretty severe by all themtmbers of the committee. but the follow-hog sentence they lookel tuponi as reilectingutpon their own integrity. Mr. Sands, inthis paper. stated:"That report was worth thotusands of
dollars to the gas company."tie goes on to say; "it is fair and rea-
sonable to assume and believe that theiraction (ref~rring to the committee) uponsimilar measures will be controlled by thesame motives that gover ned the last Con-gress, when as between the public interestand the so-called rights of Invested capi-tal they made the former subiseryient tothe latter, which they advocate throughoutevery line of their report."Again, Mr. f~ands says: "The Commis-
sinrs of the District, in the inlterests ofthe local monopoly, sublmit as a secondreason for their adverse report an asser-tion that since Congress can control thislocal company as regards the price andqu ilty of Its gas to consutmers no favor-able action upon Senate hill 14t8 should betaken.""Suppose, for the sake of argutment, that
the company permits its fr'iends in Can-gress to consent to the passage of a bill re-ducing the price of gas to $1 for 1,1,40 cubicfeet if paid promptly, and $1.25 if the cashIs not promptly paid. What is the advan-tage to the people? Abundant proof waspresented to the committees showing that asimple reduction of 2i cents dlid tnot dinmin-ish the size of the bills rendered by theWashington Gaslight Company. They haveprotesttd against even that reduction, atidthere are senators who have agreed withthem, and up to date they have preventedany such reduction."Again Mr. Sands makes this remark: "A
mysterious influence makes them advocatestrongly in favor of a competing electriclight company, with the 'necessary tearing-uap-of street surfaces for layIng conduits,and - oppose granting the same privilegewhen a new gas company is proposedwhose benefits will be more far-reachingand for the benefit of a grekter number' ofcustomer.. It is a mysterious influrene,but whose source is well understoodJ amongour citisens."
Mir. GrnMue,'g Stateameat.Mr Gefinger after the rea-n of thi
pamphlet and calling the attention of althe members of the committee to the abovtextracts, said that no doubt could exist itthe mind of any one that Mr. Sands bad in-timated that senators who had passed uporhis bill in the committee on the District ofColumbia were ruled by methods thatshould have no influence with honest men.He said that that document, deliberateyprepared by Mr. Sands, was an insult tcevery senator of the committee. Mr. Gal.linger wanted to know how it would be pos.sible for members of the committee to re-ceive this gentleman, who had malignedthem and who, if appointed a District Com.missioner, would necessarily have frequenioccasion to confer with the committee re-garding District business. He did notthink it would be to the interests of theDistrict of Columbia to have such a marrepresent them.Mr. Faulkner. Who, with Senator McMil-
]an and ex-Senator Hunton, was on thisubcommittee that had Mr. Sands' gas bilIn charge, also spoke against confirma-tion. He said that Mr. Sands' languagtwas of an intemperate character and coulIknot be overlooked by self-respecting men.A reference was made to the fact that 'Ir.
Sands had furnished to Senator Kyle t(he used on the floor of the Senate correspondence between himself and SenatotMe~lillan regarding his bill and that thiscorrespondence was the basis of an attack by Mr. Kyle on the committee andof the charge that Mr. Sands had not beergiven a proper hearing before that sena-torial body..Mr. Me~lillan said that so far as he waE
concerned he had forgctten about thatlittle incident and that he had no ill feel.ing toward Mr. Sands tecause of that ae'tion. Mr. MeMillan said that he hopedthat Air. Sands' act in turning over thecorrespondence to Senator Kyle would notbe used against his confirmation. Hthought the committee should base its reasons on other objections.
Senutor Glison Favorx Sanuis.St nator Gibson of Maryland at this point
in the debate came forward and made a
stror.g appeal in behalf of Mr. Sands Alr.Gibson sail that he was a member of thecrmnittee oni the 1Dstrict of Colinia at
the time Mr. Sanels made those charges.yet he ha: r.o ill :eliing toward b.m. lilsa4i th:tz Mir. Sands wis a man of highsonial chare,:e and that he hatl uiter.'.lthe sentim.::ts attributecd to him merelyas attornoy for a Cis comi-'iny. Mr. GilOn s l that Mr. Sar.dS had a perfet rignt
to adv-je'te the caus.. of his client as
strongly as s.le, and for otw h-- -id notfhit his character was mialigllne i-
cause- of what Mr. Sai is had saio.M1r. Smith of Nc w .hirs-e and Mr. Iak,~
of, Kansas. it h of whom were neniit-',of :he committee :t th- time .1r. Sandsmaie his charge-s, spokv in favor of con-irniation. lr. Smnjin said that he<lIN totfeel injured I tout anything Mr. Sails h:alsaid in that comimucnication.
