Buffalo Courier Express from Buffalo, New York • 1

BU.FI mo PART 1. PAGES 1 TO 8. ttrrRierrrrn i BUFFALO, N. SUNDAY. JUNE 6, 1897.

PRICE FIVE CENTS. them. There arwnoneof tb turbu lent osota, abich mark tbs action of th House, whether organized or ditoronuej. A SEiTATEFiELD-DAY. Pea Portraits of Some National Celebrities.

The rout la of tb beast is humdrum and us-Interesting, but occasionally fires of patriot In the Brooklyn Navy-yard. riCTURESQUE- GLIMPSES OF UNCLE SAM'S CELEBRATED NAVAL STATION DRY DOCKS FAMOUS FOR THEIR FAULTS -NOTES ON THE CRAFT HARBORED THERE THE OLD 'RECEIVING SHIP, VERMONTGUNS FOR BUFFALO. ism burst Into flame, and discussion ansa replete with sloquencs and anruoMnt Thar are Senator who are heard with bnatblesa In terest. VISITORS FROMTHE HOUSE. Senator Gormaa of Maryland Is on of these.

1 1 111 1 1 11,11 11 -j I He ie the recognised Itomaeratic leader. Cooi ad im passionate, ba state hH prowslUont If ALLY. It taTt Um Brooklva Naw- iT Buffalo, more than 400 mile Inland, at all. Year, ago. Unci Sea om benefit from tb Navy-yard.

Several with precision and siaaraese, and never wests words. 11 baa his match oa th Republican sld of th chamber In William Allison of REPRESENTATIVE CUMU1XOS TAKES NOTE8 OF THE CONSPICUOUS FIQ-y VRE8 WHO GATHER TO LISTEN TO TUB- TARIFF BILL DEBATE THE 5 F1UHTOF THE HOUR. anticipated Ureeter iew-xor Mciu-l jwm onwrea Ine hi unl station In Brooklyn tin "ot In her parks. Iowa. Each la extremely courteous, and each earrtea great weight.

Allison I lb rcu uj wiwiei uiu orananoe him Vvw-York Navy-yard. Brooklyn won will be Navy-yard for whoever run tt- Ctles and aland leader of tb Republicans. i have slated that Gormaa la cool and im- Orand Army peels eaa hare It for tba carting away. But there are some old cannon which passioned, but at time, ilka finely tempered -only borough, bat oa th eve of lu extino-U. city, It gave to the man-of-war which jierpetuel 1U name tn tb Navy a (plea-aid silver set Forty yearn ago tb eloop-ot-r Brooklyn received from tb city whlah no one eaa get They have no intrinsic value.

(ieel ia friotloa, he become heated. AlUson'a yet the Government, matter-of-fact as it la la tamperalurs, however, ia alwaya tbtsam. It consent to part doe not vary one dg re la a whoi term of had given 1" a "xl of Time n'S tb. fashion now run. to illver I wrth th change, and tbt fashion now rnna to allver many of its ways, would not of tbe Washington, June 4.

For two houra tb Rspreeaatauvea havs besa trwplng over to tbe Senate chafkber. It la the day fur the opening of the tariff debate. Ilere Is Oov. IMngley with his battered silk bat, walking in hi precise manner, saluting whoever accost Her cobm atcMllltn, playing with his wauebra and talking volubly with a constituent. Next cows fereno Pay re, bread service.

Tber is no trao of xcltmat In hi meaner, and carries lea heal than a dinner et. This on Included 840 piece, and cost $10,000. Hayor Wureter made the premutation speech, and Capt Francis A. Cook plaster-of-Pert bust Tben' th new member of the House who most stirring exploits of the old Navy tbe Navy of Lawrence, of Perry, of Decatur, of Balnbridge, the mere mention of whose names thrilttthe Americas soul. When, on October 85, 1812, Decatur, with the frigate United States defeated the British frigate Macedonian, the latter ship waa brought to New-York, sod SAILORS AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD.

IN SINGLB-ST1CK DRILL. frequent th chamber are occasionally greeted with magnificent display of oratory. Ther ar very tew speakers on this oonilaent wbo equal Roger Q. Mill of Texas in brilliancy of th Government never had to defend iu possession. refitted as an American man-of-war.

Her diction and clearness of annotation. fv On of the greatest changes, in the appear guna were taken to the Brooklyn Navy -yard, and there the 82-pound earrouades still are. speak rapidly, but vry aenkeoc 1 potUhed and finished. He warm up with th earnest- ance of the yard In recent year waa tbe dosing of tbe old York-street gate, and tbe opening of a new one at Sands Street The old responded, rive tnoueana people tang America," and Columbia," and the day a great and glorious The Brooklyn will convey Hear Admiral lUllerto England thi month, to represent the United Slate Navy at the Queen' jubilee. Nothing eo alight aa a change In name eaa take from the dignity and Importance of the Brooklyn Navy-yard.

It the largeat navy-yard in the country, and ean abetter the eo-tire United 8 la lea Nary. From time to time, Brooklyn people who are Interested In eftorta to obtain the three mllea of water front which the Government owne, try to force the aban of bit ooovlctiona, and In ringing vole 1 U'-ii. i mm Ti u'i They are placed in a Utile triangular green oalled Trophy Park. Bern I all that is left of what waa onos the Ineat naval museum la proclaims them to all th world, regardless of coaMqueoce. gat waa historic, and in time tb new one Far different Senator Boar of Maasaebu- us country, in tne center of the park is a may become eo.

Mention should not be forgotten of the marble column eommcmoratlng tbe deede of setta. Is face and figur recall Horace twelve Amsrleea teamen who fall at the Greeley. Ilia voio at time has a hltb treble, capture of the Barrier forta on tbe Canton aa bad that of tbe great editor and philosopher, Marine Corp, which maintain an enlisted strength at the yard of S00 men. It I the polios force of the yard, a It la of the ships at sea. Every little while talk bobs up of abolishing the Marine Corpa, but It comes to River, Chins, in 1866.

It was erected by their shipmates of tb Baa Jacinto, Portsmouth and but la attractive rather than repellent Metaphorically speaking, handle an opponent with glove made from the skins of. mountain kids, and ywi at time stray needle donment of the yard. There waa considerable talk of this in 1870, but not much of it it beard now. Uncle Sam's Investment la preater than Brooklyn, or than the new New-York, foe that matter, would care- to try to Levant Side by aid with the Macedonian' guns is the iron prow of the Confederate ram, naught Tbe marines arc useful, even If their original excuse for existence, to check a Mississippi. The museum was sent to the Naval AcaXemy in 1890.

r.uv out. The graveyard back of tb Marine Hospital mutiny among the crew, no longer Is mentioned. In action they man tbe rapid-fire guna and become sharpshooters. They are a apruoe, well set-up lot of fellows, and their barracks, next to the men-of-war, tb em selves, la the ob is an interesting place in which to wander The faulty drydooka have attracted anplea a it attention to the Navy-yard lately. Thle year had hardly opened when It waa discovered about All military and naval burylng-gron nda are Interesting, for every mound covers hero.

ject of attention in the naTy-yard. il.it dock No. 8, built, aa it waa anppoeed, big enough to take la the largeat of the new men- On wouldn't suppose so, from the evidence of neglect on ever hand at tbe Brooklyn of-war, waa abort, shallow and lopsided. yard. Some graves art not even marked.

The shipmates of a Japanese eook and of other foreign-bora sailor managed to rales funds OLD-TIM TROTTERS. CHAMPIONS OF THE TRACK IN PRESIDENT JACKSON 8 DAY ARABIAN AND BARBARY STEEDS MES8ENGER3 AND BASHAWS. Through tome error in the measurement it wae found to be not long enough within two feet, and it lacked four Inches erf the required depth. The Job waa a bungle at the start, and all the way through. Crowding cloae upon thie exposure came the newt of the leaking of the dock.

The outer sheet piling at the end of large enough to pay tor stone monuments, but to two lieutenant command era of the Navy the best that oould be given was the regula tion Government Iron marker. One Spanish and two Russian lieutenants are buried here, that courtesy being extended to foreign naval the slip was damaged by a dredging machine, officer and sal lore who die In tb port of New- lork. Here, too, is buried a Fiji Islander and through the holes water poured 1b In great quantities. The Injury waa done by the contractor, but that didn't prevent the acceptance his unfinished work by the Navy Depart Herbert Skinner In tbe June Arena. Tb sports of tb turf were growing In popularity la the United Bute, lb contest lay principally between tbe Messenger and the Baabawa, though for a time the Burs In their courses had prevailed against both.