Mr. Faulkner's Reply.Ser.ator Faulkner remarked that if Mr.
San-d, ha, it, the heat of dlehate anilaboring under excitemetit, made the itate-
tnts 1;at lie(IM rtke. th,-re might lesome excuse fcr him. But he called theattintion of the members of the e-otnitteeto ith far-t that these statements had1,-en tale' after the hill had been avtAluionI by the commnittee, and were made inthe form of a paper prepared at Mr. San-'h isitrtnId itmsntcd to, the Senate by 3Mr.Kyle. ie coul,l si( but one purpose ofuch a .cum,-nt. and that was to malignitI nmbers of the - ommittee who had
not di ne as Mir. Sanls wished thtem to doin gard to his bill
*Pt hri tmtemnbrs of the c-mmittee spokeagainst .ir. Satndi c-onfirration, a iuinherof thten saying that they dii not believea nian Ato woutd prepar- i3eh an !ilt em-leratc paper as the ono r-terred to wasa lit mian to 1b a Commimion-r of theDi trit of C nlumbia. and th-y did notwish to have any business relations withLim.
he nonii.ation will lie reporte-l adverselyto tho Senate by Mr. Mielillan as somn asthe Senate goes into txecittive se-sion.
ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRES
The Potomac Company Makes and With-draws an Application.
Owing, It Is said, to the refusalof the Eckirgton Railroad Cotnpany toli ng,-r furnish ltght to Eckington, claini-ing that all the power it can generate willhe necessary t6 operate Its Washington aniMaryland road, the Potemac Electric coat-pany recently applied for permission tobuild ant underground and overhead rottefrom its present condults ott Oth street toEekington.Several days ago Receiver Schoelif noti-
fied President Crosby of the Potomac comti-pany that he would cease lighting Ecking-ton after iarch 2. Immediate applicationwas made by the Potomac company forpermission to build a line front its existingtenduits on 9th street to supply the poleline it Eckington. Capt. Burr, the engineerofficer in charge of street lighting. ap-ptoved the application, and the piap-iswere sent to the attorney for the 1I strict,with instructions to report upon the vaseat once. This opinion was delivered to theC(-mmissioners yesterday, but withheldftrcm publication, although its contentshave been shown members of both electriccompanies.Vice President Lieb was at the District
building this afternoon. To a report-er of The Evening Star Ite ad-mitted that the report was favorable tohis compatny. While he could not remem-ber the exgtet terms of the attorney's Opitt-iott, he said it gave the Commissioners. itneffect, the right to issue -the pertnit. Itwas not for an Overhead system. he ex-plained antd emphasized, as only atottt 2,-(S00 feet of overhead line would be con-strueteid If the Commtissioners issued thepermit. Under the terms of Judge Cole'sopinion the Commissionters could grattt thepermit. When the permit issued, he said,It was the purpose of the company to con-struct an underground condutit from thepresent conduit on T street; along T streetto a p)oint where the grading on that streetstopped; thence by overhead- wirem-a dis-tance of about 2,0001 feet-to the existingoverhead system in Eckingtoni; When thepermit issued], he said, it woukd contain al'roviso that as soon as T stl'eet is- gradeidthe overhead wires were to come' down atndundcrground conduit substituted.A reporter of The Star asked for pertmis-
sion to copy the opinion, but it was- dettled.Commissioner Ross stated thatt he had notseesn the opinion, and when it capie- to himhe should want to examine It very closely.
Application WithdrsnThis afternoon, however, the Potomac
Company changed Its mind,' and sent the~following letter to the Commiksioners:"Gentlemteni Referring to our aplication
for a permit, mled. las- week; to connectcur present sub~way by underground wireswith our Eckingtora public lighting, whichwas promnpted by the fact. that-the receiverof the Eckington and Soldiers- Homea Rail-way Company notified us that after MarchI he would be unable to futrmah us withsteam to operate ouir Eckinto'tplant, lhe-cause he will need all the -power In 4hsatstation after that date. to operate his elec-tric cars on the Washington and Marylandrailroad, this road, according to its fraachise, must be in operation by the 2d ofMarch. He also expects to ha.ve the air*compressor for the air motor In operatiwaaon the same day."This-afterrn~, e * eran~
by a citisent"o teesonthey have auera faeposjgcommittee on SP ra~j thelighting of Eaki natf
gl robaMIM be i
"Very truly,
GENERAL ALGER HEREThe Next Secretary of War Now in
the City.
DMCIE TO TARL ON CBA
Believes That Prosperity Will ComeGradually After a Tariff Bill. *
COURTESI ES TO BE EXTENDED
The hustling and bustling incident to the eit.augural season is beginning to manifes:itself more fully around the hotels of thecity than elsewhere. Visitors are already 1beginning to come in, and hundreds are ex- .
peeted within the next few days. Inaugu-ial day will find all the hostelries crowded. cTlire is ruch anxiety of visitors to secure ficoms that they have engaged quarters tfr em this time on. paying for the rooms as 1if they were here occupying them.People of pr minence connected with the
(erenionies are beginning to arrive. Gen- tItussell A. Alper, the next Secretary ofWar, arrived last night, and is registered laat the Aii gton. Mrs. Alger and MissAlger are in New York. and will arrive in i
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the city tonight. The family will remainat the Arlington until after ih inaugural. twhen they v-ill occu.y the house now oc-eupied by S cretary Liamdnt and family.Th, l.amont lbaso has not expired, and waiissumed by General Alger. Secretary andMrs. Laniont %%ill entertain the incomingS+-relary and family at a dinner tomorrow#vening. At this reception General an).Mrs. Alger will meet the most prominent sairmly anl navy people In the city.
Witn't T lk ton cUan. e
With (eneral Alger is ol. Gecrge H. hiHelikins of Detroit. ore of the close friends laof the new Secretary. General Alger re- it,evie I newspapier correspondents and rt- Vpo' ters this morning, and made many new rrornndsmong them. To a Statr reporter. Iiwho dsked him abcut the Cuba situation, cGeneral Alg, r bfegged toib'io. used, say- uing that It would he out of place for hinmto talk on this subject at iis time. CoIn- ltnonting on the he'alth of Major McKinley,whom h.e has not seen for several weeks.General Alger said that It was wonderful 5Lht theiPr sident-elect had held up soIlng. The rush of visitors and place hun:-ers :o 'anton has been awful. hi said. Heknew this from his own experience. Sin.ohe had ac cepted the portfolio of war. hesaid. he has received thousands of letters,nmore than half of them from men seekingI-esitions. He has been so busy answeringthese letters that he has had no time fornis private business. which has been i-
gle-ted since the election in November, andeven before that time.(in. Alger said he believed the republican
party would lroduce the prosperity whichhad lii promisei tile people. "I do notsuppose it is coming with a rush." said %
('-n.Ala,-r. 'but I believe it will be gradual.whici will be all the better. The passageof a moditied tariff bill that has the ap-pe-trance of permanency wiil do much tobring better imes. The business men ofthe country want to adjust their business ron a permanent basis and will do this when u
the tariff bill is I assed." ;i
Diaa-gulohed leosle Comnl. -
Quite a number'of distinguished Ohioans arand others will arrive at the Arlington to-morrow. Chairman 'Mark Hanna. Senator-elect Foraker and Gov. Bushnell and stalfwill be here some time du'ring the day. Gov. MGriag and staff of New Jersey are al-ex)ected tomorrow.
('ol. J. J. McCook of Ncw York. another h.of the new cabinet members. will stop atthe Arlington. The date of his arrival has rinot Ie-inideternmine-d on. reThie ne-w Postmaster General. James A. w(thirv. wife aid four daughters will arrive- b
in the city Monday and have engaged quar-tbrS at tile Normanidie.At the Riggs iouse will be G'ov. Scho-h1.-I and staff of Wisconsin. They are ex-
peetel Tuesday. tAmong the officials of prominence who '
will be at the Shoreham are Gov. Tanner Fand staff of Illinois and Gov. Lowndes andstaff of Mary'land. The Illinois chIef ex-eeti ve wvili get hlere Sunday or Monday.and that Is thle time fixed for Gov. Lowni-des' arrival.Gov'. Drake and party of Iowa will have
qutarters at Willard's and are to be in the j.city on Wednesday. The Marquette Clubof Chicago will be hlere on the same dayand will also stop at Willard's. Among theoth:'r guests booked for this hotel are diCol1. and Mrs. Fred Grant and Mrs. y-Gen. Grant. They will arrive hereon the morning of the 4th and willtvilew the parade from the windows of their U!roams at the hotel. Mrs. Leland Stan- ftford will arrive .from California with a siparty anld will be at Willard's.