Probably all were of original Arabian stock. Tb 8 tare were alight of limb, and had a ten who has a curious little death tale, fie was a chief and came to America, so tb story goes, bait a century ago, to negotiate a treaty. The may be found la one of tbe gloves. He baa been so lose In the Senat that eeem to tbe manner born. Never doe be lus hi dig-, nlty, and never doe be lose aa opportunity to assert it Ha seem to 11 In a lull world of hi own, yet not hedged with thorn.

Everything withla appears bright and attractive, and tb Senator apparently take delight In welcoming hi friemla within tb sacred I it-do! re. The Junior Senator from Massachusetts la also worthy of th study of visiting Represent tires. Those from th South regard him with aw and eurloslty, a wa tbe author of th Fore Bill, th defeat of which waa due to Senator Gorman. Mr. Lodge la a model speaker.

Hla thoughts ar prently carefully conned and presented la pleasing attire. HI voio is good, and hi manner excellent Although a comparatively younc man, be is th representative of Massachusetts. Iq tbs disposal of the patronage allotted to th Stat by lb Administration. And there are other attraction for the Tib-' itore from th Hons. Senator Quay, cool and thoughtful, oooupiea a front st-at.

He seem to pay little attention to tbe basinet of th Senate, but let any mat ter eome up luvuhing the hiterast of tbe Key stone State u.j be is on hi feet in moment. talk well, and long, when necessary. No man ran wield a parliamentary dearer with greater ability. Missouri haa a ehoioe IW lilt In store for novloea la legislation. IU is chunky Utile gentleman, with sharp blu eye and a tongue aa keen as a Damaacen blade.

II i George O. Vest of Kansas City. When thoroughly aroused becomes meteoric and the display I more magnificent than shower of falling stars. John J. lngalla 1 said to bav bean a master of exquisite sarcasm; If so, however, Oeorg O.

Vast waa hi teacher, A new mem ment. It Is the opinion of some of the officers of the yard that Uncle Bam hedges too much honor Amerloaus delight to pay to foreigners in the matter of expense when It cornea to didn't go far enough la hit ease, for none of building a dock. Thie dock coat lees than bi hosts would go to the shambles that be dency to contraction of the feet Tbe stronger might live. Being a cannibal from Infancy, 11,000,000, and theae critics point to the granite dock at Mare Island, which, though It took Messengers were more to be depended upon for long-distanoe trotting. The Bashawa cam and a blah-bom one at that be, couldn't get COMMANDANTS HEADQUARTERS BROOKLYN NAVY YARD' years and nearly (3,000.000 to build, is good tor two centuries at leeata The Brooklyn dock is of wood, and, moreover, it built on made land.

It Is noticeable that tbe timber docks jat shouldered and Jolly, Joking with sturdy had no pedigree, and vas mlnuo one eye. Columbus known as be first 'torse that had ever trotted its eour In less than eight minute. He a record of 7:58. Collector won the first Tveallast tbe second and Dread tb third and fourth. Fuget Bound and Port Royal have proven aa defective aa this one.

On the other band, there are many timber docks, private, however, wbkih have given satisfaction, notably, one at Boa-tun, which baa been in use 43 years, and la ss The victor was a gelding. Up to this Um synod now aa when built. all famous male trotter were doomed to be James Suermaa of Utloa. Col. Elliott of South Carolina passes with a military air, recalling tb work of hi battery at Antietam.

Mr. Dolllver of Iowa 1 In tb procession, dark-haired and full-eyed, walking at tbe aid of aa orator from his own Stats, full as brilliant a himself, Robert 0. Cousin. Behind thsm move on of tb Speaker's ablest ttsutensnts on tb floor, John Dattetl of Pennsylvania, He ia about half the slue of Serebo Payne, but baa a mind as active and alert as bis body. Nor are the Populist lost in tbe procession.

Jerry 8lmpsoa and hi spectacles are In the stream of statesmen. John C. Bell of Col The Brooklyn yard recently welcomed tbe Unite 1 States steamer Detroit, ten guns, Capt, Geo re J. Kelter. The Detroit baa been on the Asiatic station for two year.