saMR. GAGE EXPECTED, us
lie Wi Probably each Washington tiTomorrow. h
Mr. Gage, wbo will reliev'e Secretary Car-lisle of charge of the Treasury Departmentin a few days, Is expected to arrive heretomorrow from Hot Springs, Va., where hehas been for several days past. He will bethe guest of Mr. Bryan, on Rhode Islandav'enue, until he selects permanent quarters. reMr. Bryan will give a dinner In his honor seMonday evening, to which Secretary Car- tillisle and other distinguished ipeople have wbeen invited. Tuesday evening he will beenttertained by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nei-tson Page, at their residence In this city. ert
MRt. HANNXA LEAVES CLEVELAWD. h<fisHis Wife and Dlaughter Accompamy fa
lina to Washington.CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 26.--Mr. sa
Hanna spent the entire forenoon today get- lilting his affairs into shape in order that he ttmight leave for Washington during the at- esnternoon. He denied himself entirely to gcallers. At L45 o'clock Mr. Hanna. ac- tacompanled by his family, left for Wash-~ orington on~the Pennsylvania. No one ac-ccmpanled him save his wife and daugh- thters- - h
WHi Recommend Omnermaemm- isThe Senate judtoiaqr cosamittee 'voted
unanimously to lecneemond the comflrna- frtion of 'U. r~t.Crgshw a United Stae p1marshal fOr 1mwme ~g ..mssMen tad a-been held up for a few mars at the bm=-an-- atof renubrloan m....ur. of Ca.---m ci
'ASTEST IN THE NAVY
orpedo Boat No. 6 Expected to Arrive eeThis Afternoon.
Ome Remarkhale Sparts of SpeedThat She Made During Hee
Trip From Newport.
Torpedo boat No. 6. the fastest vessel inte United States navy. will arrive hereiis afte-noon about 4 o'vlock. Accordinga telegram receive at the Navy Depart-
lent from Admiral Brown, commandingle Norfolk navy yard, she left there atI o'clock this morning. Considerable in-rest is being shown in this vessel byaval experts and others. She has a ree-rd of 2S.Tif knots per hour. and can makeren better speed than that.Her trip from Newport to this city hasten made on fast time. Site made a re-iarkable run on the sound from Newport) New York. and another one on the,can from New York to Norfolk. In the)rmer run the little .-raft was permitA)run at about tier natural draught, about
14) pounds ste:an pressure. But two ofte three boilers were used, and only two-tirds of h'r minimum speed was main-tined.Between l'tint Julith and F'oulkners Is-md big s'as and ieavy northwest winds'ere enounptered. the storm becoming sosrritie that it was dee-med wise to slowDwn until tht gale abated. and one at.dhalf hours wa-re lost in this way. Duringie whole trip more (or less severe '.as ndadwinds were eciountered. it the boat4.aveI adtmirabl.- Ih-spite the adv-:rse)iitions sip, traveld tih. distance, aboutin miles. i six and-i on.- half hours. mak-ig ii.r averaze speel 2- knots per hour.She atrived at Norfolk at K o'clock lastiglit. having male thie run from New(irk in liften hours. tht fastest time ev.erHade ibetw.-. -1the Iwo -it ies by anly vess-l.hie toirpe-to boat p-ass-d Calpe Henry lightL 4; o'clook. thirteen houirs out. atu wastit.-havv yard at il.m. It takes anl or-mary %v- 1 three ionrs to make the run-om Cap- Ietirv tot Noirfolk.T'll-' exat listanic,- by water betwe.'.new York a i' Noir-. k is ::mi miles. Atlit rate oif s-pd the tari'-do boat avpr-fei 20 knOts an hour1 fr lift.ent-11 -u-ve hour. Anmethr lisa.vantage was the-ry thick wa- tner tnat prcvaid.- o%,-r tht-tire coaist. togetier witn easterly windsPI a v'-ry ciop;y -a. 'I'h. toride-lo boatill lay at ipe Iavy ;iardi h14'r- for sev,-raleeks. and will mak. one or two trips iownIt Potomas to show her st.. ecpl iti-s
ithe naval conmittaten of C'ongrss.
HilS I.4'T 1lATH'S N6LARV.'rrnut for 3t.41-1.p6.7 %ent to Mr.
Cl14ecinned Tiodayit.Tlhe 1'ni'd Stp:.- tr-a-ti-rr cent a mod-I-looking ,;<kat, to 'resident Cleve.-nil liout nopindar. It wAs an officialivelcilo cotaining a Ire-tsury warrant ina favor for $lIG';. b-ing Mr. C'l.ve-nd's iest monpith'as M as I'resident ofteI'nit-i $t.ptes. It was taken to thebite I ouse by %ifr. U'-ptpte L. Larson, aetssenger if tih, treasre's offlice. and de-.u red to Mir. 'rook. tie disburi ing otti-'r at the Wlhite House. Following hiszual custoin. ite 'r'silent will indor'seand deiir sit it witit iis hankekrs for col-etion.rhe ir--ih-nt tec-iv-s his sal.try ofI.'N?. per an'un int n.onthly installments$4.10i;.Q; ''-1. i r to make the
on thly p.tymnenis -unie litt even he isild $4.141R;,t3 for ea-h of three monthsid $4.1t0;0; fotr each of th, t-remainingne uonths. The outgoing President re-ive,' tihe' sal.ary of the office tip to mid-ght M3larch :. and tihe salary of thenitag i'resilent hegins at that hour.tis ariangenint was iade many yearsto. betau.ice the Tr.-asurv I 'partment>es not recognize any frAction of a. dayth- paypilent of .al iles.Presidiint ('letlii has bp-'n paid hislary to Alarebi 1t oil an ''aertountableariant,' and hi,-alapry for the first three3ys of Mar'h wll h, 1 paid onl what istown :ts a "set ti men-t warrant." shaw-g that lie las re-eive' $2hs.ntis for kisur years' term of offic.-Mr. 4'lvela holis the smallest war-lt that wa er.va i 1%uedlibt, Treas--y Dest'artwent. It an'int to I cent.d was issue. tt, iim to cover balaniceat on nis salarsy for the tonth of June,
if has n.-er casheI this warrait,1l wilil tprotally hol'i if as a curiosity.
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hlapt UlilHi e said of thec PerrineLand Patent I"ane.
riTe q-nate ct'mi titte'on pu.lie landsLs concluded its intves' itrationp of the Per--ie land grn't and has aut!'orized aport. whiah his not %,t i-n prepared.bichp will say thalt tie pateit was issued-the Inteior liepiartmet'f. it accordance
th thei .w:a-1.1 nd urec,- tlertts .ontrolling itni matters S-natlt ilman, who is a
ember of tie siblcommit ittee apotin01tedprepare th- r.e.nort. says that attention
ill L- eallt also to the East Coastorida Itallroap 'Ompliany's connection(th the grant and to the fat that thealter was Iput thrpiouihiwmith tunusual
phn J. Mc'(oola May Noitipo Into theC'ahi net.
[t is under,'tstnood here' to 'lw e-xtremely'ubtful whether J1. J. Mcdook of Newark will go into the cabinpet. Quite a de-rmined light is being made agalitst himider cove-r. This oippositiont comes in partom New York, but is not contined to thatate. A member of the Ohio delegation1.1 today that he felt quite certain thate appointmeunt would nlot lie madle. HeIid that there was stronig New York in-Pence being exerted againist Mcdook, atndat objectionis to his appointment were be-g urged in other quarters.
FORC('lG REED'S KAM.4%
anablation to Conal the Full Oe-
gnisa~tion of the Rouse.rhe apprehension is general among thosepcrsaibie for the appropriation bills thatme of them may fail of passage. Whilee Cuban quesition no longer interferesth their consideration, the danger of
eir failure is not relieved. There is time
ough still in which to pass them, but
ere is so much bad feeling in bothuses that there is danger of stubbosahts over every item in controversy. The,t that there is to be an extra sessionCongress in March anyhow causes
any to regard less seriously the respon-dulty for the failure of aar .appropria-
an, since the bills can be passed at the
tra session. But the gloat 'serious dan-
r lies in a deliberate disposition in cer-
n quarters to cause the failure of onemore of the bills.-ose of the senatrs are cpedited with
e purpose of using the appropriation
Is to force Mr. Reed's band in the mnat-of oranhsntion of the next House. Itan open secret amng senators thatare is a combunation to kill appropria-
us unless seime asuspunce can be had
im Mfr. Reed that the House win be oem-
at4Iy eamedam at thme se..an. The!teeha inpissamuli 1alaEsnCe.-s the tarir during- the extra a...s.