She was sent to the cob dock to be repaired, and will then be placed in ordinary. Her offloers will be drtacned and her men discharged. 8 be ber might travel over to tb Seoat chamber for two months hearing Vest speak, but when he did hear him would feel well brought home the body of Lieut. Benjamin E. Thurnton, who died In Yokohama of Aslatlo repaid, and return hi Journey afterward fo two month more.

fever. The body waa taken to Minnesota, for burial, i tbe last of tbelr line. The era of trotting stallion was dawning. The rlstpg hope of the Bashaws was famous pacer who was destined to make 'a record of two miles In 5: 18 at tb Centerville (N. race In 1885, Hi name was shared with the great Democratic President sod reporters for the paper divided their space equitably between the two.

Even a reference to Andrew Jackson tb Basbaw was not sufficiently specific in those days, for the Barbery title was on by which more than one lady of the Cabinet circle had designated tbe Executive himself. The Berbery horse waa really the Arabian bone, that baa removed with' hi master from tbe desert peninsula to northeta Africa. Tb Arab claim that the boras was first tamed by Ishmeel, th- son of Abraham or, as they style him, Ismail lbs Ibrahim and that their famous coursers of tb present day are tbe descendants of the steads of tbe Patriarch's fam. Then tber la tbe leonine Senatoc from The lS-gun battleship, lsaaeecbaeetta, Capt. Frederick Rodger, haa been is tbe yard Illinois, William E.

Mason. Wbea he shakes hla ahaggy mane and begin to roar tba speo- to have her small fittings Installed. Che is one orado, tall and brawny, ia at bla aids. Behind them comes Mllford W. Howard of Alabama, breezy a a Southern pine, and fully as straight Nor 1 tbe Southern Democrat unrepresented.

Claude Swansoo of Virginia marches through the rotunda Uk aa old-tlm cavalier. William A. Jonas, sturdy snd stanch, is near him, with the same determined air that made him a figure la the Chicago convention. Gn. Meyer of Louisiana Is in the throng, and Dr.

Btralt of South Carolina, whoa pleasant fac always attracts th attention of vUitors. Tbs stream pour through the main entrant of the new battieehlpe, and represented tbe United States at tbe Shaw memorial exercises in Boston on Deooratloo Day. The 8 la la will Utors ar spellbound. There I a directness and bluntnesa about biro that attract the galleries and rattles tb dry bone la tb valley. Th newspaper reported earthquake on th morning after hi speech on Cube.

There might hav been an earthquake la I 't give to her a winged figure of Victory of bronze to place on ber forward turret. The monitor, Puritan, Capt J. R. Bartlett, i a particularly Yankee Institution. All Spain.

If to, it wa undoubtedly caused by tbe echoes of tbe Illinois Senator' speech, and not by subterranean fires. officers and men are Yanks, and la her interior trim she shows tbe Influence of her New-Eng There ar other equally as interest lug. land name. She waa built at tbe Brooklyn Gen. llawley, calm, dignified, and sound- yard, and la being finished there.

In tba hydraulic handling of her runs and ammuni headed, tpeak Ilk a statesman of tb outer tiro, ad bis col league, Senator Flatt, la a represents tire of the manufacturing interest tion, the Puritan la exactly the opposite of the monitor Terror, whose turrets and guns are managed by pneumatle machinery. The Ter whoa opinion ar alwaya replet with Infor mation, ror haa been at the yard until lately, and la And Wisconsin possesses aa Intellectual now at anchorage oft Tompklnsvllle, btaten Island. treasure far superior to Vila la the person of John Spooner, hi Us return Tbe Atlanta haa been at the yard for a year or more. Bhe is receiving new boilers. Tbe AonapoUa, a new gunboat, built at Elixabetb- to tb Seoat In th halo of brilliant achievement la that body years ago.