SANGUILY'S PARDONIts Probable Effect on the Action of
the Senate.
THE STITE DMOWN T COURE
ft Has Steadily Acted as the Friendof Spain.
AN INTEIWsT'IN; RE\':XW
The pardon of Sanguily na' 1.ik.n tl.point out of the Morgatt res oluin.i ini h.Senate. and, 1t is thought. -n-l .I .l prowwoet of action by th. tnte r.I: IA'
the Cuban matter. It is exwlam.Imember of the tommittee that h.%-nproceed In the other cas.s of .ut v.si.. .American eltizens for the r.-as I that th.
aunot get the official inform,iio i I:p41A upon. They cannot aot .-n inlf.m-
tit n derived through th- are- i.l th.ecutive drpartm.nt, whose luy it i. j!.Tain information anit to perot.t Am.-r6 4
2itizels. is devoting itselfto -.n .A.
o'c1ngress from doing anything ill the ..a:-t1-r. The most the Sna t., an i,, Ai., h At.-corum as to thtie ,a see 'f o1:'. mtioned In the pr-s disp.thes to ...upeon the Secretary ot State for inft.nnt.
tion, and this Ith-y kinoew is us. 1.The %tale Iegeimetulenfent's 44 6rc.
A .-r since thi< s.-siont I., an!,..,.
lo partn4tii haIs be..--n staming .ff A. ti . A'he forign relations cnmi :'tt- b.-inaa. suranes-s. we k alt, t wa. k. t i: .,: -
9.Iily Was alut too I.- g.A n ht II.l'inally the certaitN that t,. :two..
Wo.li delaY awti i To) lN;.ti. r 1.1pal.hes being S-1.1 t.. Spain 01.40 aT ".
Oh So-._t.- In st be anticip l., I- 1 I. .a -
<l it of Saniguily bf r.a otl, Conl . .\l:oran res<.lutions cou.l i.. al. T1,- 'A 7 ..matltr has been .otnt .-i a t. it, .1 .r:
n-1t inl an attilub- of a it:. 4 Sp..'
4ivi.1 4' .-141AA' to t ve~t 1 t. a h 1. . ,1 , It'l-men-tt Irmin se-Oius it-- h n .h.ir
a re ITo lonwe-r it beii.1 to b k ml 41 r 7 p4isn int.'rests.
'SPauis Pretended tonedinme...A r.ealizatin of the falt that it.
but a few r ore .,q.as I.-It t0 this 1Iiethadministration is the stro.une.st J!" 4Im.1,
nad- to the Spanish gove.r.I I In-'cle the' to mtak. a lr-tnse o ..ntlla.
tion. Th, purpos.e was tT ma:k. h pa-do n of Sanguily allear .1, al I- I -I I.,lious consideration on the .4: ! #ISaichie-ty for the effect it mht ha. .1 jn i_
incomning :tdmrnnstration. Th'l. j, LIatiof the vigor in the case- If ..t t ..I.I :7(b4-laration that th. d.eath ,t Il.jiz x' 71
he.. thoroughly int sti;a;-d Ih *h S! pmgovernment" is intended. for In1 sam7.4 -pols... and to prevent the r. wignation ,,rGeneral .ee. It is tho.ught th.t %%hs willrelieve the prt--nt "im'rinistraion 1 :i..
embharrasn t of furt her troul.:. wthGn, ral Lee.Iterysttbil Dane im Spaee s Emieen..4Whatever Is (1 ne is put in t,. light, o
lving done in the interest of Spain to po-teet her against the possible AieticaniiAtiiof the new administration. The- ery .It-reet statments of Alr. Shetrima :is te hisposition s-rves as a warning that Spainwill riot nave the same sort of a "greaiand good frienl" in the ne- a Imiista-tion as Mr. 4ieve-hnd L.as p4v,, t anIGeneral W-eller may ltave to foe-go son-of his persec-utions of Anerian -itiz-ns.A Member of the foreign affairs '-onmittersali today that the faels as to all i11--outrages .n Amertcans in 'uba will 1.-ascertaineda and] giv.tt to the pub d .after the 4th of March.(o'r. 41 Mhe %el AdmIal era4 tom.A resolutIon eall ittg for all -,i r. rp -. es,
on the subject will prol.aly I~e a-.lp-. I IAthe Senate during the brief spec.' ial s, :4now called for the confirntalion o4f ill .m-n.ed.iate- applointme-nts of the new Pr, si..-il'fitlh new admiistrati.on is !x"4et..
avi-I teing invo!Av-d in any tlerf-r-.-ne, Atpresetnt betw.-- the cot 4 4nding ter.-." in,Culba, and to dvote, its.-If strictly and it, abx igor to the prote.tiont of Ateriean, *ii ize 4Ianti ititerests.
As the regular or.ler th. M1ocrgall resol ii-tion was laid befotre the Sen-at at I to... kzoday, and it was nwlt at onM ith 3.propoosition to lay it asi-le in fa-vr f p
priation hills.His 4'...mser'N Ii~cee.
Thel position of t he frie-nds of Juli, s.ain-guily it the matter IS shonti il I 1.. rwritten to S.enator She'rmuat, -hairman .fthe foreign affairs committ4-. yest.i-.ltyby J. 1. tlodriguez. couns.-I for th pr1"ner,ftom which it aelptt-ars that th. only e.N lmethod of securing the. pr-isoner's lis.-ha rg..sla-edily was that adoptel by his - ns. 1.namely. withdrawing the app.al hlai b.4lbee-n taken from the sell ten of the lo.-rcourt in 'uba. Perhaps the ,ane- . -1-ould have be-n obtained by a 110'Atlwg th11aplwal to be heardi by4 the courit a . rhut this involv..ed a long wait. n.o ..:.gas the~ aplpeal w~tSas endling the SpaiiliShI I;awdid nlot admit of a teardon. The with It t a alof the appea'.l was witihout preeju.lai'e a fldoe~s ntot estop4 lthe prisone l r. 114m ma~k il a1claim for indenity in l.:4"t1 h should . -eidie to do so.In his lett.er. Ii r. ltodlrigu-z says"eShall I lee prrmitte'd., nmy capacity ofA4
counsel and represe.ntat:ive of Mr. .JulioSanlguily. imtprisone' ini liavanja. 7o r'e'questy~ou. itn all earne'st. Int the, namte of my)
e.lxent. andi for his teeit,''ll to ler4etnt. ifp4ossile. the' passage' of the re'solution dI-reeting a demnand to bie made Up~on theSpanish government for the' release ..f mylclient?"Staidi release'having leton alreadly grantietI
bay the Spanish gove-rnmnent, 'con ino otherconditIon thant the fulfillment of4 a cetaIntechnical requirement of the Spanish law.a conditIon to wiche I htere,. a'id San-.gully's lawyer int H avana, do r. adtily ass.m ;would it not Is' injurious to the IjtIlnerto afford the Spantish governnment a pleaus-1hde opportutnity to withdraw fr,.n.t its Ven-gagement in this respect
"eOf tourse. I e..rnot b'ut le graltefull tothe generous sp.irit ahown bey th~e resolut-lion to which I refer, as I am withI all ratyheart, and my clie'nt Is, grat'-ful to thehonorable Secretary of State fo~r hlis manl,untiring and betnev.olentt effiorts itn fa'.ot ofMir. Siangully.
eel cannot hut see and recogtnise that themovement In the Senate is ineepired in Thesame generous feeling whIch from the be-ginning haa inspIred the honorablie Sieere-tary of State. But I am afraid that theeffect whIch the resolntion, if pass5i1'e weillnecessarily produce in the gove'rnment cir-cdes of Spain. and, perhaps among thetmasses, will result In the defeat of the ef-forts both of the State l~epartment and ofthe Senate."Il make to you, therefore, an earnest ap-peal in the name of Mr. Sangu~tlly, to suU-mit this letter, if propOe to the considera-tion of the Senate, which in it. wisdom willno doubt pay attention to the statementstherein contained."
ENa Oedem.Capt. 0. W. ColG. has been detachaed
fmom duty as preswamt of the steel hoardiand ordered as memmber of the reliet-ing
boarNd; Chief O5MOWene 0. CoWie, frem thePurfitan to the Termr.r; Chief manngt'e j.P. Miciey. froam the Terner to the Ptutaa;U~eutemaat Commane W. Swift, to thebureau ef erdutmane; Ainmaant Nasal Omi--struMctor R. B. DasIen, themsehe steteboard; Prof. 8. Newoemb, tream the mevatohmakney med utnee n watam Orde..,