Hi speeche recall th day of Doolittl and Matt Carpenter. N. will be commissioned soon. Order have been issued to assemble a crew for ber by The young Slat of Utah haa upheaved a SCENES IN THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD: WASHING UP THE MONITOR PURITAN. 1 June 15th.

star of tb first magnitude ia Senator Frank Cannon. Uls speeches on Cuba and on lb Those persons whose advent on this planet was too late to enable them to see Noah'a ark, dowa so low as to eat animal food. A for a from Barbary, and were of near and unqaea-Uonable Arabian origin. tariff bat planed him la tb front rauk. vegetarian diet, that was entirely out of tbe can gnyt good Idea of the old craft by eeeing the receiving ship, Vermont.

This ancient one- They were flowery, yet luteal metaphorical, One of tbe moat famous race in all tb his queaUoa. There was nothing left for-hlm to yet argumentative; sympathetic! and direct. tnia analr, commanded now by Capt. Merrill tory of the turf waa at this Um fresh la the They were delivered without note and la ex Killer, is alwaya there. It used to be supposed do but to die, which he did with becoming grace.

At least that ia tb yam that they apln over in tbe Navy-yard. treme good last. public mind. Hunting Park Course, la Philadelphia, waa the aoene, the Um 183 L. Tbs actor war such notable flyer aa Topgallant, On the Democratic aide stand John W.

position than the ark eould slide off from Under an unmarked mound are au or th xv I Daniel of Virginia, whose Romaa fac I Indicative of tb eluqnenc of a bygone age. Virginian In biro a worthy successor of Ararat But one day, so the story runs, the Vermont.waa found to have slipped her mooring, and moved at least three Inches away, victims of the Chenango disaster. Tbe Chenango was a double-end er, built la the last year of tbe Civil War, and built about aa drydocks are constructed nowadaya. She waa finished In such haste that wbea she started on her Whalebone, Uread, Chancellor, Collector, Lady Jackson, Moonshine nod Columbus. Tbs course waa a three-mile track, and there wer four heats.

Th hones war generally docked, and the rider wore gorgeous suit of Patrick Henry and Richard Henry Lee. una great was the perturbation In tbe yard. The Alliance, seven guns," Capt fl. N. silk.

Eight such horses," says Woodruff, trip to th James River, towing a monitor, she and such rider had never met before, and blew up her boiler down th bay within sight of New-York. i it I doubtful whether they will again." Manney, another training ship, will leave tbe yard on June 9lb for Newport where ahe will begin her, summer cruise. The battleship Maine baa been la dock. She earriea a main battery of ten guna, and Is commanded by Capt a D. 8igsbee.

Tbe dispatch boat, Fern, Topgallant, Meeaenger, was nearly 84 year Aaotber explosion, still more fatal, ia re old, and was spavined at that Whalebone corded In tbe history of th Brooklyn Navy- yard. It occurred do by tb docs of tb yard. The first war steamer of any nation Lieutenant Commander W. 8. Cowles, is one tne smaller vessels now In the yard.

was built at this yard. Bbs was the ruiton, a SO-gun frigate, named from her designer, Though the Brooklyn Navy-yard is tbe storehouse for everything used In the Navy, Robert Fulton. She was launched in 1815, and oould throw hot water, a well as hot Iron. iben were senator Morgan of Alabama, a beacon tight that steadily illuminate our foreign relations, and Tllimso of South Carolina, brandishing bis pitchfork Uk Mollis-topbele and creating almost a much terror. These and many other awaken Interest In tbe breasts of the fledgling legislators, wbo tramp from tbe silent hall of tba House to tbe noisy Senate Chamber.

Abov them towers tb form of Nelson AMrk-b of Rbod Island. He has no eloquence In store, nor doe be ever resort to Iridescent imaciy; but be bristles with facta. tbe te4r ol the flpht between tbe Swnst and tb Um- over tb tariff schedule. Whether or defeat crown his efforts, 1 making a ti jt that will be felt for year to com. mda th tariff a study for a kwg time, 1 tb Seoat amendment ar supposed, to ti-body tb result of hi Invest Isrstion.

Tl. eyes of the manufacturers and buioes-T-ea of tbe country ar fastened upon him, a result will be of vital Importance to tbelr Interests. Tbelr anxiety la abown when vet explosives are not kept In large quantities there. Even in times of peace there la sn Thirteen years later her magaaloe blew Up while she was at anchor oft the yard. officer and 47 of the crew were killed.

enormous amount of powder and ahot used. The battleship Massachusetts, for Instance. Is th Wallahnot Bav. about which th Navy-yard la situated, were moored tbe prison ships, the Jersey and others of tbe Revolution. On tbs Jeraev alone.

11.000 patriots perished. PREPARING FOR DRILL ON THE BATTLESHIP MASSACHUSETTS. BROVKLYN NAVY YARD. In; 500 tons of fixed ammunition with ber ivn every cruise, and uses It all up In target piActtte, too, Down at Fort Wads worth a e- ciinual supply of 700 tons la kept, while at Duver, N. a powder depot for tbe Army For years and year after tb Revolution, tne bone were washed an on tbe bank.

Even as to th SenaU chamber. AH tb softs la tb a. avy both, another large supply is kept late as 187S workmen of the Nsvy-yard dug rear of the desk are quickly filled. Tbe gal 11 is curious to know that tbe Navy eouM use up two skeletons, and made merry with tbe leiiea are crowded. It I a field day.

In Booth. an hoar tbe entire visible powder supply skulls, playing at duck oa the rock wttft mem. All sects eager for th fray. The Democratic the United States, which about (,000,000 reflect that circular aufEcient la Burner bury th Capitol hav been sent to Cnirr-- Their sport oust tbera tbelr Jobs, sod toe nones Representatives naturally group tbemselvevpn P'-ods. Powder, being contraband of were laid with tb other la Fort Greene rare the Democratic aid of the chamber, while tbejnc, bm reported to tfce 8 could not boo In ease of war to est much from Europe.

Tbe manufacture of tbe smoke- The Navy-yard was founded in 1801. Its brown powder would be a pretty butineea should anybody ever call our first commandant was Lieut Jonathan Thome. ily. Indeed, the Oriental horse trader win not blush to present to you a written pedigree, If you require it giving ail tbe names of tb Ires is ascending tine to tbe day of King Solomon. Th less tbe traveler la Arabia ia acquainted with the Arab character, tbe more will be Impressed with these "claims of long descent." Your true Arablaa steed stand fourteen to fifteen bands high, with larg head and deep jowl, larg and gentle yea, light seek, high wither, muscular forearm, short back, round narrow hl.id-qaertor.

and high-set tail. He ia not always gray la color, as is popularly supposed. ia a constant galloper, a bold jumper, a docile, eourageoui and lovable creator tie ha improved la Stan by hi removal to Barbary, and, as a consequence, the Barbary type eorrespoods more to the Amer uaoa. Toe Naw-vard haa a new eommandaat HI subsequent career was Interesting. He applied for permission to oorma mer-cbact-maa, and took a trip to tbe Pacific.

While on the northwest coast of America, hi ship Commodore Montromerv Blcard. brother of nepueiwaus go uiv ngui. ucu iwpi imu tallve greet' th Senator representing tb Stat from which he come. Every courtesy it showa, for th Representatives are always welcomed to the floor, except when tbe doors are dosed la executive session. Tbe floor of the Sesat Is a favorit lounging place for members of tb Hons.

Tb new members ar especially delighted with it A no committee hav yet been appointed tn th House, they are at sen a to Us methods and nsagest Tb Bes ate being thoroughly or-ganUed, they watch Us proceedings with But th rVnst will draw the re.il. -i battle. It eaa make tb bill to i r. but whether It will be on that will Hons time and a coo fere a com en disekiea. AMOS J.

i SAD PLUiSi Z. From Judy. Jones Why, Rackett, tti.i a --ter You kx-k as if too 1 Bu uir Ra-teU Juf not lv giif tor tb no, th'. leorga J. Slcard of Buffalo, waa promoted to Admiral a little while ago.

Thle took was attacked by an overwhelming force of In diana, and he act fir to th magaxin and blew team the command of the yard, and tbe up the Whole outfit foe and friend alike. An detail fell to Commodore Francis 1L other oommaadast was Capt Isaac Cheunery, sanee. This made no change la the official woe of tbe yard, other tbaa two new aides of who had the detail in 1806, and again a tSX. These are Capt. Fernando He distinguished himself oa hi death-bed by bequeathing tb whole yard to his eon.

Bat much IntwresL Iu Imperturbable gravity im- CONDEMNED CANNON, SOME OF WHICH COME TO BUFFALO. ces tdeai. more nd Capt Aarot Ward..